adw Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 My beloved GTi is struggling a bit getting it's drivers side headlight turned on! When the lights are turned on, all 4 fronts light up, but the drivers side xenon flickers on and off full brightness before turning off after about 10s.I have a suspicion it's the (rather expensive) ballast that's causing the problem, but wondered if anyone else has had a similar issue?My battery hasn't been overly happy recently, but given regular usage it seems to charge fine and the battery issues predate the light problem.Any help would be much appreciated!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Is the bulb pink? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw Posted March 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Is the bulb pink?Nope, usual colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Sounds like the ballast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Stick the ballast in an oven on low heat (no more than 60c) for a few hours/overnight. It may be nothing more than moisture causing the high volts to break over... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adw Posted April 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 Just in case anyone has the same issue and is searching around (and balking at the price of a new ballast), changing the bulb seems to have done the trick for me - so far so good...Cheers for all suggestions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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