A4 headlight bulbs - fixed

[Kent McLean]

I wrote:
>> Q1. Do headlight bulbs fade over time? I believe sealed beam headlights do.
>> What about halogen bulbs? HIDs?

Cleaning my headlights before a long road trip, I took a close look at the
dim driver's side.  The bulb itself seemed a little off. I took a closer
look. The bulb was skewed a bit, not centered in its seat, pointing a bit
to the inside. I popped the connector, reset the bulb -- that took a few
tries, as it kept wanting to unseat itself -- reconnected the connector,
and my light was back.

I don't remember replacing the bulb, I don't know why or how the bulb
skewed itself, but that was the problem.

-- 
Kent McLean
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
1990 200 Avant mit V8 conversion
gone: too many to count, including my first, "Bad Puppy"