2002 Elantra headlights
Any ideas on why the drivers side headlight on my 2002 Elantra burns out
about every 6 months. I've got 1999 Elantra with the original headlights but have had to replace the 2002's driver's headlight 3 times since buying the car used in Jan '03 |
Re: 2002 Elantra headlights
The dealer should cover this for you.I had the same thing,3 times on a 2001
Elantra.I didn't know it would be covered and bought the replacement bulb at my dealer the first time.Then in another site there started to be more and more questions about headlights burning out and someone wrote in that Hyundai knew about this problem and that headlight bulbs (and certain other bulbs) are covered under your warranty.When I went back for the 2nd and 3rd time,now knowing they should be covered,they were. |
Re: 2002 Elantra headlights
Petey109 wrote:
> Any ideas on why the drivers side headlight on my 2002 Elantra burns out > about every 6 months. I've got 1999 Elantra with the original headlights > but have had to replace the 2002's driver's headlight 3 times since buying > the car used in Jan '03 I had a similar problem with an Excel, though it would burn out both headlights alternately every 6 months or so. I finally sprang for some high-end aftermarket bulbs and never had a problem afterward. |
Re: 2002 Elantra headlights
The bulbs in the 2002 are a different design than the ones in the 1999.
From what I've been able to discern, the ones like you have in the '02 don't last as long. Unless there's some physical problem with the lamp or it's building up mass quantities of condensation, I doubt there's any problem. |
Re: 2002 Elantra headlights
I have a 2001 and this happens too... I'm attempting to figure out how to
change my own headlights by this point -since I am over my 60,000 mi warranty and they'll charge me to replace the headlight. I keep thinking this should be simpler than what it is... |
Re: 2002 Elantra headlights
rhybeka wrote:
> I have a 2001 and this happens too... I'm attempting to figure out how to > change my own headlights by this point -since I am over my 60,000 mi > warranty and they'll charge me to replace the headlight. I keep thinking > this should be simpler than what it is... It's not difficult at all. If you need instructions, they're on Hyundai's WebTech site. |
Re: 2002 Elantra headlights
Could you provide a link to Hyundai's Web Tech site? Thanks
Steve "Brian Nystrom" <brian.nystrom@att.net> wrote in message news:1VZGd.39090$w62.19241@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net... > rhybeka wrote: >> I have a 2001 and this happens too... I'm attempting to figure out how to >> change my own headlights by this point -since I am over my 60,000 mi >> warranty and they'll charge me to replace the headlight. I keep thinking >> this should be simpler than what it is... > > It's not difficult at all. If you need instructions, they're on Hyundai's > WebTech site. |
Re: 2002 Elantra headlights
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 01:52:49 GMT, "Steve" <sckenney<rmv
this>@verizon.net> wrote: >Could you provide a link to Hyundai's Web Tech site? Thanks > > >Steve > > >"Brian Nystrom" <brian.nystrom@att.net> wrote in message >news:1VZGd.39090$w62.19241@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net... >> rhybeka wrote: >>> I have a 2001 and this happens too... I'm attempting to figure out how to >>> change my own headlights by this point -since I am over my 60,000 mi >>> warranty and they'll charge me to replace the headlight. I keep thinking >>> this should be simpler than what it is... >> >> It's not difficult at all. If you need instructions, they're on Hyundai's >> WebTech site. > I have a 2001 - unless they changed the design radically it's not hard to change your passenser headlamp. I found that to do the driver side I had to remove the battery in order to get to the lamp mount. THAT was a pain in the ass. |
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