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Old May 17, 2024 | 03:38 PM
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Driver's side on my 2020 went out earlier this week. Thankfully dealer has them in stock and covered under warranty.
 
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Old May 17, 2024 | 05:17 PM
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My chip in the link above went out this week. Only lasted 3 months. I do not recommend! Picked up a whole working headlight on eBay for $475 going to put it on this weekend.
 
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Old May 18, 2024 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by AVLDefender
I have these in my lights and they work great. In case you don't feel like waiting.

https://www.antparts.com/products/la...ht-drl-module/
cheap chinese made garbage as noted by failure in 3 mos. Buyer beware.
 
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Old May 18, 2024 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Defendher
cheap chinese made garbage as noted by failure in 3 mos. Buyer beware.
Agreed. Although the OEM chips only seem to last a year or two and a new headlight is $3700.

On a side note, replacing the headlight was super
easy, and took about 30mins.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2024 | 12:16 PM
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I have a 2020 that had both DRL out. I had them repaired at an independent shop and they replaced the chip with an aftermarket one ($25 chip). So far so good. There are many headlight repair companies that will do the job. The job may run you around $600 a piece, much better than 5k apiece, or follow Simon’s guidance!
I"m having same issue but can't find a shop that will repair it, how did you go about getting it done or any tips to help me convince a shop to do this for me.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2024 | 12:31 PM
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I ended up buying two working headlights off eBay for $500 apiece. I now have two spares (the originals that burned out) that I can send off when it happens again and not leave a hole in my front end while they are getting repaired. Although I will probably buy the chip from powerfulUK and do the chip replacement myself.

Replacing the headlight on the vehicle is not bad, I can do one in about 20mins now.

FYI - I dug through my emails and found that Brandon at Lightwerkz said he could do the repair if sent in the headlight. You may try reaching out to him.
 
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Old Dec 12, 2024 | 06:25 AM
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Why not just buy the LED modules for $50 a set and spend an hr or so fixing it yourself? You could have saved $450 to put toward mods. More if you count the repair cost. JLR won't repair it. They only replace at $4k ea. (when you are out of warranty). I laughed at the service guy when he told me the price. I fixed it for less than $75 if you include new headlight sealant. in less than 2 hrs.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2025 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by particulardude
Driver's side on my 2020 went out earlier this week. Thankfully dealer has them in stock and covered under warranty.
Passenger side had the same failure recently - replaced under CPO warranty.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2025 | 08:44 AM
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hello
and thanks for the information, did you use the powerfulk chips?

marco
 
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Old Feb 22, 2025 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by rhoadesel
Why not just buy the LED modules for $50 a set and spend an hr or so fixing it yourself? You could have saved $450 to put toward mods. More if you count the repair cost. JLR won't repair it. They only replace at $4k ea. (when you are out of warranty). I laughed at the service guy when he told me the price. I fixed it for less than $75 if you include new headlight sealant. in less than 2 hrs.
hello

and thanks for the information, did you use the powerfulk chips? thanks

Marco
 
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