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Help: driver side headlight not working

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by kenny216, Jun 11, 2015.

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Jun 11, 2015 at 6:08 PM

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So I have had HID'S in my 2011 for quite a while now. A few weeks back the driver side stopped workin. I figured it was just the bulb, but I only have 1.5v coming out of the harness. Any ideas?

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Jun 11, 2015 at 6:16 PM

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bad ballast

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Jun 11, 2015 at 6:18 PM

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bad ballast
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x2 swap around the good ballast to the other side and see if it works. Then just get a new ballast.

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Jun 11, 2015 at 6:25 PM

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It isnt the ballast's. I'm actually switching to led bulbs. I habe 1.5v coming out of the harness from the truck

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Jun 11, 2015 at 6:27 PM

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So if you're ballast is good and bulb is good but you only have 1.5v coming from the harness what makes you think switching to LED bulbs will fix the problem? Just wondering.

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Jun 11, 2015 at 6:32 PM

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i wasnt aware of the situation until after i tried changing the bulbs

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