BYD F6. Service Manual — part 9

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3．Pull out the sealing cover of high beam.
4．Contrarotate the mount of small light for
quarter circle. Take out the small light.

5．Take out and replace the bulb of small
light.

6．Rotate small light clockwise, and make it
reach to proper position.

7．Close the sealing cover.

8．Connect the connecter of electric device;
make sure it is well connected.

9． (Driver side)
Install the battery.

10．Open the headlight to test the new bulb.

Front turning light

1．Pull out the key from the ignition switch,
open the engine hood.

2．Press the reed and pull out the connecter
of electric device.

3．Contrarotate the mount for quarter circle,
and

disassemble

it

from

headlight

assembly．

4．Pull out the bulb from the mount directly.

5．Fix the bulb into the mount until it
reaches to bottom of mount.

6．Fix the mount back to headlight assembly.
Rotate it clockwise and make it locked to
the proper position.

7．Test the light to make sure whether the
new bulb works normally.

Replace front fog lamp bulb
The bulb is halogen bulb. To replace bulb,
hold its plastic sleeve and avoid your skin or
hard thing touching the bulb. If touch the
bulb, clean it with the metamorphic alcohol
and clean dishcloth.

Notice

When the halogen bulb is on, it will get
scorching. The grease, sweat or scratch
on the bulb will cause crack for
overheating.

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1．Disassemble the fixing bolt of bottom
cover under front bumpe.

2．Push the bottom cover.

3．To disassemble the connecter of electric
device from the bulb, push the both sides
reed of connecter of electric device, and pull
the connecter down.

4．Contrarotate bulb for quarter circle and
disassemble it from front fog lamp
assembly.

5．Fix the new bulb to front fog lamp
assembly. Rotate it for quarter circle
clockwise, and make it locked to proper
position.
6．Connect the connecter of electric device
to new bulb; make sure it is well connected.

7．Open front fog lamp, make sure whether
the new bulb work normally or not.

8．Fix the bottom cover, and fix the fixing
bolt and make it tight.

Replace rear turning light/reversing
light/fog lamp

1．Open trunk.

2．

Prize the interior trimming panel of trunk,

and disassemble buckles of L/R corner.
Carfully lift a corner of trunk, and let the
light mount appear.

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3．Contrarotate the mount for quarter circle,
and disassemble it.
4．Directly pull out the bulb from the light
mount. Fix new bulb.
5 ． Anew fix the mount back to light
assembly, rotate it clockwise until it is
locked to proper position.

6．Test new bulb to make sure whether the
bulb work normally.
7．Fix the interior trimming panel of trunk
back to original place.
8．Push the interior trimming buckle into the
hole

.

Replace rear license plate light bulb

1．Open trunk
2．Prize the interior trimming panel of trunk
covers carefully, and disassemble the
interior trimming buckle of L/R corner.

Carefully lift a corner of interior trimming
panel of trunk cover and make the mount
appear.

3．Pinch the lock button of light mount
tightly; disassemble the mount from the
light assembly.

4．Pull out the bulb. And fix well new bulb.

5．Test new bulb to make sure whether the
new bulb work normally.

6．Fix the mount to original place and make
it locked to proper position.

7．Fix the interior trimming panel of trunk
cover to original position.

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Push the interior trimming buckle into the
hole

.

Replace reading light bulb and door light
bulb
Disassemble the door light and interior light
with the same method. But they are
different kinds of bulbs.

1 ． Prize the edge of lense light shield
carefully, take out the light shield. Don‘t
prize the edge of light shield protective
jacket.

2．Take out the bulb from the metal clip
jacket directly.

3．Fix well the new bulb and fix the lense
shield to original position.

Rear reading light：

Prize the front of both sides lense light
shield

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Door light：

Prize the up center of lense lignt shield.

Front reading lamp：
Prize the front-edge of both sides reading
lamp.

Make-up mirror light：

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Replace trunk light bulb

1．Open trunk.

2．Underlay a piece of cloth to left side of
trunk light assembly. Prize the assembly
carefully and disassemble it.

3．Pull out the bulb from its mount, and fix
new bulb well.

4. Fix well the light assembly. Firstly push
its right side, and push the left side until you
hear a click sound.

Vehicle storage

If park your vehicle for a long time (over
one month), refer to the following step. The
step is useful to prevent vehicle from
deteriorating and easy to rerun it. If possible,
park it indoor.
1. Add fuel.

