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Weird HL problem with Xenons

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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 02:19 PM
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Weird HL problem with Xenons

Ok, here is the story. I have an '05 MCS which came with regular halogen headlights which I am trying to replace withe a pair of Xenon headlights (I believe they are off of an '03, they are the ones without projectors). The high beams work great. Here is the problem, when the car is running, sometimes the low beams will work fine (for a very short period of time), but most of the time they are just dead. Sometimes when I turn on the highbeams, the lows will flicker, but not turn on completely. What's funny is that they both behave the exact same way, and if the car is off, they work great everytime. I can stand there and just turn them on and off and they will switch on and off without fail, and will stay on as long as I leave them that way. Am I missing something here? Or are they just broken?
 
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 02:25 PM
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that happen to me, you might have to get a dealer to program the car for xenons, or a mini shop who has the technology for it.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 02:59 PM
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Did you ever get it fixed? Did you have someone program your car for Xenons?
 
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 03:19 PM
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ya i went to danny at minicorsa, but there should be a local mini shop close to you
 
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 05:10 PM
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I think you just need a re-flash with the Xenon programming. I think it was Snyper's thread that mentioned that.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2009 | 06:24 PM
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Ok thanks guys, I will look into it.
 
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