Great, headlight not working

kittens

My bulb is not working as shown

Any ideas on what is wrong? It has gotten cold lately...

Just a switch or do I need to replace a 700 dollar light?

SouthArk370Z

I suspect the bulb (and/or ballast) is bad.

Check all the connections going to the lamp. It may be just a loose or corroded wire.

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chops

bulb couldve burnt out. id recommend this bulb:

Amazon.com: Philips D2S Xenon HID Headlight Bulb, Pack of 1: Automotive

replace both at the same time IF you determine the bulb burnt out. its good to have equal bulbs. also, only order from Amazon as the seller to avoid fakes, not the "Sold by Xenon Corp and Fulfilled by Amazon." crap.

or just order from here:

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...roducts_id=148

our stock bulbs are koito 4200k bulbs, these philips are probably 2nd best bulb you can buy in terms. affordable at ~50bucks/bulb too!

kittens

I am hoping for loose wire cause the roads here suck and have tons of bumps

chops

the wires dont really loosen too easily, but you should definitely check. unplug, plug, turn on lights. if no go, swap bulbs left to right. if the side that doesnt work still doesnt work after swapping bulbs, likely the ballast is broken. otherwise, one bulb is bad

kittens

I will let the dealer take on that ordeal since I don't want to screw around with the bulbs lol

This is the 4th headlight issue for me (3 on old car)

kittens

Update: does it make any sense that it is the bulb because the high beam doesn't work either?

Elan

Well unlike some cars, the Z uses the same bulb for the high beams. Correct me if I am wrong, but it uses a mirror of sorts to simply deflect the light from the bulb up. Hence the sound it makes when high beams are engaged. It doesn't really prove much though. Only that either the bulb is dead or a wiring problem.

I think many people that have experienced ballast issues have the bulb go on for a few seconds and then turn off? But I could be wrong. Just things I have read from others.

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chops

correct. when the ballast is going, it usually flickers or makes buzzing sounds when you flip the headlights on, but no light appears. usually ballasts dont go bad too often though. bulbs on the other hand can go quickly

kittens

Yeah there's no flicker. The dealer said a ballast is 500 and a bulb is like 150 so I'm hoping bulb haha

chops

dont pay for any of that...

you can get a pair of our OEM ballasts here for 170:

Matsushita Gen V Ballasts - HID Ballasts from The Retrofit Source Inc

and bulb...buy the ones i linked above..

kittens

Great thanks. One quick question: would leaving the car out in below freezing temperatures cause an outage? Probably a stupid question but this happened the day after it snowed lol

Elan

It shouldn't lol. Try swapping bulbs. If the other one works, you just need a new one!

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Grindkiezer

Take 20 minutes and swap the bulbs and see if the other one works.

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