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Old Apr 5, 2018 | 11:16 AM
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The driver's side headlight is flickering off and on in my 2015. If the light is out and I switch to high beams it stays out. If I turn the lights off and back on the light comes back on. Any ideas?
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maybe a ballast?

may wanna try the c7 section
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Originally Posted by ~STOLEN~
maybe a ballast?

may wanna try the c7 section
Will do. The ballast was what I was thinking too
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Originally Posted by Bigbobvette1989
The ballast was what I was thinking too
I'd go w/ ballast, also.
Although w/couldn't a failing bulb behave similarly.


Wished I'd known the 'switch bulbs' trick, swap bulbs to determine cause when it was needed.
C/would've saved me respectable coin w/ a dealer who wouldn't say whether it was bulb or ballast. No way to know! Said bulb was cheapest (LOL) of two, worth a risk. Wasn't bulb. $250 later.

Bought a ballast at eBay, waiting for wrench to install when heads get buffed-up.
Might consider doing likewise, part + a qualified wrench.
My dealer isn't just incompetent and lazy, they're shifty as hell.
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Originally Posted by Landru
I'd go w/ ballast, also.
Although w/couldn't a failing bulb behave similarly.


Wished I'd known the 'switch bulbs' trick, swap bulbs to determine cause when it was needed.
C/would've saved me respectable coin w/ a dealer who wouldn't say whether it was bulb or ballast. No way to know! Said bulb was cheapest (LOL) of two, worth a risk. Wasn't bulb. $250 later.

Bought a ballast at eBay, waiting for wrench to install when heads get buffed-up.
Might consider doing likewise, part + a qualified wrench.
My dealer isn't just incompetent and lazy, they're shifty as hell.


Thanks, I'm replacing both bulb and ballast.
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