Today when it was raining i noticed that my left Highbeam doesn't work. When i put high beam my left light turns off and then reapplies when i disengage High Beam. BTW, i have Xenon Naxos HID blubs.

 

That's odd...sometimes when I start my car, my left headlight won't come on and I have to put the hood, and wiggle the bulb until it turns on

I don't know how to help you though, sorry

 

now thats ghetto!!!!!!

 

I had a problem where both the high and low beams on one side would go out and I would have to go out ghetto style and wiggle the harness till it turned back on... i dunno what's exactly wrong though...

 

bump

 

One of my new upgraded headlights goes out sometimes.. and I will have to do the old "ghetto wiggle" the harness trick to get it back on hehe.... can anyone tell me how to permanently fix this? I have tried turning it every way, jiggling it, removing it and cleaning the connectors, etc... I am out of ideas

 

checked the socket....there mite have been an electrical arch created while using the headlights....an arch from one of the positive connector to ground connector would create a somewhat melted socket and corroded connector....the ground connector will be the trouble if the headlight doesn't work.....if the high beam doesn't work then the positive connector for the high beam mite have been corroded....all u have to do is scrap all the corroded part back to bare metal then use a small neddlenode pliers and squeeze it back together to create a firm hold for the bulb....this was what happen to my socket and i scraped all the corroded part off then it work like a charm....

 

I have figured out the problem, I just went outside and pulled out the bulb. when i looked at it, it looked fine. When i turned it to an angle, I saw the coil of the high beam fall off and roll around inside.

 

alright.. let me help you guys out.. the reason your having all these problems with your headlights is because when you upgrade your headlight bulbs, the factory ground wire is no longer capable of handling the increased wattage.. the problem with the way nissan grounded the headlights is the ground wire goes from the left headlight, then to the right headlight, and then to a ground. the factory ground wire is now too long and the gauge of the wire is too small, so what happens is the ground connection in the headlight plug slowly begins to burn and melt. this is why you have to wiggle the wires to make it work, and its also why its usually the left headlight that goes first.. if you wait long enough to fix it you'll be wiggling both headlight plugs to make them go on.. and let me tell you its really aggrivating.. you can buy an an upgraded wiring harness from apc that from what i hear is about 50 bucks, and is suppose to elimate this from happening and also allow your headlight to run brighter because the larger wires can conduct more current. BUT-- you DO NOT need to go through all this trouble.. a simple way to solve this whole ordeal is by gounding each headlight individually.. this will shorten the ground path, thus eliminating the need to upgrade to a larger gauge wire, and will also allow your headlights to run a little brighter. its the same concept of running power wires for a car stereo.. the reason people use 4 gauge wire and up for a decent stereo is because the wires running from the battery to the amps are like 15/ 20 feet long a peice,if it was possibile to mount the amps rite next to the battery you could get any with like a 10 gauge instead of 4.. but anyway.... a set of 9004 headlight plugs cost me about 7 bucks each, and when you hold the plug upright, with the prongs facing you,( the same way you would look at if if it was in your headlight), the ground wire is the one on the right. all you have to do is take that wire,cut it, crimp a connector on it, and ground it to the radiator support..(and connect the other two wires if your changing plugs).. problem sovled.. youll never have to play with the wires to get your headlights on again.....

 

Buy an APC upgrade harness.

 

just change the ground.. whats more simple than that?? and it dont cost nothin either..

 

I'm going to try regrounding mine tommorow! Thanks!

(Its only my right light that does it though... ?)

 

you may have to buy new headlight plugs for it to work..if you need to move the wires around to get the light to go on most likely u need to change the plug, its about 7 bucks