HID Headlight Issues
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HID Headlight Issues
Hi Guys,
My car is an 08 with 120k on it. Had it since it was new. Just recently the passenger side HID would go out randomly. I can turn the headlights on and off and the light will come back on. Its not all the time and it just happens randomly but frequently enough that its a concern. Maybe every other day or so now.
My feeling is that its not the bulb since it does in fact turn on. The AFS is working properly as well.
There's no discoloration or dimness in the light. It just sometimes turns off on its own and then if I turn off the lights and turn them back on, they will light up fine again.
Any ideas for troubleshooting? No modifications to the headlight except changing the parking light to a hyperwhite non-LED bulb.
Thanks
My car is an 08 with 120k on it. Had it since it was new. Just recently the passenger side HID would go out randomly. I can turn the headlights on and off and the light will come back on. Its not all the time and it just happens randomly but frequently enough that its a concern. Maybe every other day or so now.
My feeling is that its not the bulb since it does in fact turn on. The AFS is working properly as well.
There's no discoloration or dimness in the light. It just sometimes turns off on its own and then if I turn off the lights and turn them back on, they will light up fine again.
Any ideas for troubleshooting? No modifications to the headlight except changing the parking light to a hyperwhite non-LED bulb.
Thanks
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Unbolting the washer reservoir fill tube and removing it makes accessing that area much easier btw.
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Thanks, I'll give that a whirl. I still need to install some new LED parking lights I got a while ago so at least this gives me a reason to go through all the trouble. Where did you source the OEM Philip's bulbs?
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This happened to me too - pretty infrequently at first but got to the point where it was once a week then everyday then it just stopped working. For me it was the bulb and I replaced it with 5000k Xenon Depot D4S bulbs and they're great! I'm happy with them and the color is exactly what I wanted (almost pure white). You should definitely try swapping them first though to make sure it's not the ballast.