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Old Jun 23, 2012 | 11:05 PM
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Hey guys, bought some hids angel eyes from John...John haven't replied to my email yet hes probably been busy. I have a little issue with the aes after installed. It's fine for couple weeks until now one of my aes won't turned on anymore until I turned my running light off then on then it works. Usually when I unlocked my car both aes turned on. Now it doesn't turn on when I unlocked or turned my engine on. Any ideas of what I did wrong? Thanks
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 08:08 AM
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Having same issue... One side flashes for a split second, then nothing.
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by sonxcuzzo
Hey guys, bought some hids angel eyes from John...John haven't replied to my email yet hes probably been busy. I have a little issue with the aes after installed. It's fine for couple weeks until now one of my aes won't turned on anymore until I turned my running light off then on then it works. Usually when I unlocked my car both aes turned on. Now it doesn't turn on when I unlocked or turned my engine on. Any ideas of what I did wrong? Thanks
If they hadn't been fine for a coule of weeks I would have been certain that they won't turn on becaus the AE's are dimmed at unlock and become brighter in a couple of seconds. When instaling HID you have to change that via OBD so that they are turned on instantly. And stay at 100% or else the ballast won't be able to fire up the lilghts.

Perhaps connect them to your fog connector to find out if it's the car or the HID?
I would also advice to swap a normal light in to be certain it isn't a fuse.
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 05:02 PM
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My right one went out last week, but my work schedule has prevented me from trouble shoot it yet. I will tomorrow and hopefully it is an easy fix.
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 08:18 PM
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I swapped everything but it's still the same. One side doesn't turn on at all like the other side until later later. The only thing I didn't swapped is the ground.
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Old Jun 24, 2012 | 11:06 PM
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my right one has also been off for a few months. I just got back home, and will have to fix it. I changed the ground wire position but that didnt work. John can you help us.
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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 07:20 PM
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Just got to SoCal today and the one that has been tripping now it's completely dead. sucks that running with only 1 ae. Where is johnnnnn???? I already switched the stocked ones back on before and it was fine. So it has to be something else. I guess I will try to switched everything again when I get back home and see. Just bought a brand new one from John I said about 2 months ago too . hate taking everything out! HahaL
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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 07:34 PM
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This happened to me when I had HID AE, it was a bad ground. Not sure if this is the case for you guys, but you can give it a shot.
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Old Jun 25, 2012 | 07:52 PM
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Thanks r9ndy. That is the only thing I haven't done. I will get back on this and let you guys know the result in a couple days.
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 06:44 AM
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I replied ALL emails. Please check your spam folder. I reply via my personal email and not through motorcepts.

To diagnose, it's simple:

Swap the good side ballast and bulb to the bad side. If problem switches to other side, its either bulb or bullast. If not, its the cable.
Then u can switch the good side ballast to the bad side to determine if its the bulb or ballast
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