my car is possessed!

[Gibson486]

2 years straight...it failed inspection for...*drum roll*....burnt light on my passenger side headlight. On both ocassions, I went to replace it, but then I noticed the light was working . My car is haunted by the ghost of old light bulbs.

How long can I keep this back up in the car? It has been sitting in my glove compartment for 2 years now....

 

[punjabiplaya]

<obligatory blinker fluid joke>

 

[PricklyPete]

Is this your Mazda 3? What year and how many miles? Seems like you've had a crap ton go bad on it...or maybe your regular rants just make it seem that way.

 

[amdhunter]

lol is it a VW by any chance? My rear right brake light would go off for weeks at a time and mysteriously come back to life. Dunno why.

I changed it maybe 5 times in 3 years, but it always went out - eventually I just left it that way (it was only 1/2 a circle, so the cops wouldn't bug me.)

Googling around showed that this was a fairly common problem too.

 

[bruceb]

Check, clean, maybe replace the connector that goes to that headlamp bulb. Odds are it is corroded. Also check the chassis grounds near the headlamp in question.

 

[Vette73]

lol is it a VW by any chance? My rear right brake light would go off for weeks at a time and mysteriously come back to life. Dunno why.

I changed it maybe 5 times in 3 years, but it always went out - eventually I just left it that way (it was only 1/2 a circle, so the cops wouldn't bug me.)

Googling around showed that this was a fairly common problem too.

A VW/Audi with electrical problems... NO!!!!




But when I did inspections if I saw a bulb out the first thing I would do is tap the light. Many times that was enough to make it work. If it did then I tell the person to keep a eye on it (loose connection or bulb about to go out) and also made note in my inspection paper work.