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Headlight out - 2/15/2006 2:23:10 PM

trhea

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Long story short, I have had a lot of problems with my local Mercedes dealership and about 6 months ago I had them replace the the tail lights on my 01, SLK 320 due to a lamp failure. They did this under the recall, replacing both sides.

The next "night" when I went out to drive the car I noticed the "lamp out" warning indicator on the dash illuminated again. So after a quick check it turned out to be a head lamp was now out. To my disgust I just pulled it back in the garage and put the cover over it. I just wasnt up for another trip to the dealer.

Anyways, could this something simple the tech left unplugged, is there anything simple I could check? I have checked the bulb both visually and with a meter and it appears to be fine.

Any help avoiding another trip to the dealer would be GREATLY appriciated, thanks.

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RE: Headlight out - 2/15/2006 8:57:22 PM

sleepwalker

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welcome.

both headlamps?

left or right?

high or low beam?

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RE: Headlight out - 2/15/2006 9:24:21 PM

BikerDrew

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OUT your dealership. WE want to know where to avoid spending our money and they deserve to be heard if they want to defend their work.

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2001 Black SLK 320
now someone else''s bone stock daily driver

171,300+ miles and still going strong.

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RE: Headlight out - 2/16/2006 1:28:17 AM 1 votes

bazzle

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Swap bulbs over to see if fault moves.

bazzle

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RE: Headlight out - 2/17/2006 10:38:05 AM

trhea

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Well I am glad I didn't slam my dealer to bad, lol.

Thanks guys for all of the replies, it looks like this latest episode was just a coincidence with the bulb going out the day after the service visit.

As Bazzle suggested I swapped the bulbs around and it proved to be the bulb, even though it tested fine.

So thanks very, very, very much Bazzle for your suggestion.

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RE: Headlight out - 2/17/2006 7:28:57 PM

BikerDrew

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I was just in a bad mood, anyway (I really like working with my local MB dealership). Good job gett'n 'er dun.