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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 11:25 PM
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My driver headlight would not turn on random times or if it turns on and I drive for 20mins plus then turn off and try to turn it back on, it wont. So I assume that my ballast was going out and both ballast with aftermarket ones. After spending a good amount of the day removing the headlight and replacing the ballast, the problem coutinues. Some time it will turn on and sometimes it wont.
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 12:41 AM
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that the ballast or bulb going bad try swamping with a working one and test if not then the ballast not getting enough voltage check voltage on the lends ....also on a slim chance check the fuse...sometime the fuse will blow at the end cap and you cant see it happen to you apply voltage to it and see a small spark arch
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 11:40 AM
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I changed both the ballasts and the bulbs on both sides...
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