Hey guys, it's been a couple months since I've last made a thread here but I ran into a little issue with my HID kit.

Here's the info on what I'm dealing with/running currently.
- H7 6000k Morimoto Elite 35watt HID kit from retrofitsource
- the HID kit is CANBUS compatible
- driver's side bulb will not ignite/fire sometimes
- swapped the ballasts already from one side to the other, the issue still persists
- got a new bulb for the driver's side(problem side) and the issue is still there


Had the kit in for around 7 months now, and this only started happening about over a month ago.

At any rate, can anyone here help me out with this to figure out why the driver's side wont ignite sometimes? If i turn the headlights off and on a couple times it'll fire no problem and stay on with no flicker or other issues. I tried looking here in the forum for any similar issues, but no luck as far as a solution.

 

Anyone have any ideas? I really wanna get this thing figured out but sadly I've run out of ideas myself on what it could be after eliminating the ballasts and bulbs as the issue.

 

BUMP.

Has nobody on here really ever dealt with this issue before??

 

When that side fails to fire check your voltage coming out of the stock headlight plug. Could be a ground issue or something in the headlight switch preventing proper voltage getting to the ballast. Thats where I would start.
Measure the voltage using the connector power and ground wires first, then compare voltage readings with a measurement from a good ground source (ie: battery) to headlight connector positive. You can also read from battery positive terminal to ground wire on the headlight connector. Somewhere you are losing something, preventing the ballast from igniting the filament in the bulb.

 

I'm absolutely terrible at electric stuff on cars, so I don't wanna touch something I shouldn't and mess more things up. Gonna ask Rudy to see if he has time to test out the voltages you were talking about, cause otherwise I know i couldn't do it.

 

Might also have a look at the connector itself (car side) to be sure the gaps on the prongs aren't any wider than the passenger side.