melted ignitor!!
08-28-2007, 07:41 PM
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melted ignitor!!
So my drivers side light went out and I smelt burned plastic, so I took apart the headlight to see if the bulb was the problem and it was melted to the igniter. Basicly the inside of the ignitor melted and it fused to the plastic of the hid bulb... How does this happen? The bulbs are OEM. Should I call acura and complain? Will they fix this for free even though I have no warrenty. I mean what happens if it caught fire? It was smoking!!! 
08-28-2007, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by WTL-S
So my drivers side light went out and I smelt burned plastic, so I took apart the headlight to see if the bulb was the problem and it was melted to the igniter. Basicly the inside of the ignitor melted and it fused to the plastic of the hid bulb... How does this happen? The bulbs are OEM. Should I call acura and complain? Will they fix this for free even though I have no warrenty. I mean what happens if it caught fire? It was smoking!!!
Didn't a similiar situation happen to a 3rd gen TL recently?
08-29-2007, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by AMGala
Maybe the ignitor wasn't seated properly over the bulb end, so there was some possibility of electricity traveling outside of the ignitor-to-bulb connection thus melting it.
08-30-2007, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by WTL-S
So my drivers side light went out and I smelt burned plastic, so I took apart the headlight to see if the bulb was the problem and it was melted to the igniter. Basicly the inside of the ignitor melted and it fused to the plastic of the hid bulb... How does this happen? The bulbs are OEM. Should I call acura and complain? Will they fix this for free even though I have no warrenty. I mean what happens if it caught fire? It was smoking!!!
Time for another recall?
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08-30-2007, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Whizzbomb
Wow... that happeneed to me about a month ago. 2003 TLS. I was out of warrenty and I did have to pay for it. I pressed them and they sold it to me at cost, still a pain in the ass. The guy who did the work said he never seen that happen before.
Time for another recall?
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