If it a 99.5 MKIV platform Jetta - you have to remove the bumper cover first. Not too hard just take your time and make sure you get all the fasteners. Then slightly compress the corners of the bumper until it slides off its clip/rails. Once the cover is off the lower bolts will be revealed. Installation is the reverse of removal.
To replace the headlight assembly on a 2006 Jetta, remove the front grill. Then remove the headlight assembly by taking off the screws that secure it in place. Replace with new.Ê
remove the front grill, you will see four metal screws on the outside edge of the lamp assembly, Be carefull not to confuse the up adjustment screws from the securing screws
Remove the wiring harness from the back of your 2003 VW Jetta. Remove the headlight assembly retaining bolts. The headlights will come out. Reverse the process to install your new headlights.
unscrew them
To replace the headlight assembly on on 03 Jetta, the grill and front bumper have to be removed before you can get to the screws below the lamp.
Turn it
They should be both tied in together
corner on the right kind of near the headlight assembly. it has several ports that comes out of it. it is actually a cartridge type filter. so there are also some screws on top of it
If you're facing the car its under the right headlight easily accessable from underneath.
Headlights are normally operated through a relay or circuit breaker.
Check to see if your battery is secure. in my jetta the battery kept sliding forward and smacking my left headlight because it was not tightened down
there are 4 screws that fasten the headlight assembly, 2 on top that are visible when the hood in open, and 2 on the bottom that cannot be seen at this point. Start by disconnecting the hood latch pull form the latch assy. next remove the grille to expose 5 fasteners that hold the bumper cover. there are 2 more behind the lower bumper air inlets(left and right side, 1 each). next there are 4 fasteners in each wheel opening (front portion) that go into the bumper cover, now you can remove the bumper cover and expose the 2 headlight lower fasteners.