Why does my headlight keep shutting off?

Asked by imissbby Nov 07, 2020 at 12:09 PM about the 2005 Acura TL

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My left headlight keeps going out.
But if I turn the switch all the way
off and on it will eventually turn
back on. It goes out every
30seconds to a minute

6 Answers
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Justin answered 3 years ago

The fact that it comes back on makes me think its shorting out. The right one stays on I assume? Focus your attention between where the wiring tees from off from the right headlight to go to the left

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Justin answered 3 years ago

Its easiest to start at the problem issue (left headlight) and follow the wires back to where they connect

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06acuratl06 answered 3 years ago

It is a HID headlight its more then likely time to put in a new Xenon bulb .Mine did the same thing tell I changed them

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imissbby answered 3 years ago

So I took it to a shop and found out the right HID bulb was not placed in correctly causing it to melt where the bulb screwed in. They quoted me $690 to install a whole new headlight. Am I getting ripped off? Is it easy to install myself? Is there a ballast for the left light and ballast for the right?

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Juan answered about a year ago

690 for a headlight replacement is a rip off! I say take it elsewhere somewhere u can trust.

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