signal lights

[pclear9061]

ok so im here at the dealership becuse all of a sudden i had the pass. side light stop working but yet it wasnt blown .... so i take it out of the socket and take a look at the base and what do i see .... one of the prongs are melted !!!! so i look inside of the holder and what the hell ..... its melted also !!! ..... so i took it in and had them look at it and they just told me that the bulbs that i have been useing for so long now (silver star) have been causeing too much heat (their guess) and caused the socket to melt ... so they have ordered TWO (yes two because the other side was also melting but did not melt the bulb yet) sockets and will be installed when they get in ... they also put two new stock bulbs in and their working fine right now ......




SO ..... what the hell i know there are quite a few people on here that are running these bulbs ..... anyone else have this problem???????


thank god for the warranty

[rlinbatonrouge]

Lucky SOB, no reason to cover that under warranty. That's why you must be nice to people at the dealerships. They are doing you a favor here when they don't have to. I do this kind of crap all the time. Makes for loyal, happy customers.

[pclear9061]

yep ..... or i just bitch and get my way




but this dealership has been great to me to .......


that cabin filter prob .... taken care of now .... the filter was hella dirty and i took it into them and showed them and they paid for a new one ...... didnt even go under warranty .... the shop paid for it

[XeroState]

Personally I think the dealership feels sorry for him, got fired, having twins, wisdom teeth pulled, what is two sockets and some light bulbs...lol

[TheWastedYears]

I've had some issues w/ mine blowing or stop working at random. I never thought to check the sockets though.

I'll do that when it's not a million degrees outside and let you know.

[pclear9061]

10 to 1 that they are burnt .... im gonna email silverstar and try to get a refund b/c they said that it was supposed to work fine with them

[BLOWN ION]

Hmm i'm kinda worried now too. You're talking about the ones that look multy color purple/blue/orange when off but light up amber, right?

[pclear9061]

yes ..... ill post a pic when i get home b/c im at my parent work and ready to leave right now ..... ill be on in about 45 mins - 1 hr

[vandy0419]

rlinbatonrouge is right, didn't need to be covered under warranty at all...my friend had bulbs like these on his Sunfire GT, ended up actually shorting out the whole system and had to buy whole new headlights just because the cars weren't really designed for them., at least back then. But I think it is kind of the same way now, I don't think Xenon bulbs really cost $300 and I think that is close to some car companies' options charge so it seems like something else is upgraded other than bulbs.

[pclear9061]

well i dont know what to say ....... but im sorry if your dealers arnt like mine and take good care of their customers and would rather do everything that they can for them so they will ALWAYS come back to them instead of hating them and taking mad shit behind their backs