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Xenon headlight flickering.. then off... then on?
Posted by Bri [Email] (more from Bri) on Wed, 1 Dec 2010 19:14:38
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I bought an '03 Arc wagon this summer. I noticed the passenger side xenon headlight flickered some. The flickering has continued, not too bad but noticeable more now that I drive in the dark more.
Tonight, the passenger side light went off, then would come back on. It didn't seem related to a bump in the road. After a few times going on and off, the xenon fault indicator light in the instrument cluster lit up. I pulled over and banged on the hood and around the light but it did not come back on.
When I moved the headlight switch from the lights on position to the lights off position it seemed like the headlights got brighter. When I turned off the car, and restarted it, the light came back on and didn't go out for the rest of the drive. The dash indicator was gone too.
I'm a bit confused. I suspected before that the flickering meant I needed a new bulb, but with the weird on-off thing, I'd think something else is going on?
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Posts in this Thread:
- Xenon headlight flickering.. then off... then on?, Bri, Wed, 1 Dec 2010 19:14:38 <-- Viewing This Message
- thanks for the replies!, Bri, Thu, 2 Dec 2010 17:51:17
- Re: Xenon headlight flickering.. then off... then on?, Dan-O, Thu, 2 Dec 2010 09:28:41
- Re: Xenon headlight flickering.. then off... then on?, John M, Thu, 2 Dec 2010 07:30:03
- Re: Xenon headlight flickering.. then off... then on?, John M, Thu, 2 Dec 2010 07:29:46
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