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Old 04-24-10 | 06:34 PM
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Not sure who can help me but my drivers side headlight goes out after like 3-5 min if you turn the lights off then back on again it will come back on and then in 3-5 min go out again. Only happens on the drivers side. Did a search not a common problem. Any help would be great car is out of warranty with 63k thanks
Old 04-24-10 | 06:49 PM
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just need a new bulb.
Old 04-24-10 | 10:53 PM
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to be more, can try to swap the bulbs left and right and see if the problem goes to passenger side. if so, the bulb is dying, get a new pair. don't get just one, otherwise color will be different and it will look weird

get the bulbs from ebay, oem bulbs are cheap
Old 04-24-10 | 11:22 PM
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I think its the ballast, when i bought a cheap set for my maxima i had the same problem. But definatly switch bulbs to see if it stays the same.
Old 04-25-10 | 12:24 AM
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After adjusting my bulbs I started to have this problem. Seeing as I only adjusted the driver side it only happens on that side. I have the same exact problem where it goes out and I have to turn if off and turn it on for it to come back on, but mine doesn't happen as frequent as yours. New bulbs will probably fix your problem.
Old 04-25-10 | 06:20 PM
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yoo im having the same freaking problem... its so annouying to keep flipping the switch so they come back on... it happens to my left 99% of the time, sometimes the right... my colors are way off so im just gonna get a new set - the new digital style ballest

ive searched too and havent found an answer.. goodluck -
Old 04-26-10 | 04:10 AM
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its not the ballast, its the bulb.
Old 04-26-10 | 04:22 AM
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I had this same problem a few months ago. It seems to me that the oem bulbs like to do this. Just upgrade the bulbs. I bought some v-leds.com and theyre much much brighter than oem. In fact they actually look like hids vs oem which look closer to halogen on the 3gs
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