2004 Mercury Sable Owner Guide 3rd Printing - Page 38

Lights 2. Install the bulb retaining ring over the plastic base and lock the ring by rotating clockwise until it snaps into place. 3. Connect the electrical connector to the bulb. 4. Install the protective dust shield and lock the shield by rotating it clockwise until it locks into position. 5. Carefully position the headlamp assembly onto the vehicle. 6. Hold the headlamp assembly snugly against the vehicle and install the retainer pins straight down to lock the lamp into place. 7. Before reinstalling the bolt, make sure the retainer pins are fully seated, and install bolt on headlamp housing. 8. Turn the headlamps on and make sure they work properly. If the headlamp was correctly aligned before you changed the bulb, you should not need to align it again. Replacing front parking lamp/turn signal/cornering lamp bulbs 1. Make sure the headlamp control is in the OFF position. 2. Remove the bolt from the headlamp housing. 3. At the back of the headlamp, pry up and remove the two retainer pins to release the headlamp assembly from the vehicle and pull headlamp forward. 4. Rotate the bulb socket counterclockwise and remove it from the lamp assembly. 38 2004 Sable (sab) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA English (fus)