Xenon headlights feature two bulbs per headlight; low beams use Xenon bulbs, while high beams use halogen bulbs. Beam changing is electrical. Although it’s moderately efficient, this system is more costly. Bi-Xenon headlights use one Xenon bulb per headlight. Both low and high beams use Xenon bulbs.
Xenon Headlamp Failure MODEL E46 (3 Series) Sedan/Sport wagon with option 522 (Xenon lights), E46 (M3). Vehicles produced March 1, 2004 to February 28, 2005. SITUATION Xenon light is intermittently inoperative - either one or both headlamps. CAUSE Faulty Xenon headlamps and control unit supplied by AL (Automotive Lighting). CORRECTION Notes: a.
Issue: Bi-Xenon, Low Xenon or High Halogen headlights reverse low beam for high beam and high beam for a low one, or one of the beams doesn’t operate. (This concerns the dual beam bulb sizes as follows: H4/9003, H13/9008, 9004/HB1 and 9007/HB5). Solutions: Release the pins in the 3-pin connector and reorder them.
Bi-Xenon dim after bulb replacement. I'm improving my front headlamps on my CLS 55 AMG, and after replacing the low beam bi-xenon bulbs about 5 months ago, and the high beams as well, I've noticed little improvement with the low beams but the high beams are great. These are all OEM bulbs from Autohaus, so I know they're real.
Drivers side low beam stopped working. My mobile mechanic & I have tried: 1) New Xenon bulbs. 2) New amber turn bulbs (as long as the assembly was out, we figure it prudent) 3) swapping the ballast, left to right, and a used one I got on EBay. At one point today, when we temporarily reinserted the assembly, after swapping the ballasts, both low
TheXC30 said: lookout for a C30 bi-xenon headlamp and the lowest I've seen a complete unit go for is $400. The OP started the thread with his "low beam" was out. So I'm not sure if he has bi -xenons or not. As we all know in a bi-xenon the low beam is the high beam also, just projected further down the road. .
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