Anyone ever had a xenon headlight fail?
 

My right front winked out last nite after maybe 10 hours total night driving after 10k miles. First experience with xenons.. Is this common? Are they delicate or something? Do they replace the bulb or the whole assembly?

Could be a lot of things, housing, ignitor thingy or the bulb itself.
 

Give it a hard hit with your hand and see if comes back on.

Covered under warranty regardless.

Re: Anyone ever had a xenon headlight fail?
 

At about the same mileage my R/S xenon failed. I noted the L & R headlamps each have their own fuse, thinking it was worth a look, I pulled the fuse for the R/S. It was fine, so I put the fuse back....lamp has worked fine since.

FYI...the bumper must be pulled in order to install new ignitors
 

If the problem is intermittent, it could be the ignigtor. I've had the same problem....my dealer has ordered the ignitor.

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Check ballast

Well, It fired up ok last night so it must be either a glitch or a forbearer of something ....
 

starting to fail. Thanks for the replies gang..

What is the ignitor?
 

I am fairly up on HID/metal halide lighting and I am unfamiliar with what component would be called the ignitor. The electronic ballast that runs the HID bulb also "ignites" the bulb during startup but I don't think there is an ignitor as such.