Re: Audi a3 xenon problem
Welcome to the forum.
I had the same issue, changed bulbs, it appeared to be 1 of the ballasts at fault, as since then I havnt had a problem.
Re: Audi a3 xenon problem
Hello thanks for the reply. Both headlights is doing it so does that mean both ballasts are suddenly faulty. If ballasts are faulty why do they only flicker when car is running, surely they would flicker all the time. Is there not relays or something that could be causing the fault, Somebody said it could be a low battery but the car Starts ok.
Re: Audi a3 xenon problem
Its not low battery as the cars charging when its on, so highly unlikely & I changed 1 side & its fixed the issue, thats not to say it will fix yours, but try disconnecting 1 side or other & see if problem goes away.
Re: Audi a3 xenon problem
Thanks I will try that. Hope I can sort it without putting it into Audi, don't want them ripping me off replacing things that are ok.
Re: Audi a3 xenon problem
Fixed my fault. Rear leveling sensor plastic arm was broken so must of been causing some fault in the system. Fixed the plastic arm eith epoxy and now no errors, flickering. Nothing to do with ballasts or bulbs. So if sny1 has the faults that I had check this first.
Re: Audi a3 xenon problem
Thats extremely weird, flickering lights because of a levelling sensor, thats a 1st & I've done a fair few xenons jobs, unless they were moving up/down all the time, I still find that very strange, but alas if you're happy then fine.
My suggestion is you brace the crack with a small piece of metal & bolt each side & then coat in some resin or the like, as epoxy wont hold forever with the roads we have, its very brittle at times.
Re: Audi a3 xenon problem
I know I couldn't believe it. The sensor arm was stuck at the top and now that I have fixed it it will never be able to get to that position so this must of been causing a fault. Yeah I did put a metal strip and added more epoxy. Will keep checking it and try and find a new bit from a breaker.
Re: Audi a3 xenon problem
My son was told by our MOT tester last week that this is common .He has drilled and used cable ties to fix the arm but had no probs with the lights
Re: Audi a3 xenon problem
Its common when suspension work/upgrades have been done, people forget to undo the arms prior to dropping things down.
I would use a good resin like I use for the dsg gearknob mod I created, cant remember the name, think innotec is brand, its very good.