Hi,
I have a 2006 GS300 and am having some HID low beam issues. The near side bulb started going out intermittently, and would come back on for a while if you turned the lights off and on again. I purchased a new pair of bulbs (cheap autobahn ones from eBay) and fitted them in mid-October last year (so about 3 months ago), and everything was working fine until about a week ago, when the same behaviour started again. I am planning to swap the bulbs over to see if the problem moves to the other side, but was after some advice on whether it is likely to be a bulb issue (i.e. I have been unlucky with the cheap bulbs), or whether it is likely to be something more underlying.
I have about 2 months left on the dealer extended warranty, but suspect I would need to purchase genuine Philips bulbs (at considerable cost!!) before Lexus would be prepared to even look into the issue (their response will almost certainly be "you're not using the proper bulbs"), and I don't want to go down that route unless it is pretty certain that the issue would be covered by my extended warranty.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Mark
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