Hid problem

by **Biggi_e** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:31 pm

ok so my right headlight(hids) has been out for about 2 weeks or so and today after i finished eating dinner i got dropped back off to my car. i turned it on and turned the lights on and boom both were working. it took me about 15 minutes to get home and i parked and checked the lights. i turned the car off and then waiting a minute or so and turned it back on and the light was out again..

is this a ballast problem? i was very close to buy a new bulb but im not sure anymore.

any help is appreciated. :fadein:

by **made in china** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:15 pm

Mine was doing that also. Turned out a contact inside the adapter harness had backed out. I just snapped it back together and everything was fine.

by **---CAMRAZY---** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:06 pm

Posh's were doing that also.... and it was the ballast.

by **kpxboi0619** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:09 am

I had same problem with my HID

Once my color started to fade away and that was the wiring problem

Right bulb wasn't work properly because of the ballast

Both HID turned off, and turned back on, and turn off and repeated this couple of times and it was the fuse problem

by **RDKamikaze** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 12:05 pm

I think it's a wiring problem, or a bad ballast. If it's warrantied, send in the ballast and get a new one

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by **Biggi_e** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 5:17 pm

---CAMRAZY--- wrote:Posh's were doing that also.... and it was the ballast.

would i have to get a new ballast? or just fix something inside?

by **facevedo17** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:01 pm

I had this same problem and I was told that I had a short circuit cuz my ballast was making contact with the chasis and cuz it to ground ....actually im pretty sure it wasen't the ballast since I used the same one and test it with the left bulb ...and it work fine ...it was the same problem it turn on sometimes and also the color faded a lil those were the sings then they completed didn't work but my left was still working ....also when this happend I didn't disable my DRL hope that helps

by **xhlokx** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:08 pm

yah i'm getting the same problems too.

by **Biggi_e** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:32 pm

well i just took out my Hid's for now and put the stock bulbs back in, i hate it but i gotta save some $ up. i will be getting new set of Hid's soon though

by **MikeATL** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:18 am

Like someone else said. The real test is to just switch the bulbs and see if you still have a problem. If it moved with the bulb or stayed with the ballast, or if its gone it might have just been the connection.

PS - I havent had any issues with my HIDs, except when i leave my lights in the on position and they come on right when i turn the car on. Sometimes one doesnt ignite. When i leave it on auto they come on a few seconds after ignition, and they both come on everytime.

by **Biggi_e** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:46 am

MikeATL wrote:Like someone else said. The real test is to just switch the bulbs and see if you still have a problem. If it moved with the bulb or stayed with the ballast, or if its gone it might have just been the connection.

PS - I havent had any issues with my HIDs, except when i leave my lights in the on position and they come on right when i turn the car on. Sometimes one doesnt ignite. When i leave it on auto they come on a few seconds after ignition, and they both come on everytime.

i did the whole switching the bulbs and ballasts, it was the ballast but im getting better brand hids shortly.

by **solaraluv** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:30 am

I had that problem once before, check all wires first if it still doesnt work try to unhook them from the factory harnes and do a direct connect to the + and - of the battery. If still nothing happens it could be a bad ballast.

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