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Xenon light question

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Old Sep 19, 2003 | 03:58 PM
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My left headlight is intermittent. Twice over the last 3 days, when I leave for work in the morning the left headlight doesn't work. This only seems to occur when the outside temp is cool (45 - 50 F).

Anybody have any ideas???

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Old Sep 19, 2003 | 04:13 PM
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Have it replaced thats what your warranty is for
 
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Old Sep 19, 2003 | 04:16 PM
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^^^Ya, Xenons are supposed to last a lifetime. Get this taken care of.
 
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Old Sep 21, 2003 | 12:26 PM
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I had the same problem 3 days after I bought my MCS. It was intermitent, would work and then after I checked oil during fill up, it stopped working. Next day had the hood up and was looking at connectors and didn't see anything obvious. Closed the hood and it started working. Turns out it was a bad connector that was making intermitent contact. The dealer replaced it but I had to wait two weeks for the part to arrive from Germany.

Since that time no problems other than I don't think it is aimed correctly. I know they are self leveling, but the drivers side light is about 20 feet shoreter for beam distance compared to the passsenger side.
 
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Old Sep 21, 2003 | 01:27 PM
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I've had the same thing happen (left one doesn't want to come on). Sometimes I have to turn my lights on and off again a couple dozen times, but it always comes on eventually. If the dealer were closer, I would have had it taken care of already, but I'm just waiting until I can take it in for the full laundry list...mostly waiting on the Stumble fix for now!!
 
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