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Originally Posted by 67AtlasDave
What year is the car? From my understanding and experance (Volvo/Mazda) a Xeon/HID head light SHOULD last you to the 4-6y mark (maybe more) and a standard halogen should last you 3-5y. On my Pilot I use the Silver Star Sylvaina hedlights becuase I drive on very dark mountain roads with lots of animal life and the OEM (Not HIDs) just didn't cut it. My right one seems to go out ever year. However this time I put them in the way the dealership tought me on handle the HIDs so maybe it will change. Now on my Wife 04 TL they are still going bright and strong (HIDs at the 4 year mark) The dealership that I work at, HIDs where under warrenty and both of them had to be taken out and sent to Volvo or Mazda so they could figure out why one had gone out so early and the other one did not. It was a big deal we had to send them off in special packaging with an entire discription about how the blub look when we took it out of the car, year of the car, number of miles, etc.etc. We also had special gloves that where kept in a locked box when we had to change them out. The gloves sat in some type of solution that wouldn't harm the bulbs. So if your car is still under warrenty take it to the dealer (also the bulbs wont cost you any thing if it is still under warrenty).
AP1, you sound like you are doing this way to much. I would take the car to the shop to see if somthing was wrong with it. Maybe the harness or assembly is out of wack if you are changing out bulbs "Countless" of times. Or maybe you are just handling the bulbs incorrectly.
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Nothing is wrong, cleared the headlights, then mulderized the headlights, replaced with stock amber, and expermenting with different types of bulbs.