I tried to find out if this was a common issue but couldn't find anything of note so thought I would share
My low beam left light failed but I didn't do a lot about it for a few weeks as I rarely drive my car at night. Anyway I finally got around to seeing what the issue was. On pulling out the bulb I could see it was blown but also noticed that the wires looked odd At first I thought the wires were sheathed in a clear plastic but on further inspection I noticed that the wires were totally devoid of insulation. WTF was my first reaction. Out came the headlight and to my surprise there were more areas where no insulation was evidenced
Anyway I set about removing the internal headlight wiring but discovered this was impossible without separating the clear plastic outer from the black plastic rear housing. After much surgery I was able to seperate the two halves to expose and finally remove the wiring
Issue was that the black insulation was literally crumbling away from the wires. Ther was literally no wire unaffected although there were places and one wire where the insulation was not degraded. I have no idea what has caused this insulation failure but can only assume a problem with the insulation manufacturing process that sees a gradual deterioration of these wires over time
Here is a photo of the wiring as removed from the left headlight. The white insulation was my feeble attempt to fix the problem when the wiring was in the light housing. My light lenses were badly degraded and I was either going to have them recoated and polished or replaced. The decision was a no brainer so I ordered two new headlight assemblies. Ouch $$$$ :crying:
My low beam left light failed but I didn't do a lot about it for a few weeks as I rarely drive my car at night. Anyway I finally got around to seeing what the issue was. On pulling out the bulb I could see it was blown but also noticed that the wires looked odd At first I thought the wires were sheathed in a clear plastic but on further inspection I noticed that the wires were totally devoid of insulation. WTF was my first reaction. Out came the headlight and to my surprise there were more areas where no insulation was evidenced
Anyway I set about removing the internal headlight wiring but discovered this was impossible without separating the clear plastic outer from the black plastic rear housing. After much surgery I was able to seperate the two halves to expose and finally remove the wiring
Issue was that the black insulation was literally crumbling away from the wires. Ther was literally no wire unaffected although there were places and one wire where the insulation was not degraded. I have no idea what has caused this insulation failure but can only assume a problem with the insulation manufacturing process that sees a gradual deterioration of these wires over time
Here is a photo of the wiring as removed from the left headlight. The white insulation was my feeble attempt to fix the problem when the wiring was in the light housing. My light lenses were badly degraded and I was either going to have them recoated and polished or replaced. The decision was a no brainer so I ordered two new headlight assemblies. Ouch $$$$ :crying:
