Hello, gang!!! So yeah, now I'm dealing with the problem of locating the socket bulb for turn signal. Tried lots of websites (Valeo, eBay), dealers both Chrysler and MB, nobody has it.... Anyone has it for sale? Please help the brother out.
5174703AA that is the part number...

Thanks
Vazgen (Los Angeles, CA)

 

Try this.

5174703AA - SOCKETSOCKET

 

Thanks' emailed them! Will see what they gonna say😁😁

 

I have the same problem. I was able to fix it temporarily but as the contacts were bad but it broke again. Mercedes nor Chrysler don't have the part and one place wanted me to buy the whole headlight assembly for $500 to get it. Luckily the car has a few other things wrong with it so with nearly 125,000 I'll be getting rid of it before I'm due for inspection next month.

 

I feel ya...it's such a shame that it's impossible to find parts...and brand new headlight is 500...
I read on this forum somewhere that one guy repaired it with stripes
of copper tape, I might try it too

 

You try these wired into the headlight harness :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2pcs-1156-7506-7507-1156A-LED-Bulbs-Signal-Lights-Socket-Harness-Plugs-Adapters-/161266397122?rmvSB=true
Not sure they will fit properly, but they LOOK right.

 

Try here, the pictures look identical, so much so that I ordered some.

 

They do not look like them really when you study them with a real part in your hand.

 

Probably right. I'll know in a couple of weeks when the Chinese junk docks with the 2 I ordered for $7.

 

I tried to find the wires that attach to the headlight array to tap into them and just solder the other end of the wires to a bulb but I think I'd have to remove the whole array to locate them. Don't think I'll have the car for more than a month more anyhow so I'll just drive it the way it is for now.

 

I was looking at sockets that are being fitted to citroens and peugeouts on eBay.co.uk. Will try to order that.
Yesterday took it to mechanic and he tested the socket itself out of the car with bulb inside, it does work.... But when we put inside the headlight - doesn't. I took the socket from right headlight and put in left one - works. So the problem is in the connection..

 

The issue with them is that one of the contacts wear down over time. I had this with my second car, I just built the contact up with a little solder and that fixed it.

 

Hey man! Thanks! That's what mechanic told me yesterday - he's gonna try to do that! I hope it works 😁😁

 

With your background I doubt you meant the word wear because why would they wear away? There is no cause for abrasion, a poor contact that sparks will burn the surfaces away little by little, hence the hole in some failed socket contacts. I would imagine some dielectric grease would help the situation greatly.

The best long term contact would be in a dry environment but the socket often operates in an humid atmosphere which would lead to surface corrosion of the contact materials, the socket does have an O-ring at the back but the bulb end is open to the atmosphere inside the headlamp itself and as we know from the water visible in these quite often, it cannot be too dry inside some headlights. Can this visible humidity inside the headlight unit be an indicator common to failed or soon to fail sockets?
New sockets should be found in the links here, I'll confirm when I get mine.

 

They fit and work 100%.
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Get the ones from Lithuania as they are the cheapest if you can wait the 10 days in the mail.
The Lithuania ones are the second red click in "here" above or the PDF.