HID headlights flickering
03-07-14, 09:24 PM
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HID headlights flickering
1999 LS400 HID headlights flicker... If I turn them off and back on they are good for a few kms then they flicker again...... Any suggestions ?
03-07-14, 10:27 PM
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1999 LS400 HID headlights flicker... If I turn them off and back on they are good for a few kms then they flicker again...... Any suggestions ?
Isn't the color pinkish when turned on? If so, just replace the HID bulb.
03-08-14, 05:50 AM
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check battery/alt voltage
do u have drl's? if so u cant use them with hid's
disconnect/clean all connectors with alcohol
03-08-14, 05:55 AM
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if you havn't done any work to the car, then the bulbs are going out. If you did, then check all connections/wires to make sure everything is tight.
03-09-14, 11:17 PM
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check battery/alt voltage
do u have drl's? if so u cant use them with hid's
disconnect/clean all connectors with alcohol
Hi python.. What are drl's ?
03-09-14, 11:21 PM
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Hi python.. What are drl's ?
PS: The hi beams don't flicker....
03-10-14, 02:04 AM
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03-10-14, 11:48 AM
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do they flicker but stay on, or flicker then turn off? do both sides do it?
03-18-14, 05:10 PM
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do they flicker but stay on, or flicker then turn off? do both sides do it?
Funny you should say that . The other night I pulled up infront of a shop at night and in the window after I had stopped the lights were still flickering. Then the R/H headlight went out. I opened the hood and jiggled the wires and connectors, banged the headlight but it wouldn't come on which tells me its not a connector. If I turn the lights off and on again it came on..... I now suspect its the R/H ballast. Getting another one this week to try. And yes, both headlighs flicker, even when the car isnt moving.
03-20-14, 06:19 PM
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I had the exact same thing happen to my 99 a few months ago. I changed out the HID bulb for a new one and problem solved.
03-26-14, 05:11 PM
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I changed the ballast in the R/H headlight and it seems to have fixed it.... Woo Hoo....
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