dorajp

I just recently purchased a 2007 CLS63 and found the right low beam to be inoperative. My high beams and blinkers work just fine. I took it in to a local shop and of course, they told me it wasn't the bulb. So I decided to take it in to the MB dealership and they told me it wasn't the ignitor either and I would need the entire headlamp replaced.
I do not know much about cars but its an easy fix for the dealer to just replace the entire headlamp set and take a couple grand out of my account. My question is, could my problem be fixed by replacing a part from the headlamp instead of the entire set? Does anyone know if it could be anything else? If its not the ignitor, could it be the ballast? But my other concern is, doesn't the high and low beam run on the same ballast, so if my ballast was bad, wouldn't my high beam not work? Could it possibly be a fuse and where would that be located? Any input is much appreciated. Thanks.

S500 Man

change the bulb first if that does not work, get a ballast, if not then find a used headlight on ebay!!!dont be a victim!also where are you located???

dorajp

bulb was changed already and it didnt fix the problem. my question is, would the high beam work if the ballast was bad? because its just my low beam thats out. thanks for your response.
oh and im from california.

S500 Man

sounds like a bad ballast then http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hella-Xenon-...fda0bf&vxp=mtr

ive never ran into this issue myself so i couldnt tell you bro sorry. but testing out different stuff is the best way.

S500 Man

if you want a whole headlight here it is http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercedes-Ben...41897a&vxp=mtr

dorajp

alright, thanks for the info!

dorajp

if i had a bad ballast, does anyone know if both my high and low beam would go out?

xtc130iii

no. high beam doesn't go through ballast. so it still work if ballast is out.

dorajp

thanks! i guess ill check out the ballast.

furukawa63

my drivers side low beam is broken again . I just replaced my headlight unit which I bought on the net used .
I don't know what the problem is but I am taking a wild guess it's the ballast that can with the unit .
one evening while I was driving the head lamp sort of flickered and the next second I had no more light .
I took it to the stealership and they told me that the electrical current something ???
now I am back on eBay looking for a oem ballast , is there a ballast that I can use that dips not from hella ?
this is my second ballast problem in one month.

furukawa63

pardon my spelling , I am having trouble with my I pad