Rzrlp

I bought the HID's for the lowbeams and the fogs from Carlab, had them professionally installed, and every once in a while i get a message saying there is a error with the light, 5 days ago it said the front fog left, today it said left and right low beam, it just comes and goes. and suggestion? I know its not a huge deal, but just dont want these stupid messages showing up! and even though it will display a message, the lights are still working!

Rob

Midnight Koop

I just installed my HID's from carlabs last week and havent had any error messages. I didnt get them professionally installed because I thought the instructions were pretty self explanatory. Maybe I just got lucky?

Question.. where/how did the professionals mount your lights? and did you end up drilling a hole in the water covers to lead the wires through? (i just left them off)

Buellwinkle

I have the carlab kit and I had to get the dealer to set the XENON=PRESENT option for them to work properly. Had them several months now and they work great. I was even thinking of putting them in my kid's SLK230.

PsssTkiD

i have the carlab HID also, got them also to install it. And i got my dealer to do the Xenon=Present as well. 5 months, so far so good.

Midnight Koop

i havent had any settings changed for my HID's and no error messages (just as carlabs promised). the dealership quoted the setting change to 'xenon present" for $95... so i'm hoping nothing pops up.

Buellwinkle

It's a luck thing, some people have to set it, some don't, no rhyme, no reason, just luck. Darwin did offer to send me another kit to try but I just had the dealer set it. Also, this didn't happen immediately, it was a few days or maybe a week later when it happened.

Nick@JleviSW

Best thing to do is get the dealer to reflash the ECU to XENON=PRESENT as stated above. You can also install a resistor kit from www.thexenonstore.com but the ECU flash is probably the more complete solution.

gqxchinkx9o9

Buellwinkle, did your HIDs work also when you got the error message? Mine was working for a week, but now the passenger side is flickering non-stop. The strange thing is if the car is off, the lights wouldn't flicker at all. I found another post in this forum where a member had the same problem as me and all he had to do was bring it to a tech and get an upgrade of some software. Hoping that he gets back to me soon with the tech's info.

CarLAB

I send you PM on how to get the new V2 wiring harness (no flicker)!.

Regards

Darwin W

nlpamg

the same thing happens with mine.

I have carlab HID fogs. At first, it would say "right fog light" but the light was working. Then, the same error came up and the fog went out. I subsequently fixed/replaced (just the right side) them and they were fine for a couple weeks. Now, I get the error sometimes, but the light is still working. I have no clue what's going on.

BabyBenz6spd

Darwin, Can you please PM me the same thing?, My driver side is flickering like crazy and sometimes it doesn't even want to light up.

yeuchau

I have Tech1HID for about a week now
no error msg at all

XenonBenz

The V2 Harness will get rid of the flickering, but there is a possibility that it might not get rid of the random error messages.

I had a HID kit that is a "no error" kit, but I would have occasional headlight errors. No matter what kit you have, you could have random headlight errors. The best thing to do is to go ahead and get the Xenon=present done. I did a lot of searching on the forum 2 months ago when I first got my kit, and the consensus on this forum is that sometimes there are unexplained errors.

EV0LVE

this suggestion only applies to hid fog's:

someone on this forum told me, and it worked for me, that turning on the hid fog BEFORE starting the car. It works, no flicker, no error messages (well so far). I've had to turn off the engine at a traffic light, turn on the fogs, then restart the car. It's annoying i know, but less annoying than a flickering fogs (ala strobe) and error messages.

ZionXLion

If you have the ECU flashed for XENON=PRESENT, could you still go back to halogen without having the ECU reflashed?

e1000

yes

XenonBenz

Yes, you can go back to halogen with XENON=PRESENT with no problems.

ZionXLion

Thanks for the quick replies..

davidleski

hi,

i went to benz and asked them to do a xenon present and they told me they dont do that? i don't know what to do i told ill pay whatever it is because it drives me crazy and he said its because u have an aftermarket thats why you are getting this message. i told him that i read on the net that u can program the ecu to say xenon present. he brushed me away. any help would be appriciated.


thks,
david

Tangerine

There is a step by step process in the sticky section. You can print them out and show them or try a few other dealers.

davidleski

what do u mean by sticky section?

thks
davidl

ozoz

funny enough ... i have the same problem with hid after a few days of installation ... yet to go back to the workshop to get it fix

seagel1000

NExt time get your HID's from www.cqlight.ca

Best kit to date. I just installed mines about 2 hrs ago and no problems. I have them on my mustang, next month for a year and not one problem. They come with the anti-flickering/on board trip Capacitor (better than a resistor i've read). Took me 30 minutes tops with organizing the wires and no drilling ANYWHERE. No tools but my own human hands

blkstar15

Hey guys trying to do some hid kit for my 04' c230 ss but the web site listed above has so many types. I know how many kelvins i want...but dont know which kinds. If i want to do fog lights and the regular head lights what types are those....sorry for the stupid question!

seagel1000

Get the H7 kit.

http://www.cqlight.ca/index.php?cPat...530d59eb29348c

For your fogs.

http://www.cqlight.ca/index.php?cPath=23