2. Replace the engine oil as well as filter
(refer to 101st page).

3. Clean and dry the body thoroughly.

4. Clear the interior to make carpet dry.

5. Release the parking handle. Set the
transmission to reverse gear (manual
transmission) or parking gear (automatic
transmission).

6. Ward off the rear wheel.

7. To park your vehicle for a long time,
should support it with jack to make it off the
earth.

8. Open a window appreciably (park it
indoor).

9. Disconnect the connection of battery.

10. Underlay towel or cloth to front wiper
arm to avoid touching the windshield.

11. For decreasing the adhesion, spray the
silicon ketene lubricant to the weather
sealing position of all doors and trunk, and
coat the wax on the connective position of
sealing strip of door and trunk.

12. Cover the body with ventilating dress
which is made of cotton cloth, and the
plastic cloth will hurt the body paint
because it will accumulate hydrosphere.

13. If possible, should start the engine one
time per month.

If your vehicle park for a year or longer,
before starting it, you should call the BYD
authorized service station for a checkup of
two years per 40000 kilometers (refer to
96

th

page). If the driving mileage or time

has got to the ruled value of periodic
maintenance table or it isn‘t necessary to
replace the parts.

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Appearance maintenance

Often washing and wiping your vehicle is
useful to keep its appearance brand-new.
The section will introduce how to wash
your vehicle as well as how to keep its
appearance clean (including paint, polishing,
wheel and interior). Meanwhile there are
some suggestions about anti-rust.

Washing . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cere care . . . . . . . . . ... 135
Alloy wheel . . . . . . . . ... 136
Painting repair . . . . . . . ... 136
Interior maintenance . . . . . . 136
Carpet . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Floor cushion . . . . . . . . 136
Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Nylon . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Leather (optional) . . . . . . .. 137
Seat belt . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Window . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Air freshener . . . . . . . . . 137
Anti-rust . . . . . . . . . . 137

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Washing

Often washing vehicle is useful to its
appearance. The dust and grit can hurt the
paint, leaves and dung can damage the body
finish permanently.
Wash your vehicle in the cool place. Can‘t
wash it in the sun. If park your vehicle in
the sun for a long time, before washing it,
drive it to the cool place, when it gets cool,
wash it. Only use the solvent and cleanser
which are recommended in the ―owner‘s
manual‖.

Notice

Chymist solvent and strong cleanser
will hurt the paint, metal and plastic
parts.
Washing the engine chamber with high
pressure has bad hurt, not only hurt the
engine ECU, but also hurt sensor etc.

1. Wash your vehicle with cold water
thoroughly to remove floating dust.

2. Fill a barrel of cold water, mix special
cleanser into it.

3. Repeat wash your car with water,
cleanser and rub it with soft brush, sponge
or soft cloth from roof to bottom.

4. Check up whether there is ordure such as
pitch or tree liquid on the body. Remove the
ordure with pitch leaner or turpentine, then
wash it with clean water to avoid hurting the
body finish.

5. After finishing, rub it with soft cloth.
Naturally drying it will make the body lose
polish or form water mark.

Dry the body meanwhile checks up whether
there is the symbol of dropped paint or nick.
The position is easy to be eroded. If finding
it, repair it with the repair paint (refer to
139

th

page).

Cere care

Cering must be made after washing and
drying the vehicle. For preventing the body
appearance

from

accumulating

water,

should cere the body and aglet. After
cereing, the accumulating water will
become the drip or bead.

You should use the high quality liquid cere
or mushy cere. When using, you should
refer to the specfiction of container. There
are following two kinds of products：

Protection ceres—— coated on the paint to
protect it from sun shining and air polluting.
Should coat this cere on the new vehicle.

Polishing cere——it is the mixture of
polishing cere and cleanser or paraffin that
make the paint that is oxidized or lose
polish anew give off reflect. Generally
speaking, the cere includes soft rubbing
powder and solvent, it can remove the
surface layer of paint. If it can‘t make the
paint resume original reflect after cering the
protection cere, should coat the polishing
cere.

With cleanser removing the ordure such as
pitch and insect etc will cause dropping cere.
Notice: Even if the other parts needn‘t cere,
must anew cere on the parts which drop
cere.

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Alloy wheel

When

cleaning

other

exterior

parts,

meanwhile you should clean the alloy wheel.
After cleaning them with the same solution,
wash them thoroughly.

