Repair 7

Jeep Grand Cherokee 2000 Headlight Installation

While some vehicles use single headlights to account for both low and high beams, the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee employs separate bulbs for each per headlight assembly. As a matter of fact, each drivers and passenger side headlight assembly house a total of five bulbs inside. One low beam headlight, one high beam headlight, two parking lights and a combination marker/directional light. To access and replace any of these lights requires you to remove the headlight assembly.

Instructions

1

Open the hood to the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee and locate the jack screw at the top rear center of the headlight assembly that contains the headlight being replaced.

2

Remove the jack screw with the ratchet and a 7mm socket. Extract the long jack screw out of its chamber in the back of the headlight assembly and set it aside.

3

Grab the headlight assembly on the upper inner corner and the lower outer corner and wiggle the assembly free to unseat the headlight alignment guide pins. This will require some force to unseat the alignment pins.

4

Reach behind the assembly (attached to the wire harness connections of each headlight and bulb to access the spent headlight. Low beam headlights are located on the outer end of the assembly and the high beam on the inner end of the assembly.

5

Disconnect the blue clip of the wire harness from the base of the headlight.

6

Twist the headlight base a quarter turn counterclockwise to remove the composite headlight from the assembly.

7

Insert the new low or high beam headlight being careful not to touch the glass bulb into the back of the headlight assembly and align the tabs of the composite headlight to the grooves in the assembly. Press the headlight inward and then twist the base clockwise until it locks into place.

8

Reconnect the blue plug of the wire harness to the base of the headlight.

9

Rest the headlight assembly in its cavity and test the headlight for operation.

10

Align the headlight alignment guide pins with the seats in the headlight assembly cavity and push the assembly into place.

11

Replace the jack screw and tighten it with the ratchet and socket.