TyrannosauRoss Lex

Hi, I have just heard back from the garage, it was just the bulb, they have changed it and it's now working fine. They're just going to investigate the knocking noise now. It will be interesting to see if they sort it or whether they "can't hear it"....being a 2nd hand car under warranty it wouldn't surprise me if they try to get out of it, but we shall see. I strongly suspect they won't find the drone noise, but it's going to another place in under 2 weeks and they will sort it I'm sure, but it'd be nice to not need to pay for it!

Thank you, I am not sure how much would or should be covered by a dealer when we're talking about a 13 year old car to be honest. But hey, if it gets fixed then great! I will be dropping it off Wednesday afternoon so I should know a bit more by Thursday afternoon I should have thought. Many thanks

Definitely not going to a main dealer! I actually only got the car just over a week ago, my Uncle is high up in a national tyre/servicing company and I get my cars serviced there, I tend to pay trade price for parts and £20-25/hour for labour 😄 I called the 2nd hand car dealer I bought the car from and he said to get it booked in with the garage they use as they would cover it under their warranty so it's actually going to them on Wednesday which is nice....hopefully they honour it and fix it FOC. Will keep you posted!

Thanks guys. Seems likely to either be the bulb or the ballast. It is booked in to get a few things looked at in 2 weeks, including a faint droning noise at 50mph or higher (I suspect a wheel bearing)....the noise is pretty quiet so we'll see. It also has a slight knocking noise occasionally when manoeuvring at slow speed which I suspect is a ball joint and finally my door mirror won't fold in and is a bit loose..... I'm not fussed about it not folding in but just want to get it secured. RE the light.... If it is just a bulb and not the ballast, does the bumper need to come off? Is it a labour intensive job? Many thanks once again for your help guys.

Hi, The headlight on my 2006 LS460 on the drivers side keeps turning off after a few minutes. The low light/parking light works fine, and when I turn the lights on they light up fine, but after a few minutes or so the driver's side headlight just turns off. No flickering, it just goes from working absolutely fine to turning off, leaving just the parking light. Is this the ballast, or another issue? Any ideas as to how much one would expect to pay a garage (in parts and labour) to sort this? Many thanks