What is the likely culprit?

It is not the bulb. I've replaced it already.


Fuse? Wheres the fuse?

 

checked the fuses. their fine

 

and the low-beam i mean. the xenon is out. high beam is fine

 

its the igniter that lights the xenon soop

 

what a pita

 

I had my hid, right side, go out about a week ago. It was the control unit, ballast or inverter, three names same thing. Here's a little diagnostic you might be able to do. The above part that went bad for me, when it is working properly makes a humming sound. With the engine off you should be able to faintly hear it. My fuse also kept blowing, my guess is you have the same bad part I had. The fuse compartment is in the engine compartment, on the passenger side, there's a fuse for the left and right hid lights.
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Edit: Ooops, thought you said your fuse was out. In that case probably the ignitor, like Darrinb said.

 

Igniter, like Darrin said. Let us know how it comes out

EDIT: Chemmech, glad you got your fixed

 

yup...probably the inverter/igniter/ballast (whatever you wanna call it)....when mine was going out, i clicked it on/off several times and it would come back on.

 

u have extended warranty soopa?? i think that shit is expensive??

 

nope but i have extra ballasts


just too lazy to take headlight off. ill wait till i get a ticket.

 

it's expensive...had to dish out about $600 to get the thing fixed.

 

extra ballasts?? hmmm soopa that seems lol

 

here we go again... ... man you really love tickets.

 

visibility is good w/ just one light on

 

i cracked both my headlights in a prior accident... ins replaced the whole damn thing.

so i have two busted headlights with shiney new ballasts

 

smart move.... now just install 1 of them and you are set.

 

No more tickets Soopa.

 

why not? at this point i'll never be able to pay my lawyer off.... may as well keep rackin up the charges

 

If you moved the ground to install a cai you check to see if its a little loose. My head light did the same thing a couple days after I installed and that was why.

 

pay your lawyer off? why do you need a lawyer for tickets?

 

chemmech what did it cost to fix? I have this same problem with fuses blowing. just a note to add. this started about two weeks after the dealer did the recall work on the transmission to install a pump of some sort to keep it cool. being a suspicious type, I did'nt rule out the possibility of them installing a problem to get business.

 

i have one....sometimes cheaper than tickets and/or to exponge them off your record easier....or to just fight the ticket...or to not have to goto court and wait..they do it for you

 

I just had my problem head light checked out. they say the ballast is bad. Soopa, you willing to sell one? how much?

 

maybe on motorcycles

 

Soopa there are relays and fuses for the low beams in the engine compartment fusebox .Verify this stuff is working by swapping the relays around they are known to crap out .Next if you have access to a testlight just check the connector going to the headlamp assy. and verify 12 volts and a good ground .If all of this has passed then there is a good chance either the inverter (part below the headlamp assy) or the ballast (part on the rear of the bulb) has failed .

Jens