Left Xenon twitches
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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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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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2005 CLK500
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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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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CLK200 kompressor, BMW X3 2.5i, BMW525i
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 
