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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 12:47 PM
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Left Xenon twitches

Guys, my left Xenon twitches all the time. It even turns off for a couple of seconds sometimes by itself. Anybody with the same problem?
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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 01:28 PM
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Did the xenon's come on the car when you bought it? If so it will be covered under warranty. Most likely causes are a bad bulb, or balast. It can be easily fixed by the dealer.
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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 01:53 PM
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Yeah, the car came with the Xenons.
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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 03:14 PM
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I had the same problem. Does it also not turn on right away at start up and then turn on after a minute or two? I took it in for service and they replaced the whole headlamp cluster. Thankfully, it was under warranty, otherwise would have cost about $3000. My service advisor says he seen it a couple times before too, so they didn't give me any trouble about a full replacement.
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 12:13 PM
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I had the same problem. Does it also not turn on right away at start up and then turn on after a minute or two? I took it in for service and they replaced the whole headlamp cluster. Thankfully, it was under warranty, otherwise would have cost about $3000. My service advisor says he seen it a couple times before too, so they didn't give me any trouble about a full replacement.
I will for sure. I'm sick and tired of it. Doesn't the warranty expire at 50,000 miles?
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 12:57 PM
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Warranty is 4 years or 48,000 miles, whichever comes first. I'm nowhere near 50,000 miles yet, but the four years is coming up for me.
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Old Jan 3, 2007 | 05:25 AM
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It happened to me as well with the right xenon but just for a day. Then it was fixed magically by itself. Dont know what happened but hope will not become permanent.
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Old Jan 3, 2007 | 09:25 PM
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My drivers side light was not turning on consistently when I first got the car. I took it in and they thought they fixed the problem by replacing the bulb but it kept happening. They replaced the ignitor and it fixed the problem and has never happened since.
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Old Jan 25, 2007 | 11:42 AM
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Took the car to the dealer and found what the problem was... It's not the ballast nor the bulb but the ignitor that gives the power. They will order a new one for me which costs around 300CYP=$600 but they will fixed it for free even the car is out of quarantee for over a month now... Lucky me
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