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Old Jul 6, 2024 | 11:35 PM
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Right Low beam issue (HID)

Hello everyone I’m a recent owner of a 2011 E550 class with 83k ish miles and recently I’ve had a problem.
so last week my passenger low beam bulb went out and it’s was a factory HID bulb. But before that moisture got in the housing and I think ultimately it burnt out the bulb with the moisture inside the housing. So I’ve purchased a new set of HIDS and installed them but it didn’t turn on. It’s not bulb that for sure because I switched it out on the drivers and it worked fine. And moisture doesn’t get in the housing anymore. I don’t know if it’s the connection of the bulb or fuse. And I really don’t want to replace the whole housing. Any ideas on what it could be?
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Originally Posted by innovation-inc
Hello everyone I’m a recent owner of a 2011 E550 class with 83k ish miles and recently I’ve had a problem.
so last week my passenger low beam bulb went out and it’s was a factory HID bulb. But before that moisture got in the housing and I think ultimately it burnt out the bulb with the moisture inside the housing. So I’ve purchased a new set of HIDS and installed them but it didn’t turn on. It’s not bulb that for sure because I switched it out on the drivers and it worked fine. And moisture doesn’t get in the housing anymore. I don’t know if it’s the connection of the bulb or fuse. And I really don’t want to replace the whole housing. Any ideas on what it could be?
The HID bulb works with an arc of high voltage discharge.
Now your ballast need replacement to ignite a plasma.
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The HID bulb works with an arc of high voltage discharge.
Now your ballast need replacement to ignite a plasma.
thank you, I’ll order the part and see if it works.
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