The car is a B7 S4. And as you may know, it has the bi-xenon self levelling headlamps. After the first few minutes of turning it on, i notice the right head light flickering most notably when coming to a stop. Also, sometimes when the road isnt level (especially on a steep incline/decline) and i switch the lights on, i would usually get a headlamp warning/error prompt.

any insights on these things?

 

It sounds like you have a bad ignitor on the right side. Isn't this under warranty? Just have the dealer fix it, it shouldn't be a difficult repair.

 

i see. it should be under warranty since its a CPO and I just bought the car about 4 months ago. but maybe i should add that the flickering goes away after the lights have been turned on for some time. i was thinking maybe it just needs to warm up to temp? Ive never had HID lights before. But I'll have it checked out now that it sounds that its not a normal thing. Thanks for your input.

 

No thats not normal, its a good thing its under warranty too because ignitors aren't cheap.

 

thanks. i will have it checked out this week. would you know if it mattered if i took it to a different dealership from the one i originally bought it? (CPO car).

 

As long as you are in the united states it doesn't matter which dealership you go to.

 

thanks.

 

update. got it to the dealer, repair was under warranty, took it out for a test drive last night, no more flickering, problem fixed.