Hi all. I just got my first Land Rover and am stoked.

its a 2010 lr2 hse. driving it home everything worked great. drove for 300 km no problems.


today my drivers side low beam shuts off after about 10 mins of being on. I shut the vehicle off and start again and it comes back on. then after a little while it cuts out again.

any ideas what is happening?

 

yep… probably either the ballast or the bulb is on its way out.

Can’t really complain about that… 12 years out of a bulb… Thomas Edison should be so lucky.

 

I've had to change D/S ballast if you have HIDs. I bought used OEM on Ebay. It's easy to remove the headlight assembly (careful on the plastic lever release) and the ballast is attached below.

 

turns out the light only goes out if the vehicle is running. if I sit there with it turned off and hit the start button without starting it the lights will stay on forever. So it isn't bulb most likely. Would that be a ballast thing?

 

I would suspect the headlight relay for the driver's side might be faulty and acting up when it gets warm. Try switching it with the passenger side relay and then check if the light goes out on the passenger side.

When you remove the plastic cover of the fuse/relay box in the engine compartment, there will be a diagram label on the underside of the cover indicating the location of the headlight relays.

 

Sure sounds electrical now. LR2driver might be onto something.

 

I don't see the relay labelled on mine. is it a big fuse or just regular small?

 

I just checked mine and discovered there are separate circuits for the Left/Right washer pumps and swivel motors (depending on your trim options). But the beams appear to be on a single fuse. So my previous suggestion does not hold.

Maybe try switching the ballasts and see if the problem moves to the other side.