Phaeton :: Low Beam Pattern Is Messed Up
Nov 9, 2014
I hit a bird at highway speed a few weeks ago, and the impact was enough to knock out the sidelight bulb. I thought the rest of the headlamp had survived OK, but now the evenings have turned dark I notice that the low beam pattern on that headlamp is completely messed up.
For those of you that have delved into the headlamp assemblies, is it possible for some part to have become dislodged such that the bulb is no longer correctly aligned with the lens?
I suspect I'm going to have to take off the bumper and dismantle the headlamp, but it would be nice to know what I might expect to find. If I find the low beam assembly damaged. I have the bi-xenons, so I'm aware from previous threads that getting the low beam out of the headlamp is a bear!
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So I finally got my car back after being repaired from the fender bender I was in, and I had to get a new right headlight but I just noticed that the beam pattern isn't right. I just picked up the car and brought it home so I'm not sure if this is a characteristic of a new headlight and bulb. I feel like they put in the wrong bulb or they didn't install it correctly?
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When I acquired our 2004 V8 Phaeton in April of last year, it had the well-documented flickering headlight problem. In addition, the right low beam would sometimes "wink out", just long enough for a check lights warning, and then come back on. Sometimes it would do this twice a day, other times not for a month or more.
Last January or February I acquired a new set of HID low beam bulbs and, after a couple hours of jostling air boxes and sacrificing a little knuckle skin, replaced them. All was well, the new lights were solid with a slight blue hue.
About three months later, I got the 'check lights' warning, and saw that the right low beam was not illuminated. It remained in this status for the next two days, and then on the third day it rose again from the dead and was illuminated just as before. It may have even been around Easter.
This occurred one more time a couple months later, with a 'check lights' warning due to the right low beam staying off. This time it came back to life later in the day, on the next drive cycle. Now today the 'check lights' warning came once again, only this time the left low beam was out. It stayed out for my drive of 10 miles or so, and when I restarted the car two hours later it was fine again, as if nothing had ever happened.
Do these symptoms, with bulbs that have less than 100 hours on them, and happening individually to either right or left low beam, point to anything specific? This has always occurred during daylight hours, both with the headlight in the off position and in the 'tunnel' position. If I'm ever pulled over for a faulty light, I'd like to be able to tell the officer something other than "I'm sure they'll be okay by tomorrow..."
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I had a friend messing with my car last night and on my dash used to have the bar type fuel economy under my MPH, now it has eco indicator and I've messed with the drive infos in my settings to change it back but I can't. It is an F-Sport.
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The passenger side low beam failure alarm come on about 20 seconds after starting the car. It goes out after about 10 seconds; then alarms again after 10 more seconds; it goes out and then finally alarms after another 10 seconds and stays alarmed until the car is turned off.
Looking at the light from the front of the car, it goes on and off as described above. However when it is on the light is very bright. This suggests to me a loose connection or maybe a a loose fuse. That is, unless this is the way those bulbs go out. It seems strange because the bulbs in my other cars did not behave like this. They were either out or not, never in between.
The only thing that has been done to this car was that the tires were balanced about five days ago. The VW place did not do a good job at balancing the tires when they rotated them. What is going on in my car?
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I was backing out of a parking space on the street this afternoon and hit a car that was coming down the street. The rear passenger side bumper was crunched in but I popped it out and now it's just scuffed. The impact wasn't that much, but now the throttle seems messed up.
When starting from a stop there's an initial burst of power followed by a brief lull and then power comes back. Facing up a hill there is no power with the gas pedal slightly depressed and then it kicks in with the same jerky power delivery.
I've also noticed that the real time MPEG doesn't jump up to 100 when I'm coasting like it used to and the engine doesn't quit when at a stop and the idle fluctuates a bit.
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Looking for detailed instructions on replacing the low beam passenger side headlight on a 2004 Phaeton...
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My car is fully stock, with all options available to me (cold weather package not available here). The low-beam triple-LED headlights are aimed way too low compared to all my previous cars, and where they should be. BUT high-beam is aimed properly. So if I adjust the low-beams up, my high-beams might end up lighting up the trees, not the road.
If adjust the headlights up on a fully stock car (not lowered at the front)? Are the high beams still lighting up the road fine? And if you can be specific as the number of turns on the screwdriver, it'd be good too to have an initial adjustment reference.
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This morning a dash light informed me a headlight bulb was out. It was my DTR light on the passenger side.
I purchased Sylvania H7 high intensity, installed it and it failed to work properly. Daytime light on only drivers side works.
High Beam on , both lights works.
I checked my manual and it said to check fuse in the 5 slot on the driver side dash/door panel and there actually is no fuse in there. I checked the driver side and there was no fuse there either.
I replaced my driver side bulb last year and it took 5 mins....i am already 4 hours into this!
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I drive a 96 Subaru Legacy. What does it mean when one of the high beams is dimmer (less light output) than the low beam? I am using a brand-new bulb. It's not an adjustment issue because I was looking at the bulb when it was outside of the housing and it clearly gets dimmer when you switch to brights. However, they are equally bright when on low-beam, so I don't think its just a crossed wire.
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What could be causing the two dark dips in this headlight pattern? These are supposed to be the LED headlights. The cut-off is pretty good, but the dark area on the left is noticeable on the road. I didn't notice the one on the right until I lined up this shot against the garage door.
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