HID issues

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Today was the second time it's happened to me, the first was 3 weeks ago or so. 2012 mustang, stock HID headlights.

Passenger side headlight goes out on my way to work. When I get to work, I unplug it, plug it back in and it works. The connector is tight and clicked together, it's not loose. Is this the ballast going bad? Maybe something else? It's only passenger side, and none of the other lights on that side are affected.
 

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Could be the female side of the connector is loose. In situations like that at work we would use a small pick to close the connector and a small amount of dielectric grease.
 

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I was going to try some dielectric grease and then inspect the pins and terminals when I get a chance. Good idea. I guess if it continues, I could swap ballast sides and see if it follows.
 

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Today was the second time it's happened to me, the first was 3 weeks ago or so. 2012 mustang, stock HID headlights.

Passenger side headlight goes out on my way to work. When I get to work, I unplug it, plug it back in and it works. The connector is tight and clicked together, it's not loose. Is this the ballast going bad? Maybe something else? It's only passenger side, and none of the other lights on that side are affected.
I had a similar issue occur w\ my '09's driver side OEM HID where it started going out after a while of use & I cycled power to it & would come back on.....rinse, repeat.
I ended up replacing the HID bulb to rectify my issue....as I understand it these OEM HID bulbs will start getting weak over time building up resistance which will cause the ballast to go into overamp protection thus shutting off until power is cycled.

Something you might consider to look into if nothing else is found.................

Hope this helps.
 

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Most likely the ballast. If it were the bulb, once it goes out, it won’t come back on. Most of the time the bulb will start changing colour which means it’s starting to lose its intensity.
 

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Ballast. As others have said once a bulb leaks xenon gas to atmosphere there’s no saving it. Ballast is finnicky on its way out. They’re cheap on eBay/amazon
 

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