weird

[khanley8604]

So my SVS light came on. my low beam went out on right headlight. im driving this weekend didnt have time to fix it and i hit a little bump at the end of my road it blew the high beams on the right side haha. So today i was driving to school, my DRL's werent even on and i look at my dash and my high beam light just started to flash rapidly for about 15 seconds, then it slowly faded off and the SVS came on. Any reason why my blue high beam light came on and flash rapidly like it did? i didnt bump it or anything, im baffled.

[Brad97GS]

It could be that the car is telling you to replace the highbeam bulb? IIRC, the high beam bulb is also the DRL bulb, so if it went out, the car was notifying you. Probably the same with the SVS light. I'd replace both the high beam and low beam bulbs that went out and see if it takes care of both the SVS light and the high beam light.

[Tommy00GT1]

When you hit the bump, you blew out the high beams.... Sounds like a shorted wire somewhere at the headlight assembly. Or, maybe simply a loose connection.... hopefully installing replacement bulbs will turn up the culprit.
But I'd venture a guess that by hitting that bump and having lights blow out because of the bump, then it certainly sounds like a short.....

Personally, I like the SilverStar replacement bulbs I installed in both the headlights and fogs too... very bright, white light. Much better than the stockers.

Oh.. go easy on those damn round retainer rings that hold the bulb into the housing. Those things will break if you sneeze on 'em; lol.

[Brad97GS]

Guess I wasn't thinking at that time of morning. :doh:

Yeah, hitting a bump should not cause a bulb to go out. Maybe a short in the wiring or a loose bulb in the socket. Thanks for thinking of that, Tommy.

[Vhrus]

if its an old bulb it could just be that the filament was brittle from being heated up and cooled down thousands of times, and that bump was just enough to finish off an already dying bulb.

Change the bulbs and go from there, no need looking so far into a problem that might not be any more serious then a couple burnt out bulbs. If the brand new bulbs blow when you go over a bump in the road then you might have a bit more of a problem ;)

Also although the silverstars are fantastic lights, be aware that for the $40CND + a set (about $20 a bulb) they only last about a year.

[townie15]

I had almost the same thing happen to my car. i just replaced the bulbs and the problem was fixed.

[rixGAphx]

Originally posted by Vhrus
Also although the silverstars are fantastic lights, .... they only last about a year. Well, THAT ain't right. They should be lasting MUCH longer.

If I were you, I'd check the wiring/switch/relay/sockets and especially the battery cables (deep inside the molded rubber boots - cut 'em off).

'Halogen' bulbs have tungsten filaments burning VERY hot in a glass enclosure filled with halogen gas (like iodine or sodium).
The metal filament is SO hot that the outer atoms are constantly evaporating; they are floating around and need to stay very hot so they don't 'condense' on the inner surface of the glass.
They should only redeposit themselves on the metal filament as it cools after turning them 'off'.

But, if the power to the bulbs is too low, like from corrosion or such on the contacts or connections, then the bulbs aren't staying hot enough to do their thing.
The metal deposits itself onto the glass instead of back on the filament, and the filament eventually 'erodes' so much that it burns-thru.
So check your system to make sure the bulbs are getting all the power they need.

Good luck,
-Rick

It seems to me that the DRL method of highbeams-on-lowpower would quickly roast the bulbs, but I never had a single bulb burn out in 100k miles on teh GA. I dunno, go figure. :shrug: