Hi.
RE' My 02/2002 E320 CDI Avantgarde.
Nearside Xenon Philips D2R (4300 35W)has failed. I've replaced it however still not working. I've checked the fuse supply which is OK.
I know that these systems have a ballast (resistor?) arrangement together with a control unit.
In order to dig deeper into this I could do with knowing a little more about this system in order to faultfind. My questions, if anyone can help?
1. Where is the ballast arrangement situated?
2. Where is the control unit situated?
3. Do I need to dismantle the front skirt end to get at the ballast/control unit? If so is there an instruction on how to do this?
4. Once dismantled I would imagine that I could swap the units and ballast across each side of the car in order to locate the actual fault. i.e swap control units and then swap ballast arrangements.
Does this all sound feasible. I'm fairly handy with a tool kit however I'm just lacking any real knowledge about Xenon systems.
Thank you for any assistance that you can offer.
Regards
solarmer1
RE' My 02/2002 E320 CDI Avantgarde.
Nearside Xenon Philips D2R (4300 35W)has failed. I've replaced it however still not working. I've checked the fuse supply which is OK.
I know that these systems have a ballast (resistor?) arrangement together with a control unit.
In order to dig deeper into this I could do with knowing a little more about this system in order to faultfind. My questions, if anyone can help?
1. Where is the ballast arrangement situated?
2. Where is the control unit situated?
3. Do I need to dismantle the front skirt end to get at the ballast/control unit? If so is there an instruction on how to do this?
4. Once dismantled I would imagine that I could swap the units and ballast across each side of the car in order to locate the actual fault. i.e swap control units and then swap ballast arrangements.
Does this all sound feasible. I'm fairly handy with a tool kit however I'm just lacking any real knowledge about Xenon systems.
Thank you for any assistance that you can offer.
Regards
solarmer1
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