quietlilsis

hi all,

recently i noticed that the right-side (passenger) headlight wasn't coming on. so the first thing i did was order some new lights. over the weekend they were installed but the light still doesn't come on and it's only the passenger sice headlight... the high-beam still works.

i'm wondering if any of you might have some idea of what's going on and/or if someone might have a wiring diagram they could email to me.

thanks in advance.

mattg

so you replaced the HID bulb? maybe you have a bad ballast.

quietlilsis

ya, replaced with HID lights. was thinking it might be the ballast, but wondering if anyone else has run into this.


thanks

mattg

i take it you're no longer under warranty?

gsrblack

mine acted funny before and didn't come on all the time. dealer covered it under warranty and said it was a bad ballast.

m&b6speed

did you make sure all the connections are good, there are like two i think??

you probably already did thid just thought i'd throw it out there

quietlilsis

i'm sure the warranty is over, it's an 01 w/ 35k miles and ya, the connectors were checked for good connection though i s'pose a second check couldn't hurt, huh?

AgentDSS

I had a similar problem with my left side headlights, but both high and low beams were dead. I also spent like $100 on bulbs. I brought it to my dealer today and they found out the "inverter control unit" for the lights was bad and replaced it. It was under warranty for my '03, but since lights are a safety issue, they should be able to cover it.

CleanCL

iTrader: (4)

it could be a bad inverter unit (ballast) but i once had a similiar problem when i had foglights installed, when the stock driving lights were removed, power to the passenger side headlight was cut as well. for some reason the right headlight gets its power from the lower driving light. you may want to check that.

mclarenf3387

I highly doubt that is true (that the driving light and headlight are connected). When I took my bumper off once and forgot to plug in the driving lights again, the headlights still came on. But I'll check with the Helms when I get home. Although even then, the headlight uses so much more current then the driving lights, it would probably be impossible for the headlights to run off the driving lights.

Sounds like a bad ballast.

CleanCL

iTrader: (4)

well, when i installed my PIAA's, we just clipped the wires off the connectors of the driving lights and deaded the ends. and when we put the wires together the headlight came on. even though you didnt plug in the light, the connection was still there, whereas clipping the wires completely causes a break. i know it sounds entirely stupid and it took us 2 hours to figure out and we couldn't understand it either.