head light gos out after a few min

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Old 07-16-2011 | 10:39 PM
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head light gos out after a few min

hello every body ok so 2 day my right head light gos out after a while but it well come right back on if i turn off and turn it back on i look at the switch and it has like a brown oil on it i tryed 2 clean it off but it seem 2 come back but can any one tell me if it the light or the ballasts that is mess up or whats going on ?
Old 07-16-2011 | 11:20 PM
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Usually if the Light Goes out Randomly is the Ballast.

Common Bulb Failure is: Lack of Power (Luminosity), Change in Color.
Old 07-17-2011 | 10:01 AM
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there is a lot of this going around, me included

Most are replacing the bulbs ballast and ignitor wire from a full kit like hidextra.com has for us
cheaper than any 1 part from acura!

an acura tech on here suggest the silver metal thing mounted on back of housings is a controller and fails= causing our problem
it comes with the new full kit in a different- and `waterproof` form

If there is moisture inside the headlight housing lens- must fix that first
but def points to moisture damaged parts issue
Old 07-19-2011 | 11:26 AM
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mine did the exeact same thing.... ended up being the bulb.
Old 07-19-2011 | 04:05 PM
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if you have swapped the bulbs left to right to see if prob follows bulb
Or have seen a pink or purple tint at startup of bulb (dead bulb)
that narrows the diagnostics

with the age of our cars and ~certain parts~ not being waterproof- the ballast and the control module seem to be dieing off at an alarming rate

good thing hidextra and ddmtuning offer such unreal low price `kits`
for 50-60 bucks!!, I dont care if it last 2 years or 10 --I will be happy
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