Hey guy's my passenger headlight stopped working, its use to work after you gave it a couple flicks, now it dosent even after flicks, iam thinking the ignitor, how could i diganose this problem so i wont buy a part which is un-needed?. Thanks

 

check the bulb before the ignitor...those pups are expensive.

 

Yeah, i will, but im thinking its the ignitor because if you gotta flicker it couple times means the ignitor is not working properly but who knows, i will check if bulb is bad, Thanks Green.

 

Switch bulbs. If the problem happens on the "good" side then its the bulb. If the bulb is fine then it may be the ballast/ignitor.

 

Should just be the ignitor.

 

samething happend to me before. it did flick first time and then went out. i also
had 6000k bulb. and i tested what ron said. it was bulb. finally i changed factory
4300k bulb. never happen after that.

 

Ballast?

 

My driver headlight goes out every now and then so I turn the lights off then back on and it comes back. What I usually dont see is if it is never coming on or if its going out. how long are the headlights supposed to last?

 

It sounds to be your ballast/igniter.......min e went 7 months ago, and the dealership charged me 780.00 to fix. But if you show a print out of the cost from www.acuraoemparts.com, they will match the cost for the parts! I hope this helps bro!

 

wow 780. Im just going to wait for it to go out and stay out. Its doesnt happen too frequently

 

problem solved, it was the bulb

 

Just to clarify for myself, I believe your original post said your light would come on intermittently, and if it didn't, you could tap the headlight cover until it came on? And it was fixed by replacing the bulb?

I've had this problem for some time, and have had about a 50% chance of the light coming on. When it doesn't, I have to almost bang on the headlight cover to get the light to come on. Sometimes it would come on and go off while driving, only to come back on further down the road. It's been much less of an issue the past month since it's been so cold (wtf?).