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Started by Sinbad, Jul 10 2006 05:46 AM
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Posted 10 July 2006 - 05:46 AM
So when I power up one of the HIDs, it flashes brightly about 5 times in a second, and then turns off... Is it dead?
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Posted 10 July 2006 - 08:54 PM
hmmm I'm not sure, but go to HID planet and they can tell you over there.
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Posted 10 July 2006 - 11:50 PM
QUOTE(Sinbad @ Jul 10 2006, 12:46 AM) 
So when I power up one of the HIDs, it flashes brightly about 5 times in a second, and then turns off... Is it dead?
it can be the bulbs or the ballast, the best way to do is change the ballast each side and see what happen, and then do the same with the bulbs. Is hid kit? or oem?
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 01:47 PM
Same thing happened to me, and it happened to be the bulb. What you can do is switch bulbs (put one side to the other) and see if the problem follows. More than likely, its the bulb....Same exact problem I had.
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 02:57 PM
Thats the ECUs self test to check the system. Is the other bulb burt out or something?
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 03:02 PM
QUOTE(Che @ Jul 11 2006, 04:57 PM)
Thats the ECUs self test to check the system. Is the other bulb burt out or something?
Other side is working fine. Haven't had a chance to swap the bulbs around yet. This is a Jamaica2G HID kit, so I doubt it's the ECU
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 03:15 PM
QUOTE(Sinbad @ Jul 11 2006, 10:02 AM)
Other side is working fine. Haven't had a chance to swap the bulbs around yet. This is a Jamaica2G HID kit, so I doubt it's the ECU
Then why is this in Maintenance if your talking after market parts? Unless its a 55watt kit your going to have to rig it. The other option is to get your dealership to flash your cars ECU for HIDs.
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 03:22 PM
Cos I didn't know where else to put it? Please feel free to move it to a more appropriate place - thanks 
The kit has been working fine in the past. I had the same symptoms with this ballast and buld in 2 separate cars.
The kit has been working fine in the past. I had the same symptoms with this ballast and buld in 2 separate cars.
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Posted 11 July 2006 - 03:45 PM
QUOTE(Sinbad @ Jul 11 2006, 10:22 AM)
Cos I didn't know where else to put it? Please feel free to move it to a more appropriate place - thanks
The kit has been working fine in the past. I had the same symptoms with this ballast and buld in 2 separate cars.
The kit has been working fine in the past. I had the same symptoms with this ballast and buld in 2 separate cars.
Both 2001+?
You need to try them in an older car or just use the kits harness and wire direct to the battery. That will rule out a bad part.
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Posted 13 July 2006 - 08:54 AM
Fixed. It turns out one of the clips on the HT wires to the capsule had broken and there was a gap in the contact - it obviously arced across for the starter voltage but the run voltage was not enough to bridge...
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