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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 02:50 PM
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Headlight Problems

Alright so for the past few months i have been having difficulty with my passenger side OEM 5.5gen headlights the 2 problems consist of: Constant condensation and water building inside the headlight and the other being that my light is not working. Ive established that it is not the bulb because ive tried many different ones and none have worked however the high beams and corner lights still work.. Please HELP! here are some pictures





Old Oct 11, 2010 | 03:09 PM
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Check and make sure your light bulb sockets/harness are sealed correctly. Happened to me when I had water condensation, my parking light sockets weren't closed properly(they were brand new and I didn't check them). As far as your bulb not working, your last bet is the ballast.
Old Oct 11, 2010 | 03:15 PM
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I replaced the ballast with a brand new one and it did nothing everything is sealed its starting to become very irritating would the reason be because of that big gap between te headlight and front bumper?
Old Oct 11, 2010 | 03:52 PM
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Bump.. any advice will help.
Old Oct 11, 2010 | 03:56 PM
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I don't think that gap will effect anything. Does the other headlamp turn on with all of the bulbs?
Old Oct 11, 2010 | 03:58 PM
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yeah the other headlamp is perfect everything works fine with it no condensation and lights all go on.
Old Oct 11, 2010 | 04:01 PM
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Ok, then if it's not the bulb, not the ballast, has to be the D2R connection or the relay that is attached to the wiring.
Old Oct 11, 2010 | 04:04 PM
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How can i figure out which it is? the light just randomly went off while i was driving.. the only way i had it to work was leave the switch on 'auto' when i get back from work at night so the lights are on cause if the switch is on 'off' and i switch it to 'auto' that passeneger light wont go on which is strange.. during the day time i just have my fogs on with the corners on.
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Weird, gotta be something to do with wiring or electrical related.
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Old Oct 11, 2010 | 05:21 PM
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..i had the same exact problem with headlights as well. i checked everything and replaced everything but the bulbs. and nothing worked. idk why this worked but i decided to put the headlight bulb from the driver side in the passenger and passenger in the driver and boom. i neva had a problem afta that..it was absolutely strange..
Old Oct 11, 2010 | 05:27 PM
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..i had the same exact problem with headlights as well. i checked everything and replaced everything but the bulbs. and nothing worked. idk why this worked but i decided to put the headlight bulb from the driver side in the passenger and passenger in the driver and boom. i neva had a problem afta that..it was absolutely strange..
how the hell? ive tried that too but nothing.
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Oh, check the ground wire going to the D2R shroud, that's another possibility.
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do you know anyone else with a 5.5 gen? if so, plug their headlight in. If it works, then you know the problem is one of the wires on the headlight housing, if it doesn't, then you probably have a relay or wiring problem in the car.......... also, not sure, but it could be the bulb igniter
Old Oct 14, 2010 | 09:01 AM
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hey just wanted to let everyone know the problem was the headlight housing i replaced it and everything is looking good!
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