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How to Adjust the Headlights on a Volkswagen Golf 7

Model: Volkswagen Golf MK 7, Golf 7, Golf VII - Years: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Part: Headlight

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This brief video tutorial shows the necessary steps to manually adjust the headlights on a seventh-generation Volkswagen Golf, produced from 2012 to 2019. Adjusting the dipped beam headlights is a very simple task. Open the bonnet and locate the adjustment screw at the back of the headlights as shown in the video.

Once located, use a 6 mm Allen key to turn the screw clockwise or anti-clockwise to raise or lower the beam.


Updated on 12 August 2026 by ScegliAuto


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