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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 02:26 PM
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I have high/low/fog 6000K 35w HIDs with LED Taillights with Hyperflash Harness on a '01 C5. I don't drive much.
However the last time I drove @ night the lights started flickering and the driver side low went dead. I purchased a replacement and install and the HID bulb did not work. So I move the "new" HID bulb to passenger side and it didn't work as well. I reinstalled the working HID bulb on passenger side and now that and all HIDs high & low on both sides are not working.

The HID Fogs work fine.

I removed the all high/low HIDs and replaced with the standard 9005 & 9006 bulbs and they work fine.

What would cause my HIDs to fail.

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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 04:36 PM
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Old Apr 29, 2014 | 04:39 PM
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I could consider that the ballast would go on the 1st and maybe my 2nd troubleshooting of the bulbs....but all 4 ballasts???
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I'm sure you did but you did check the fuse? You can also test them on your fogs since you know those are working...
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Yup..fuses are OK
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swap them with your fogs then you will know if it's the ballast or not
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Had my HID fogs quit working, turned out to be the relay......
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Had my HID fogs quit working, turned out to be the relay......
If it's the relay wouldn't the regular bulbs also not work?
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Did you swap them like I suggested?
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Originally Posted by Irony
If it's the relay wouldn't the regular bulbs also not work?
Did you install a dedicated relay harness for the HID's? Assuming you did, and you plugged the 9005/9006 bulbs into the OEM connectors they would not be going through the dedicated relay harness.
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