Headlight problems need a relay?
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Headlight problems need a relay?
Hey everyone does anyone know anything about relays and what I need one of my headlight goes out after its on for like 5 seconds and just stays off. A friend of my told me i need a relay so I'm trying to get some more info on it and how it works. Maybe some one has experienced or has the same problem. My car is an 07 is350 and I got hids installed. Thank you for your help!
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No it's not the bulb I had the problem since I got the car. Installed hids the problem got fixed for a week after again same light the ballast seemed to burned the bulb so I got a new bulb and ballast and now it happened again idk what seems to be the problem and where I got the bids installed the said its probably an electrical problem.
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I tried putting it on auto and the other it keeps going off I had to get day light running light same collor as my hids and I use those at night it's better then having one headlight on! And the people where I got my hids installed went out of business so I got screwed
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I had the same issue with my previous kit. It's either a bad ballast or the current draw upon startup. In my case it was a cheap kit and such was to be expected. My new kit had built in relays that prevent such issues. Also using the automaker will cause this to happen. I would turn the lights off and back on as a temp fix until the car is restarted.
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I had the same issue with my previous kit. It's either a bad ballast or the current draw upon startup. In my case it was a cheap kit and such was to be expected. My new kit had built in relays that prevent such issues. Also using the automaker will cause this to happen. I would turn the lights off and back on as a temp fix until the car is restarted.
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Thank you I got it fixed I bypassed factory ballast with an aftermarket spliced into power before ballast to power the aftermarket one,then used an adopter to use stock bulb size with aftermarket ballast!
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So my passenger hid went out for good. I tried a brand new bulb and nothing. Tried both bulbs on the driver side and both turned on. Im hoping its not the ballast. Is there any other reasons why this is happening? I got factory hids btw
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So when I turn on the lights, the only light I see on partially is the signal light, when I unplug it the signal light goes out and the LED light strip flashes. Now while it is plugged in the signal light on my pass side tail light stays on just as the light on the headlight does. I hope that was detailed enough... I know it's kind of hard to describe a problem they text....
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