i have a problem with my front right side headlight its not working. and the light bulb is fine. and a mechanic just told me that it was a sensor? but charging way too much. any leads or help please?

 

what is the exact problem?

 

my front headlight isnt working. i checked the bulbs and they were fine. i took it to a mechanic to figure it out. and he said it was a sensor. and he was charging a lot so. yea im trying to figure out whats wrong. could it possibly be the ballast?

 

sorry for double post..

bump please. i really need help with this. lol

 

if your bulbs are fine then its most likely your ballast that went bad..

 

either your ballast or ignitor, take off your bumper and switch the pieces around and see exactly what is not working

 

what pieces should i switch around? oh. haha how many bolts are there for the bumper? haha sorry. im a noob =X

 

does anyone know what kind of size sockets i need to take off the bumper? or how many screws or bolts i need to take off.? thanks

 

i just got done changing my ballast in on the passenger side headlight. took about an hour with realignment of the headlight and beam. mine was kinda screwy. the ballast is the silver box on the bottom side of your headlight. three big philips screws, then unplug the igniter from the bottom. igniter sits inside the actual headlight assembly. as for the socket size, couldn't help you to much. mine are all over the place, probably 11mm though.

 

hey yea. i just checked and my ballast was leaking like dark orange fluids. yea i dunno what that is. and i switched the ballast and it still doesn't work. nor do the regular lights work? what else can it be?.

 

easiest thing to do would be to switch all the components one by one from the working headlight, to try and isolate the problem with the lights. thats the way i figured out my ballast was shot. not sure why your ballast was leaking fluid. probably shouldn't be that way, as for you mechanic saying it was a sensor...i honestly didn't know there were any in our headlights. good luck