Please Help with ma Headlights

[25td-jazman]

Hello again Hello ! Just thought I'd let you know !
My Xenon Bulbs don't work right, one is oot ! awh shoot !
Maybe I should have got that Beemer !
Instead a got this bulb at the dealership  -   it came with a free reamer !  

Yeah I know don't give up the day job !

My green 97 2.5td has developed a puzzling problem ! The ns HID stopped working and after checking the fuses I was forced to give the nice man behind the counter (who should have been wearing a mask) £144 plus vat for a replacement bulb ! ooooch ! After carefully fitting it - ensuring that the bulb was not touched etc etc it made not one dam bit of difference. The usual lunch room know it all f all has suggested that it may be the driver unit ??

Has anyone had any similar probs or experience of this ?? And what the hell and where is this driver unit

Please Help - Driving around with the side lights and fog lights is pissing me off not to mention any other drivers.

[TheBoy]

The ballast pack is at back of headlight - follow the think lead will take you to it. Not sure what you can do with ballast, other than replace.  May be worth checking you get a 12v feed when lights on...

[Taxi_Driver]

£144 ouch!  

With expensive items, its worth swapping bits around first if poss, to definately identify faulty item.

You could have swapped bulbs over.....to double check.

Do this with the ballast packs before buying a new one.....as TB suggests it might not be that either.

But word of caution......these ballast packs produce thousands of volts.....so DO NOT go tinkering with the lights turned on  

[TheBoy]

£144 ouch!  

With expensive items, its worth swapping bits around first if poss, to definately identify faulty item.

You could have swapped bulbs over.....to double check.

Do this with the ballast packs before buying a new one.....as TB suggests it might not be that either.

But word of caution......these ballast packs produce thousands of volts.....so DO NOT go tinkering with the lights turned on  

and may store a lethal charge even when off, so be careful!

[25td-jazman]

Fanx,
Well done lads, sorted the lights !! Fank ####! The range and brightness are superb, don't know what some people are talkin about !! Perhaps they also need to go and pull the lights oot and check for bad connections.