Lexus Ls430 Headlight Amplifier

[Jay555]

My near side headlight goes off and then i have to switch it on again and then it works. I have been told that it needs a headlight amplifier I was wandering whether this is correct? and if it is where could i get this from used? or at a quite cheap?

Thanks!

[ChrisHampshire]

Check eBay item 250612327107, someone is breaking an LS430 although it looks to have had a front-end smash so you might be out of luck in your case!

Chris

[Manc]

i've never heard of a headlight amp... dont let him fool you, its prob just a faulty bulb or connection. You can take the sidelight out yourself fairly easily and check. Check lexls.com for guidance, even if yours is a newer model.

I'd just put a new bulb in anyway and if it still does it then its the connection to it. No amplifier can sort intermittent signals out, and none is needed anyway. The lights work off your Battery and if that was faulty they'd all be doing it

[steve2006]

I think that Jay555 is probably refering to the ballast unit required to run the HID lamps on the LS430.

As others have suggested an intermittent fault could be due to a faulty wiring connection either to the ballast unit or the bulb so I would check this out 1st before spending money on a guesstimated fault.

[SteveLS400]

And the result was................................?

[lexynik]

yeah echo !! results are good people - its good to post the results when you overcome a problem if you do so we are all a bit wiser - oops do i sound like i have a hankering for a 430

[Jay555]

Yeah the bulb was faulty I swapped the right bulb and it worked fine so im going to get a new one thanks for the help!!

[TudorDoc]

Yeah the bulb was faulty I swapped the right bulb and it worked fine so im going to get a new one thanks for the help!!

I am having the same fault on my new shape gs300 with Xenon bulb. Nearside headlight does not always come on. When I flick from auto to headlight and back on it comes

Did getting a new bulb solve your problem

How much did the bulb cost? Did you get it from Lexus?

TudorDoc

[Luke Jones]

Yeah the bulb was faulty I swapped the right bulb and it worked fine so im going to get a new one thanks for the help!!

I am having the same fault on my new shape gs300 with Xenon bulb. Nearside headlight does not always come on. When I flick from auto to headlight and back on it comes

Did getting a new bulb solve your problem

How much did the bulb cost? Did you get it from Lexus?

TudorDoc

Check on the black ring of the bulb, but i think its a D2R you need...

here for £20

http://www.carstereos4u.co.uk/xenon-bulbs/d2r-xenon-replacement-bulb-2024488-371239-.php

[Luke Jones]

or here for £16 a pair delivered.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/D2R-HID-BULBS-PAIR-35W-4300K-6000K-8000K-10000K-12000K-/140422225500?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item20b1d11e5c#ht_4735wt_1154

[TudorDoc]

Check on the black ring of the bulb, but i think its a D2R you need...

here for £20

http://www.carstereos4u.co.uk/xenon-bulbs/d2r-xenon-replacement-bulb-2024488-371239-.php

Sorry to be dim, but how to you get the plastic engine cover off? Do you push down on the core of the clips or lever them up before pulling up on the clip?

Do not want to break one in forcing it the wrong way

TudorDoc