There is a transparent protective layer to
avoid aluminum eroding and rusting. The
bad chemicals or hard brush will hurt the
protective layer. Only use the neuter
cleanser and soft brush or sponge to wash
wheel.

Painting repair

Check up whether there is the symbol of
dropping paint or nick on the body. If exist
the symbol, immediately repair it to avoid
metal of hurt position being eroded. The
painting repair only repair a little piece of
dropping paint or nick, as to the big area
dropping paint, you should call for
professional technician.

Interior maintenance
Carpet

Often vacuum the dust on the carpet. If
there is too mush dust, it will increase the
hurt of carpet. Periodically washing it with

detergent can keep carpet like new. You
should

use

bubble

carpet

cleanser.

According to its use specification, dip it
with the soft brush or sponge. For keeping
carpet dry as soon as possible, don‘t add
water in the cleanser.

Floor cushion

(Self fixing)

The floor cushion of driver side can be
hooked by fixing bolt, it can avoid
interrupting the operation of pedal for the
floor cushion sliding forward. The fixing

bolt isn‘t standard equipment.
The fixing method of fixing bolt should
refer to the fixing specification.

When assembling the floor cushion, you
should make sure it is hooked tightly.

To replace it, please use the special floor
cushion. The cushion can be hooked by the
fixing bolt which is fixed in the vehicle.

To fix other floor cushion on the floor of
driver side, you should make sure it has the
proper size and can be hooked tightly by the
fixing bolt. Don‘t add additional cushion, or
will interrupt the operation of pedal for the
additional cushion sliding forward.

Fabric

Vacuum the dust and ordure on the fabric.
When washing, can use the lukewarm
neutral suds, then dry it in the air. To
remove the hard ordure, use the fabric
cleanser. Before using it, you must try out it
to make sure it can‘t cause the fabric fading
or coloration. Abide the operation of
cleanser use specification.

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Nylon

Vacuum the dust and ordure. Wash and wipe
the nylon with soft cloth with neutral suds.
Remove the harder ordure with the bristle
brush with the same suds, also use spray or
bubble nylon cleanser.

Leather (optional)

Vacuum the dust and ordure, especially the
wrinkle and joint. Clean the leather with
soft cloth dipping clean water, then, furbish
it with dry cloth. If need further wash, use
the special soap to wash, for example the
leather cleaning soap. Coating the soap on
the soft cloth with water to wipe the leather,
and furbish it by the above method.

After wiping the leather by eradicator, wipe
and dry it by soft cloth as soon as possible.
Don‘t put the dishcloth with eradicator at
the any interior parts for a long time. Some
eradicator can make the rosin or fiber of
fabric to fade or rupture.

Seat belt

If the seat belt is dirty, wash and wipe it
with soft brush with neutral warm suds.
Don‘t use bleaching powder, dye or clean

solvent; they can lower the durability of seat
belt. Before driving, should dry seat belt
naturally.

If there is too much dust on the ring of seat
belt, which will cause the reaction of seat
belt slow. And wash and wipe the inner side
of ring with clean cloth with neutral warm
suds or isopropyl alcohol.

Window

Clean the outside of window with glass
detergent, also can using the mixture of
vinegar and water, whose proportional is
one to ten. The mixture can remove the
mirage of window interior. Finally wipe and
dry surface of all glasses and plastic with
soft cloth or paper.

Notice：
The heating wire of rear window defogging
device and lead of antenna is fixed on the
glass of rear window interior side, if wiping
it strongly, make it move or rupture. So
when wiping rear window, you should wipe
it lightly and along the left and right side.

Air freshener

To use the deodorizer or air freshener, it is
better to choose the solid. Some air
freshener includes chemical component
which will make the interior trimming and
fiber of fabric rupture or fade.
To use liquid air freshener, make sure to fix
it properly to avoid air freshener spilling
when driving.

Anti-rust

Generally speaking, there are two reasons
for vehicle eroding:
1．The moisture accumulates in the hole of
body. The mud and proof-freeze salt which
accumulates in the clearance of vehicle
bottom easily accumulates moisture and
make the parts easilier eroded.

2．Scaling off of protective layer and paint
of body surface and vehicle bottom.

There are many kinds of anti-dust measures
on your vehicle. Making some simple
periodic maintenance is helpful to avoid
vehicle eroding.

