poke71 Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 I bought an HID headlight Pkg, with ballasts and all, ran them for a year. After the first bulb burnt out the second went within two weeks. I decided to go back to an OEM setup and bought Sylvania Ultra Star bulbs. After installing and turning them on the headlights didn't work. Since then I've done the following: Checked connections Checked fuses Checked wiring Will be checking voltage with multimeter Disconnected battery in hopes to reset something My dealership isn't the most trust worthy so I'd like to know as much as possible before I go in so they don't pull a fast one and say i need a new wiring harness. Anyone else had this issue? Heard about taking it in to get the cpu flashed? And about the Smart Junction Box being faulty. May have to buy two new HID bulbs and see if they work, but rather bring it to back to OEM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autom8r Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Poke71, I bought HIDs for my high beams, didnt like them because of the HID 'lag' coming to temperature and the pattern they cast, it just wasn't right. So I installed the Sylvania's instead and they work well. Color is not HID but I'm not driving around with my high beams on all the time. The HID ballasts should be plug and play, unless an HID harness was installed. For the higher wattage ballasts, this is necessary and surgical, the harness will need to be removed or you'll find that you may cook the new bulbs. There is no reason to flash the PCM, and the smart junction box is probably intact as well. Check the sockets with a VOM as you suggest. Make sure the switch is in the ON and not AUTOMATIC position if your car is so equipped. Check your fuses too and make sure they didn't blow when the ballasts came out. Examine the wiring carefully, the OEM socket is fed by 12 or 14 ga. wire ending with a socket, not plugged into another socket and then into the lamp as an HID may be. Sometimes the HID 'spade' that plugs into the socket will distort the clip inside the socket, weakening the spring tension against the new spade on the bulb. You may need to dig into the socket and spread out the clip to improve the tension on the spade of the new lamp for it to carry the current to the OEM lamp. Good luck. Let us know how you solved it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poke71 Posted July 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Thanks, will definitely try to check clip inside the socket. I have almost 9 volts running to each headlight lead after testing it with a voltage meter, which tells me I am running out of options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poke71 Posted August 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 So after taking it to the dealership and having them look at it, it ended up just being a code that was cleared by the technician within 15 minutes of being in there. Thank God it wasn't anything more serious. Half an hour labour and I was out of there!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 Do you know if it was a BCM (Body Control Module) code by any chance? Have sometimes heard of that happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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