2008 Lincoln MKZ Owner Guide 2nd Printing - Page 44

Lights 4. Remove the protective rubber cap from the housing by grabbing it and pulling rearward. 5. Remove the bulb socket by rotating it counterclockwise, then pulling it straight out of the lamp assembly. 6. Carefully pull bulb straight out of socket and push in the new one. Handle a halogen headlamp bulb carefully and keep out of children's reach. Grasp the bulb only by its plastic base and do not touch the glass. The oil from your hand could cause the bulb to break the next time the headlamps are operated. 7. For ease of installation into the lamp assembly, hold the bulb socket at 15 degrees clockwise from a vertical position. Using the 2 lead wires oriented exactly up to represent the vertical reference position. 8. From the 15 degree position, rotate the bulb socket clockwise to a locked position. 9. Tuck the 2 lead wires into the lamp housing to assure that they are not pinched when installing the protective rubber cap. 10. Install the protective rubber cap to the housing circular ring by pushing and pressing it forward. 11. Re-apply pressure around the complete circular ring on the housing to make sure the protective rubber cap is completely seated. 12. Reconnect washer bottle filler neck snap strap by reversing step 3 (passenger side only). 13. Reinstall the air tube to the air filter assembly (driver side only). 14. Reinstall the vertical shield to the bolster (driver side only). 15. 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. 44 2008 MKZ (378) Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt) USA (fus)