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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 07:30 PM
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Exclamation Help no lights!

So both my low beams are out, it started of with just the driver side going off and on randomly, sometimes all i had to do was just turn the lights off then on then it came back on. But now both wont turn on, its like they both just went bad out of nowhere.

I brought the car in about 3 weeks ago to have the lights aimed correctly, and since then i noticed water/condisation inside the headlight housing. Im not sure if this was due to the dealer, but this is also when the driver side light started going out.

Also i have LEDs for parking/city lights, could this cause a problem??
Anything i can do to check what caused this, before the dealer charges an arm and a leg to take a look at it?
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 11:20 PM
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Did you check the fuse?
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 11:27 PM
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Is the water/condensation in both lights? A lot of water? Shorted out, perhaps?
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 11:32 PM
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the water probably ruined the bulbs. But the way they are set up it couldve just blew the fuses. Also you might check and see if the bulb socket its a metal lightbulb shaped plug is loose. That will also cause the problem.

best and cheapest option if the fuses arent blow is to order a set of HID bulbs off ebay for like 20 and install them to make sure the ballast arent blown, which is highly uncommon
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 05:55 AM
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thanks guys for the help...yes there is water in both headlights, and i did check the fuse box, both of them and couldnt tell which one was for the headlights.
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 08:18 AM
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The manual should have map for the fuse box.
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Old Aug 25, 2010 | 04:56 PM
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The manual that came with the car does not map out the fuse box, and i cant figure out which one is the low beam fuse from the map under the fuse box cap, anyone??
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