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Odd question about headlights
« on: March 14, 2013, 12:28:25 AM »
Yesterday, I was driving to work and I noticed my low beam headlight was out (it was the reflection in a car I was behind).  I switched to high beams and that worked.  I drove the rest of the way in on high.

On the way home from work it was dark and with no other cars on the road I thought I would see if the low beams worked.   They did. 

This morning I go to work, checking the low beams and they are not working.   After about 20 minutes of high beams I pull behind a truck and look at my reflection.  I switch to low beams and surprise!  They worked.   :o

I checked them during lunch and guess what...no low beams.

So loose wire?  Or something in the bulb itself?   ???

I was thinking of just switching out the bulb and getting a headlight modulation unit but am unsure if that would work with the 08 Xciting model. 
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Re: Odd question about headlights
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2013, 12:48:04 AM »
Sometimes the filaments can break and the light goes out. Then road vibes will "bounce" the broken ends together and "Presto!" they work for a short while only to go out again real soon. Bite the bullet and replace the bulb which I will bet you were gonna do anyway!

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Re: Odd question about headlights
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2013, 01:46:06 AM »
Happened to me.... poor contact inside the switch.... my solution was to play with the switch..hi,low,hi,low or low, pass, low, pass   .... after about a week... all was normal... or if you can spray contact cleaner, that will work too...

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Re: Odd question about headlights
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2013, 08:33:40 PM »
I have the same issue on my agility 50...its the headlight switch...i use high mainly anyway for added visibility...think I'll try some deoxit
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