Intermittent HID issue

[Bishop]

Luke, I this is an old thread that was bumped. I haven't had this issue in some time now. Every once in a while, but rarely, I'll pull the light switch on and one side won't fire, I just turn push in the switch and pull it back out and they both fire.

Sick: See above. Mine just kinda stopped acting up (it wasn't doing it regularly to begin with, but was obnoxious). I just kinda ignored it / forgot about it, and re-fire my lights if and when one of em doesn't turn on.

[dashboardmonkey]

seems like a common issue with HID's, mine do the same damn thing only it does not piss off the check panel.

[StereoInstaller1]

Sorry, didn't check to see if it was old.

Damn newbies bumpin shit, what the hell.

[Bishop]

No worries. Someone should flog him though.

[Holland]

As long as they are using the search function then I really don't care much.

[StereoInstaller1]

ooooooh, public flogging!

[straight6pwr]

Having the same problem myself. I have swtiched my HID's from driver side to passenger and they only work on the passenger side. But randomly like once every 4 months random the driver side fires up for the drive home. It's bizarre, I probably have a loose butt connection. I used to have sealed beams and switched to ellips. Anyone else get to the bottom of their problem yet?

i had this issue, and went in an re soldered/repaired the connections on my wiring harnesses (had to splice in late model plugs on my early model) and once all the connections were buttoned up nicely, havent seen the problem since.

[SickE30]

Sorry, didn't check to see if it was old.

Damn newbies bumpin shit, what the hell.

Check the join dates friend.

[SickE30]

i had this issue, and went in an re soldered/repaired the connections on my wiring harnesses (had to splice in late model plugs on my early model) and once all the connections were buttoned up nicely, havent seen the problem since.

I'm going to have to do the same, sadly it is weding season and my wife is dragging me to a wedding for the next few weekends. But that's going to be the solution I'm sure.

[Bishop]

Check the join dates friend.

Who you callin friend pal?

And technically, since you're not a Newbie, you shoulda checked the original date ;)

I don't care, but I think it's funny...
Like I said, mine have pretty much ceased to act up on me, every once in a while it happens, and just switching the lights off and back on fixes it.

[SickE30]

Lol. Glad you got your's fixed I'll get to mine soon.

[usualdeviant]

i had this issue, and went in an re soldered/repaired the connections on my wiring harnesses (had to splice in late model plugs on my early model) and once all the connections were buttoned up nicely, havent seen the problem since.

I'd love for this to be the fix for my issue (one of the lows sometimes not firing up). I was going to use a new 9006 pigtail but when I installed it with wire nuts, the light would NEVER come on. WTF? So I wire nutted the old 9006 piggy back in and just like before, it works sometimes. What am I doing wrong? Not my first bbq with HID's, had this problem with my old cheap ones too. These ones are Depo brand I guess, and I know all the bulbs and ballasts work - brand new. You can turn the key, pull the headlight knob, and both low beam HID's will come on (sometimes one of them won't - driver side.) Not sure if it matters if the car came with sealed beams.

[audiquattrot]

Yep same here .. but I think it has to do with low voltage going to the light. I've seen this issue on some of my other cars. I've also noticed this only happens to me when the car has sat for a long period of time, like overnight. So i'll actually give the car a little rev and turn the lights on at the same time when the car is generating a little more current. Though it could be a total fluke.

Does the rev help? It sounds simple enough and I wouldn't mind doing it cause it does seem mine only does it after it sits over night or something..... I'm not too stressed about it, but my fog light is driving me nuts.

this is exactly what I do too. I have a digital volt meter in my console, and any time it reads anywhere below 13v upon startup, the HID's never both turn on at the ssame time. I rev it up to 13.6/13.7 and they both go on. Was hoping there was a way I can correct this, but I don't think there is.

[usualdeviant]

Just a little update on my situation. Both bulbs were coming on for a week or two, every time. Then it started raining. A couple days into it, my driver's side doesn't come on anymore. My feeling is that water is getting into the wire nuts that connect the 9006 pigtail to the low beam wiring, causing corrosion. But then why only on one side?

[usualdeviant]

Update: Used a voltmeter on the low beam wiring plugs on each side of the car. First was driver side: ranges from 0-15 volts. Same on passenger side, only passenger side still works. Why it does this, I don't know. I thought it was supposed to deliver somewhere around 12 volts, constantly. Driver side ballast makes a little squeaking noise when you turn on the headlights. So maybe I'll try a different ballast when it stops raining. Just because it's a new part, doesn't mean it's a good one.