Hid problem

prova4re · 25 August 2003

I have hids from SOS installed in my car for about a year now and love them. Tonight the pasenger side would not come on, and the bright lights were on only they were real dim. I hit the bright switch and the drivers side became brighter, and the passenger side turned off. So I unpluged the wire with the white cap on the passenger side and the drivers side worked fine.
I thought I might have a bad bulb on the hids, so I swaped the housing to the other side and it worked fine.
Could I have a bad balast?
Or a bad ground on that side?
I checked all the wires none are damaged and the conections are all good.
Anyone had this problem before? Please help thanks Brian

prova4re · 26 August 2003

Ok I found the problem, the fuse kept blowing so I swaped the balast to the other side no luck its bad.
I got them a little over a year ago and the warranty is only one year.

With the hid ban I think I am in trouble.

Zishan · 26 August 2003

Did you contact Chris at SOS? That's what I would do to see what he can do. Or maybe the manufacturer directly to replace the ballast.
Good Luck
Z

POWERED by HONDA · 26 August 2003

prova4re, sorry to hear about your HID problems. Please keep us informed about your experiences in obtaining replacement parts, etc. I have a SoS HID Kit on the way...

prova4re · 27 August 2003

I contacted Chris and Seth today and they are doing there best to help. The people who make the hids are not shipping out anything until they decide a on what ever it is there going to do.
That includes parts warranty or not.

tararan · 27 August 2003

goodluck.

which kit do you have?

also when did this start happening? did you hit a big pothole or something that might have cause a blowout somewhere around the system?

ScienceofSpeed · 27 August 2003

Hi Brian --

The fuse problem is very odd. That may indicate a short rather than defective hardware. Give us a jingle tomorrow so we can run through your test. Do you have a multi-meter that we
do some verification with?

Cheers,
-- Chris

MvM · 27 August 2003

Which fuse is that ??
I can only find the headlight-retractor motor fuse in the hood. So I am bit confused here.

ScienceofSpeed · 27 August 2003

The headlight bulbs are fused by left and right 20 amp fuses which are in the top corner of the front fuse box.

Cheers,
-- Chris

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