2006 GS430 OB

I've SEARCHED AND SEARCHED and read through almost all of the threads but they still havent answered my questions.....so any help would be awesome


Okay so this could be a very simple fix but i wanna get you guys input before i go ordering 3-4 hundreds dollars when i could fix it for half

So when i was driving today pull up to a glass building knoticed my driver head light and fog are off.....

i was like ****!

so i turn the car off check all the connections..

the headlight and fog turn back on but the fog SLOWLY DIMS And the Shuts off.... Is this a ballas or a bulb problem it will stay on for 5 seconds MAX. so idk what to do.....

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now the headlamp wont turn on unless i turn the lights off and on a few more times... i tried switching bulbs around too so its not the bulbs now so im thinking its the ballast .... ANY help will be awesome Thanks Guys

 

Dealer. seem like u have a bit too many problems. Is your fog oem?

 

It must not be HID since it says it slowly dims.

 

What else could it be then?? After it dims it completely turns off

If I turn it back on it just flashes and the turns back off ...

 

I've never seen an HID bulb to slowly dim, its either on or off. You sure you don't have OEM fogs with 9006 bulbs?

 

lol ITS HID lol 6000K i bought the ballast from a friend but its lasted a few months but i cant tell if its the ballast or not .... what are symptoms of a bad bulb or ballast


NEW UPDATE : Driver side doesnt turn on anymore i flip flop the bulbs still nothing...... so all i have to assume that ballast is dead....

 

why does this seem like such a familiar scenario. I think after this many threads with this many owners having the same issues I think it would be wise to just leave it stock.

 

If it doesn't flicker on or make any sound (high pitch), it's almost positive the ballast is dead. From my experience, bulbs and ballast go out for different reason but if I had to say, bulbs go out more then often on a car with factory equipped HIDs. You can look at the bulb and there is a filiment like hour glass looking thing inside of the glass, usually that is dark/black which is a sign of an old bulb. Aftermarket HIDs are usually dead ballast due to improper mounting of the ballast or the cheaper ones anyways. People rig them in (zip ties) which leaves room for vibrations and with that over time it kills the internals.

Quick way to check it, unplug the bulb and flick on the lights. Do be careful you don't shock yourself or have any wires near by.

I was testing a ballast I sold to another member:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ps-photos/5098237891/


What I would do is put the stock bulbs in and see what happens. Main and fogs. HIDs don't usually fade out, they just flicker on and off.

 

I have been having this same issue with my car for the past month or so. I have aftermarket fogs 3k and aftermarket bulbs. When I bought the car, it had 6k fogs, noticed one was burned out so I changed out the whole thing to the 3k since i liked the color better. Problem solved up until a couple weeks ago where my driver headlight would shut off after 15 min of driving. I pretty much searched up all the threads on this issue but couldn't really solve the problem. Ended up trying to just drive with my foglights off completely to see if that might be the problem. Its been a week now and the headlight issue has not came back.. straaaange...

 

That is odd I don't get it I'm going to mess with my car more today it's so annoying

 

put all OEM back and check one at a time.