my hids seems to work fine when you turn them on but sporadically a random one will turn off, usually the right passenger side but sometimes the driver side turns or sometimes both. i have to turn off the light switch and turn it back on to get them to fire them back up but then the cycle resets. i have replaced the relay and it still does it, maybe bad ballasts anyone else have this problem?

bought them in fall 08

 

sounds like a bad ballast.......cause thats the only thing that will ignite the bulbs....if the bulb or bulbs were shot,they would change different color......but since there not going on at all........most likely the ballast.......you said you had a relay the one that hooks up to the battery to draw power instead of the stock power,if that the case,then there would be fuses on the relay if one of them were short or shot that will prevent the ballast to work proporly also

 

Check your ground. I had a loose nut where I secured my ground to one of my lights...once I secured it, then the flickering/flashing went away.

 

Same problem Here. Minter66 is right. check your ground

 

THey turn on and there isnt any flickering, one of them just turn off frequently and i have to turn them off to turn them back on.the ground is directly to battery and it seems really secure

 

Ground it to somewhere on your body, unpainted preferably.

I don't really trust grounding directly to the battery. It technically is not a ground itself, just a cable leading to a ground on the car somewhere.

 

I've had mobilehid. Its your bulbs. Been there done that.

Got my current bulbs from ebay. Here's the seller: xhidoutlet

They are EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT BULBS!! I love them. Had to file the tabs on the base of the bulbs to fit perfectly but no issues at all. Would buy from again anytime.

 

I had the SAME problem, i did alot of figuring out today and it has to be the ballast. have you tried to contact mobilehid?

 

Nevermind...
Mobilehid- "Hey All,

We have changed the business a bit and only sell farming equipment now. Please check out xenondepot.com for your lighting needs in the future. They're based out of Toronto, Canada but they ship pretty quick."

this is convenient.....

 

Go ahead and throw money at the ballast. Its not it.

Its the bulbs. I have the same kit and had the same problems. But dont listen to me.

 

i understand what you mean but i have another set of bulbs that i tested with the ballasts and they did not work either... but hey maybe its just all my bulbs. Im going to test it with my friends bulbs and we'll see what the problem is.

 

I highly doubt it is the ballast. MobileHID ballast are very solid. First check your ground wire, second change the fuse in the relay. Next change the relay plug, they die pretty easily. Lastly change the bulbs. I guarantee it is not the ballast.

Ground Wire - Fuse - Relay Plug - Bulbs. One of these are your culprit.

 

ill try again, but even without using the relay they are not turning on..

 

this is lame so the 3yr is now void?? great....

ill try changing the ground, fuse, and maybe the relay again and get back to this

 

man, i had so much love for mobileHID. Now they are gone.

 

they still have a website, and i also saw them say that they would still honor our warranty but i tried emailing him, i received no reply.

 

i got a bad ballast after 6 month of use. Cliff only help me trouble shoot. but i can't get a replacement.