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Is there any way to get to the ballast without removing the headlight itself.. My passenger side has been flickering , its got a new igniter and and a new bulb so I'm assuming it might be the ballast
My passenger-side high-beam stays on while engine is on or off, after they key is removed from the ignition, even when the parking brake is on. I have swapped ignitors and ballasts. I opened the headlight body and used heat wrap to re-insulate the wires, which were all horribly cracked and exposed (will share the video of this). After all of this, still experiencing the same issue. So, I purchased a whole new headlight housing, the originals were horribly dulled and ugly, plus I thought I might have messed up the wires, as I didn't resolve the issue. Even with the new headlight fixture installed and checked with swapped ignitors and ballasts– All this work and not a thing changed. Thoughts?
I have the same exact problem, i have an 06 GTI. Been trying to figure out this issue for over a year now. I have to go plug in my headlight every time i have to drive at night. I was thinking about takjng it in and having them run tests on the electronics. So far all i have found is that the #6 pin has a constant to it that shouldnt be there with the car off, and some searching has led me to the j519 relay or something. We need to figure out was this issue is, it is quite annoying.
Well... Fixed.
I got everything pulled apart (which took damn forever), and noticed that the underside of the ballast was damp...
All of this water was INSIDE the ballast!
I took it apart and used a blow dryer on it for a while to make sure everything was nice and dry.
Almost back together...
YES!! I got SO lucky that the ballast still worked after drying out. Saved me a ton of money!
I'm guessing the water got in there from when we had some flooding and I had to drive through a few flooded streets. Didn't think it was deep enough to get water splashing up in there, but apparently it did somehow... I've checked all the seals now and everything looks like it should be OK.