Hello all, new member here. My brother just got an 03 Stype R, and his drivers side low beam light will turn on sometimes, then other times it will go out. I've never worked with HID's before, but it is acting like a loose wire. I've read about swapping the bulbs to see if it is the ballast, and saves to how to to remove bumper...

My question is.....if an HID bulb is bad, will it turn off/on like this? I assume it wouldn't lite at all if the bulb were bad, but not sure if this is true. I hate to have him spend money on bulb If it's not bad....

Its currently snowing, and would prefer not to have to remove bumper just to swap bulbs, so any suggestions are welcome.

 

OK, back of headlight is off, is there anything special I need to know before removing the bulb? This is the low beam I'm working on, BTW. Thanks

 

So, took off igniter, unplugged green wire. Made mistake of cluipping green wire back in before I put igniter back on......

Of course now it won't twist on, any advice? How can I reset the igniter so it is as it should be?

 

I have never used HIDs so have no first hand knowledge. However, after checking the manual. It states:

"High Intensity Discharge (HID) Xenon light units, type D2S 35W, are not renewable, contact your Jaguar Dealer if the headlight fails to operate." P175.

Hopefully someone with experience with these globes will post with better news as contacting a Jaguar dealer usually means a much lighter wallet at the end of the day. Perhaps you could use halogen globes.

Here is a link to the manual where I found the information.

http://www.jaguar.com/content/global...lobal_MY07.pdf

I hope this helps.

 

ive had bad HIDs that come on and off....i replaced both of mine last year , did a write up with pics how are you able to get them out without removing the bumper? here is the link to that thread

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/s...id-out-111933/

 

Thanks all. We got it done next day, inside garage. Amazing how much difference not doing it in snow makes, lol. We just weren't getting the angle correct for igniter. We did use the write up, BTW.... Thanks again to all that helped..


Scott

 

BTW, for future searches, to "reset" the igniter, there is an inner ring that needs rotated inside the housing. This will let the green wire harness to be plugged in.