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In ownership of 3 different 9-5's, I've seen average bulb life around 35,000 miles with OEM bulbs. My 2007 has 36,000 miles and I have had both bulbs replaced under warranty in the past 60 days. I believe the DS1 xenon bulb is a bad design, whether it's the ballast, the actual bulb portion or whatever is causing the failures.
In July, I turned in a leased 2008 9-3 Aero that had xenons. I had about 56,000 miles on it, but never had a problem with those xenons.
Interestingly, but not surprising, Saab will only replace one bulb at a time under warranty. Even though my "good" one was flickering, it had to fail and the dealer had to see it fail before Saab would cover the replacement.
Posts in this Thread:
- How long did your xenon headlights last?, AeroLady, Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:40:05
- Re: How long did your xenon headlights last?, jeff in MD, Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:07:08
- Re: How long did your xenon headlights last?, Dan-O, Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:52:13
- no DRLs= 8 years, 145 k miles..., AlS, Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:46:48
- 5yrs, 85,00 mi w/ DRL alway on. Both died. n/m, MikeVT , Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:13:47
- You're lucky!, Saabpilot , Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:16:45 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: How long did your xenon headlights last?, Stephen Goldberger, Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:34:31
- Re: How long did your xenon headlights last?, saabsince 93b , Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:12:06
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