Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 06:09:09 -0500 From: "shec" <shecfrnopsamspring.com> Subject: Re: Headlight problem
My 900S/1994 H-L Bulb cost about $8/US at AutoZone.... Peter Wilkins wrote in message <37a238ac.25860209nopsam.one.net.au>... >On Wed, 28 Jul 1999 21:47:02 -0400, "Matt Pokress" <mattnopsamemiser.com> >wrote : > >>I have a '96 900 SE that has blown out the left front headlight twice in the >>two months I have owned it. Although it is not difficult to change the >>bulb, it does cost about $17. I also worry that there may be some other, >>more serious, electrical problem. Does anyone have any experience with this >>type of problem? >> >Hi Matt, > >I had a similar experience with my '98 9-5SE: blew two right front low beam >headlights in the first two months after buying it. The dealer did a check >and found nothing wrong with the regulation and voltage - his suggestions >were: > >1. The globes had probably been handled before installation: bare fingers >on the glass leave traces of oil and hot spots. he said this is the prime >cause of early QI bulb failure. >2. Corrugated roads or a large sharp-edged pothole can also blow a bulb, >but rarely. > >I didn't see the first or second bulbs go in, but I made sure with the >third globe that the dealer got a new one from an unopened carton and >didn't handle it when putting it in. No more blown bulbs in the last 11 >months, and I drive with my headlamps (low beam) always on. > >And you should complain at $17? It's $43.51 each here in Oz! > >-- >Regards, >Peter Wilkins (wilkinspnopsamnet.au)
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