Bi-Xenon failure - not the bulb....

[Hotdatum]

E320 Estate AV 2007 - drivers side dipped headlamp is out, switched in a new bulb and no joy. Garage say it must be the igniter unit and say its about £500 all in to change.

Does that sound about right????

(only had it a week - bugger!!!!)

Cheers a guys

Tom

 

[Naraic]

E320 Estate AV 2007 - drivers side dipped headlamp is out, switched in a new bulb and no joy. Garage say it must be the igniter unit and say its about £500 all in to change.

Does that sound about right????

(only had it a week - bugger!!!!)

Cheers a guys

Tom

Go on Ebay and pay about £30 for an ignitor. But it might be the ballast...also on Ebay for about £30.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mercedes-...CarParts_SM&hash=item46009de912#ht_500wt_1156

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-...arParts_SM&hash=item4ab3b8be66#ht_1534wt_1270

 

[npuk]

Did you buy the car from a dealer or private individual?

 

[television]

As the above questions, dealer or private,, and on Ebay very cheap

 

[Hotdatum]

From a dealer....Thoughts??

 

[Naraic]

From a dealer....Thoughts??

Go back and get them to replace it. I'd be surprised if they refuse.

 

[television]

As above they have no choice in this but to fix it

 

[Hotdatum]

Does it matter that it was working when I bought it?

Thanks for the eBay link - if I have to pay I'm going down that route. As ever you guys are genius!!!

 

[television]

Nope, it matter not that it was working, if you get a fault this quick you are covered under all laws

 

[WG M-B]

It's pretty quick and straight forward to change both the ballast and the igniter from one side to the other to test them. I would have thought your garage would have done this in order to give you an accurate diagnosis rather than just assuming

 

[Hotdatum]

Ok - it was water ingress into the ballast/headlight unit which has corroded the connectors to both. Solution is a complete headlight switch. £474 for the unit (plus VAT!!!!) and 1 1/2 hours labour.

The garage I bought it from are paying parts and I'm picking up labour as I got the car in Ely and I can't be bothered to take it back to them (from Portsmouth).

All in all I'm happy!

 

[Cole@MBS]

Funny that, we see the same fault yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!