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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
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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.
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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.
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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 -
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its not the ballast, its the bulb.
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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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