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1. Immediately repair when finding the
dropping of paint and nick.

2. Check up and wash door as well as
osculum under the body.

3. Check up the humidity of floor dress. The
carpet and floor cushion will keep the
humidity for a long time, especially in
winter. Moisture will make the floor eroded.

4. Wash the body bottom with high pressure
squirt gun. It is important for the vehicle
which running on the road with proof-freeze
salt in winter. It is a good method to the area
where climate is wet and often has the sea
breeze. Carefully protect the ABS wheel
sensors and connect them with all wheels by
wire.

5. You should repair and check up the
anti-dust

layer

of

vehicle

bottom

periodically.

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Emergent

malfunction

solution

This section includes some common
problems that the driver often experiences
when driving. And it will tell you how to
judge and dispose correctly when you meet
these problems. The problem has standed
you on the side of road, you may be able to
get going again according to the knowledge.
If you can not still eliminate the
malfunction, you will also find instructions
getting your vehicle towel.

Replace a flat tire . . . . . . .. 140
If engine can‘t start . . . . . ... 144
Can‘t start engine or starter running
slowly . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Starter running normally . . . ... 144
Pushing car to start engine . . . 145
Engine overheating . . . . . ... 146
Engine oil pressure indicator . . . 147
Battery charging indicator . . . . 148
Brake system indicator . . . . .. 149
Close power sun roof . . . . . 150
Check and replace fuses . . . . 151

Emergent Traction . . . . . . . 156
CVT transmission: . . . . . . 157

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Replace a flat tire

If you have a flat tire while driving, stop in
a safe place to change it. It‘s dangerous to
stop in the center of road or at heavy traffic
shoulder.
Drive slowly along the shoulder until you
get to an exit or an area that is far from the
traffic lanes.

Notice

The vehicle can easily roll off the jack,
seriously injuring anyone underneath.
Make sure follow the directions for
changing a tire exactly. Never get under
the vehicle when it is supported only by
the jack.

1 ． Park the vehicle on firm, level and
non-slippery pavement. Put the transmission
in Park (AT vehicle model) or in Reverse
(MT vehicle model), and apply the parking
brake.

2．Turn on the hazard warning lights, and
turn the ignition switch to LOCK (0)
position. Have all passengers get out of the

vehicle while changing the tire.

3．Open the trunk. Raise the trunk floor by
lifting up on the back edge.

4．Take the tool tray out of the trunk, and
take the tools out of the tool tray.

5．Unscrew the wing bolt and take the spare
tire out of trunk.

6．Put plug woods in front and back of tire
which shows the diagonal line to changed
tire.

7．Loosen the wheel nuts 1/2 of a turn with
the wheel wrench.

8．Find out the jacking point nearest the tire
which you need to change. Place the jack
under the jacking point, and turn the end
bracket clockwise until the top of the jack
contacts the jacking point. Make sure the
jacking point tab is resting in the jack notch.

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Notice

Use spare jack following vehicle. If you
want to use the jack to lift other
vehicles or use other jack to lift you
vehicle, the jack or your vehicle may be
damaged.

9．As shown, use the extension and wheel
wrench to raise the vehicle until the flat tire
is off the ground.

10．Remove the wheel nuts, make sure to be
more careful while operating, the nuts may
be hot from driving.

11．Remove the flat tire. Place the flat tire
on the ground with the outside surface of
the wheel facing up.

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12．Before installing the spare tire, wipe any
dirty off the installation surface of wheel
and brake hub with a clean cloth. Wipe the
hub carefully; it may be hot from driving.

13．Put on the spare wheel. Put the wheel
nuts back and screw them lightly by hand,
then tighten them in a crisscross pattern
with the wheel nut wrench until the wheel is
firmly against the brake hub. Do not try to
tighten them fully.

14．Lower the vehicle to the ground, and
remove the jack.

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15．Tighten the wheel nuts seriously in the
same crisscross pattern. Have the wheel nut
torque checked at the nearest authorized
service station.
Tighten torque of wheel nuts: 108 Nm (11
kgf•m)

16．You need to remove the wheel‘s center
cover before put the flat tire in the trunk.

17．Place the flat tire face down in the spare
tire well.

18．Screw the wing bolt back to the flat
tire‘s screw hole, and fix it.

Friendly tips

Loose items can fly around the interior
in crash and could seriously injure the
occupants.
Store the wheel, jack and tools securely
before driving.