uimtiaz

Hi all,

On my 2000 s500. The driver side headlight low beam wont turn on.

I bought a new xenon bulb and the light still wont come on. I checked the fuses and everything seems to be working.

Any ideas on what to do next.


thanks

Umar

JonMBZ

Control unit or Ignitor either way you are looking at a lot of cash.

kadafone

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.....I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BALLAST BUT THE OLD BULB WORKS, JUST NOT THE NEW ONE. I SWITCHED SIDES TO MAKE SURE IT ISNT THE BULB.

uimtiaz

thanks jon

due to a cash crunch, im trying to repair this myself, do you know if this is the correct part that i have linked to below, and lastly if it is, do you know where it is located (in the headlight assembly or somewhere else)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Merce...101210010r1596


thanks

NOMO

If it's the ballast call a junk yard. Ask them to sell you the ballast Or the whole Headlight. Hell I think I saw a FULL set of XENON Sclass Headlights on Dallas craigslist for $600

NOMO

http://dallas.craigslist.org/ftw/pts/1072741232.html

JonMBZ

I can check for you, but honestly I don't think they are correct. I know those are for a BMW I have both of those exact parts in my 3 series. I tried to do the ebay thing and the one I bought was faulty. I suggest you try the junk yard as stated or maybe a body shop they have broken headlights laying around usually. On the location the ignitor should be behind the plastic cap where the bulb is and I believe the control unit is on the side of the head lamp assembly I could be wrong though.

NOMO

Does his car use D1S or D2S?

kadafone

The headlight assembly.....right on the bottom, you can miss it.
Try turning on the lights with the bulb disconnected, if you hear sparks than its working. Just make sure its not touching metal.

uimtiaz

i did some research online, i found a site that says its a D2R, does that have any significance


here is the site i was on

https://www.xenonmaster.com/shop/custom.asp?recid=1



thanks

ssonss1

I had this problem. Wasn't the bulb, turned out to be the ballast that is located under the headlamp itself. I got the ballast from a local seller I can give you the link but I'm currently on my phone. Try searching my thread. If it's the ballast it's a pretty simple dyi.

kadafone

If it's non-projector(00-02) then yes, if it's a projector housing(03-06) it's D2S. Just take out the old bulb and take a look.

j69berg

just found out my 2002 s55 amg's ignitors are faulty from what the dealers said. they want to charge almost $7k to repair both ignitors. can't believe that. i said no.. and now i am seeing the left light flicker and display says low beam left light faulty on the display.

what parts do i need to do this? i hope this is not too difficult to replace the ignitors.. wondering if i could take my car to a third party to replace the headlights with non-mbz.

thanks for your advice.

Gondon

ROFL 7k the BOTH(whole) units are 3x less than that

tusabes

either look in the "GROUP BUYS" section of this forum to get complete HID kit for under $100, with bulbs ballast etc.. or get on your local craiglist to see who installs HID kits for about $150 total parts and labor.

It wont be Mercedes OEM, but it will work and save you $6900

E92-Lighting

it seems like a ballast issue