Headlight failure

[Neilmo]

Hi folks(newbie),

I’m hoping someone out there will have a bit of knowledge to help. I have a CLA 180. The car is just over 5 year old. About 7 month ago I have the offside headlight fail, DRL, dipped/full beam go out. The indicator worked although the tell tail would flash double time, the indicator flashed normally. I took it to my mechanic who found a lot of corrosion in the wiring and ballast unit under the headlight unit causing the ballast unit to fail. £800 later it was replaced and fine. Now the same thing has happened to the nearside headlight unit with the exact same symptoms as before. I have contacted my local Mercedes garage but not really interested. Any thoughts from the good people out there???

much appreciated.

 

[Mikesmith29]

Try speaking to Mercedes customer support they may be able to initiate a goodwill gesture.

 

[Neilmo]

Thanks Mike,

I have emailed them and got a response which wasn’t really positive so emailed again with more detail of the issue, still waiting for response from that. Thanks again for the advice.

 

[MrGreedy]

Have you noticed any condensation in the lights? Excess moisture might cause this.