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Headlamp Ignitor Issue
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Joined: Feb 2007
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RE: Headlamp Ignitor Issue
My passenger side light that I got off ebay has been acting up. More recently. I have to turn off the car and turn it back on. Kind of sucks when you dont know if your going to get pulled over after a couple drinks. I didnt go out on Christmas Eve because of the light issue.
Joined: Jan 2008
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RE: Headlamp Ignitor Issue
AudiTT 2003
55000 miles
My passenger side light got a similar problem lately: I have been two times to the car dealer and already paid an insane price (900$) for the replacement of the headlight bulb(Xenon Headlamp) the first time and then a control unit (which I believe is the ballast / ignitor: gray square object) . The problem is still appearing sporadically and mostly when the car is not warm up.
This looks like sttjackett got the right answer which leads me to the following questions:
- What the name of the connectors I need to change ? only the headlamps connectors?
- Does anyone have experimented such bad customer service with Audi Dealer? What action can I do to get some reimbursments someone might be aware of?
Thanks!
and felt I have been totally spoiled by the Audi dealers :-(
55000 miles
My passenger side light got a similar problem lately: I have been two times to the car dealer and already paid an insane price (900$) for the replacement of the headlight bulb(Xenon Headlamp) the first time and then a control unit (which I believe is the ballast / ignitor: gray square object) . The problem is still appearing sporadically and mostly when the car is not warm up.
This looks like sttjackett got the right answer which leads me to the following questions:
- What the name of the connectors I need to change ? only the headlamps connectors?
- Does anyone have experimented such bad customer service with Audi Dealer? What action can I do to get some reimbursments someone might be aware of?
Thanks!
and felt I have been totally spoiled by the Audi dealers :-(
2nd Gear
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 502
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RE: Headlamp Ignitor Issue
ORIGINAL: mikecay
AudiTT 2003
55000 miles
My passenger side light got a similar problem lately: I have been two times to the car dealer and already paid an insane price (900$) for the replacement of the headlight bulb(Xenon Headlamp) the first time and then a control unit (which I believe is the ballast / ignitor: gray square object) . The problem is still appearing sporadically and mostly when the car is not warm up.
This looks like sttjackett got the right answer which leads me to the following questions:
- What the name of the connectors I need to change ? only the headlamps connectors?
- Does anyone have experimented such bad customer service with Audi Dealer? What action can I do to get some reimbursments someone might be aware of?
Thanks!
and felt I have been totally spoiled by the Audi dealers :-(
AudiTT 2003
55000 miles
My passenger side light got a similar problem lately: I have been two times to the car dealer and already paid an insane price (900$) for the replacement of the headlight bulb(Xenon Headlamp) the first time and then a control unit (which I believe is the ballast / ignitor: gray square object) . The problem is still appearing sporadically and mostly when the car is not warm up.
This looks like sttjackett got the right answer which leads me to the following questions:
- What the name of the connectors I need to change ? only the headlamps connectors?
- Does anyone have experimented such bad customer service with Audi Dealer? What action can I do to get some reimbursments someone might be aware of?
Thanks!
and felt I have been totally spoiled by the Audi dealers :-(
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 4
RE: Headlamp Ignitor Issue
I'd only be interested in one (passenger side). Is it new/used, in good working condition? Also, is it the bosch ignitor?
and to mikecay - dealer told me the same thing... theytold me my ignitor was bad, quoted me $700, and i damn near died. obviously i told them no, and figured i would deal with this one on my own. sorry you had to deal with that too
and to mikecay - dealer told me the same thing... theytold me my ignitor was bad, quoted me $700, and i damn near died. obviously i told them no, and figured i would deal with this one on my own. sorry you had to deal with that too
2nd Gear
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 829
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RE: Headlamp Ignitor Issue
my passenger side light flickers and flickers and eventually goes out.
then i turn the light off and back on and its fine for another 5 - 10 mins. it is very annoying. been ignoring it like the damn hazard signal relay that buzzes every now and again.
is this issue attributed to the ignitor? i was thinking lose connection, but the fact i can just turn on and off to fix problem seems a lil fishy.
then i turn the light off and back on and its fine for another 5 - 10 mins. it is very annoying. been ignoring it like the damn hazard signal relay that buzzes every now and again.
is this issue attributed to the ignitor? i was thinking lose connection, but the fact i can just turn on and off to fix problem seems a lil fishy.
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 4
RE: Headlamp Ignitor Issue
well my prob is a bit different... once the light is on, there's no flickering and it stays on until i manually turn off the lights. my issue is that sometimes when i turn on my headlights, the passenger one just won't turn on. i've tried turning the lights off and then re-turning them on again and sometimes that will get the right side to turn on, sometimes it won't. ironically, the light chooses NEVER to work if i've had a drink... maybe my TT is a tranformer... haha j/k.
anyway, my audi dealer seems to think it's the ignitor and I trust their judgement since I know them pretty well now and they haven't steered me the wrong way yet (knock on wood). your prob however, might not be the ignitor, maybe a dirty connection?
anyway, my audi dealer seems to think it's the ignitor and I trust their judgement since I know them pretty well now and they haven't steered me the wrong way yet (knock on wood). your prob however, might not be the ignitor, maybe a dirty connection?