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Over the years I became very familiar with replacing the halogen bulbs in the headlights of my 2000 9-3, but this will be the first time replacing anything related to the xenon bulbs on the 2008 9-5 Sportcombi I bought 4 years ago.
Over the last several months I have had intermittent issues with the xenon bulbs flickering or one side going out altogether, but then working the next time I start the car. I have also periodically got the warning light on the dash that seems to indicate the auto-leveling is not working. Does that light come on only when leveling is an issue or also when the bulb goes out?
I read on this board that sometimes the front and rear level sensors go out and that can be a less expensive replacement than the bulbs.
Given the occasional intermittent flickering and going out on one side, would that tend to point to the bulbs as the most likely issue and not the leveling sensors?
Looking on the various parts sites, I see the replacement xenon bulbs, but also the headlight ballast. I was used to replacing the halogen bulbs in pairs, but when replacing the xenon bulbs, do you also need to replace the ballast? Also, in the 2008 9-5 are there two xenon bulbs on each side or just one?
Given the price of these things, I don't want to order more (or less) than I need.
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1971 Sonett III (since 2010)
2000 9-3 5-door (since new)
2008 9-5 2.3T SportCombi (since 2014)
Posts in this Thread:
- Xenon headlights on a 2008 Sportcombi, NCCaniac , Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:48:54 <-- Viewing This Message
- Stepwise - Re: Xenon headlights on a 2008 Sportcombi, Mark in Marine , Tue, 27 Nov 2018 16:05:15
- Re: Xenon headlights on a 2008 Sportcombi, Boris Bubbanov, Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:07:13
- Re: Xenon headlights on a 2008 Sportcombi, Stephan Matanovic, Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:45:54
- Level delete procedure??, S-Works, Wed, 28 Nov 2018 03:43:19
- How do you bypass the levelinig function?, don m , Tue, 27 Nov 2018 10:56:57
- Re: Xenon headlights on a 2008 Sportcombi, NCCaniac , Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:13:49
- Just did this on my 08 Aero, Cark, Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:46:401
- Thanks, one more question, NCCaniac , Tue, 27 Nov 2018 13:35:39
- Re: Just did this on my 08 Aero, steve, Mon, 26 Nov 2018 20:24:36
- Re: Just did this on my 08 Aero, Boris Bubbanov, Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:13:15
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