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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 03:55 PM
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My xenons are acting up. they turn off randomly.

If you off/on the headlight switch they come back on. I notice this when i am driving that one goes out (either driver or passenger). I have replaced the bulbs last year to 8000k bulbs , and it was doing it before the bulb replacement, so i know it's not the bulbs. do the ballasts go bad on these cars? Also , i notice at times, when i go over a bump, the passenger turns off.

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Old Jul 6, 2007 | 04:19 PM
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Mine used to flicker off when going over bumps. I had the dealer check it out and they said something was loose. I wasn't even charged for the fix. Take it to the dealer, it should be something simple.
 
Old Jul 6, 2007 | 06:48 PM
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It really sounds like a loose connection. Check and re-seat all the connections you can find and if that doesnt fix it, have the dealer check it out.
 
Old Jul 7, 2007 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by yellowbmr
If you off/on the headlight switch they come back on. I notice this when i am driving that one goes out (either driver or passenger). I have replaced the bulbs last year to 8000k bulbs , and it was doing it before the bulb replacement, so i know it's not the bulbs. do the ballasts go bad on these cars? Also , i notice at times, when i go over a bump, the passenger turns off.

Help ....Please..............................
I had the same problem and I brought it to the dealer. The connector was just loose. They did not even charge me for it.
 
Old Jul 7, 2007 | 01:52 PM
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Make sure they are fully seated....my Boxster did that and it turned out I didnt push them in hard enough.....push REALLY hard....
 
Old Jul 8, 2007 | 12:00 PM
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Same happened to me, changed the little bulb and later that day they went off, didn't push them all the way in.
 
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 10:33 AM
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Also make sure the headlight assembly is seated completely. It will blink over bumps if it's not.
 
Old Jul 12, 2007 | 09:17 PM
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i had similar problem when turning on/off switch in order to turn on the xenons and it was a faulty switch, not the connection. But i did not notice any problem when going over bumps, so not sure if you have same problem. good luck.
 
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