Hid troubleshooting!!! HELP PLEASE !!!
Hid troubleshooting!!! HELP PLEASE !!!
My DDMTuning 35w 6000k Raptor HID conversion kit for the 9006 low beam headlights is simply not working at all. I have the ballasts and bulbs all wired up (correctly, if I may add), and I don't have a harness or relay. There is no flickering or one working without the other; just darkness!!! The fuses are fine, I tried reversing the polarity, NOTHING. This is the end-all, be-all thread for solving this issue. Please help MCF!
Last edited by Space; Jun 28, 2012 at 08:12 PM. Reason: Add Help & ? mark
Good Luck from the `Space Station in Florida
Hi `Tyler,
Great to see your thread & I hope a member can help when they see your thread (Be Patience
..I just have a few minutes between truck shipments & wanted to see if you posted)..
This is all I found, but I hope other's that have purchased this kit or other kits can help you...Good Luck 4-Sure
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Great to see your thread & I hope a member can help when they see your thread (Be Patience
..I just have a few minutes between truck shipments & wanted to see if you posted)..This is all I found, but I hope other's that have purchased this kit or other kits can help you...Good Luck 4-Sure
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<FIELDSET class=swiftfieldset><LEGEND>Article</LEGEND>It may be useful to perform a direct battery test to determine if the problem with your HID kit has to do with a component(s) of the HID kit or with the interface of the HID kit with the stock wiring/electrical system of your vehicle.
To do a direct battery test, the leads/pins that are connected to the stock wiring will instead be touched to the power and ground terminals of a live battery. You can mimic several on-off cycles by simply touching/removing one of the leads. Do the HIDs perform as they were when connected to the vehicle? If so, then the problem is with the HID kit. If the HID kit works fine during the direct battery test, then the problem with the HID has to do with its compatibility with the vehicle. Depending on the particulars, the solution may be to purchase a wiring harness, to check for loose connections, to purchase error code eliminators. If these solutions don't seem appropriate, we'll be glad to advise.
LOW BEAM BULBS
This can be done very easily with low beam bulbs that have metal spade connectors (pins) on the adapter wire (H1, H3, H7, 880, H16, H13 low beam, etc). For low beam bulbs that have plastic shell connectors, either the pins/spades need to be removed from the shell (easier for some bulbs than others; generally strategy described below for the High/Low bulbs) or leads need to be attached to the pins/spades that can then be connected to the battery terminals.
HIGH/LOW BULBS
For 9004 H/L, 9007 H/L and H4 H/L bulbs, the direct battery test can be done after the pins are removed from shell connector that is on the harness. Please leave the harness connected to the battery and grounded as originally wired. Please note the position of the wires--color assignments--before removing them from the plastic shell connector.
To remove the pins from the shell connector, you'll need to insert a small screwdriver (jeweler's screw driver, etc) or a pick/awl at the base of the pin on the side of the plug where the pins are protruding. There's a barb that is flared away from the pin that keeps the pin from sliding out of the shell connector. Using the tool, push up on the pin to flatten the barb and at the same time, give a firm tug on the wire from the back of the plug. The wire with the pin will slide out.
After doing the direct battery test, to re-insert the pins, please gently and carefully flare the barb up a little bit so that it will catch as it's supposed to upon re-inserting the pin into the plug.
Unfortunately, H13 H/L bulbs and their harness plug are not amenable to the direct battery test by removing the pins from the shell connector. The only way to perform a direct battery test would be to attach leads to the pins and touch those to the battery terminals.
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><FIELDSET class=swiftfieldset><LEGEND>Article</LEGEND>It may be useful to perform a direct battery test to determine if the problem with your HID kit has to do with a component(s) of the HID kit or with the interface of the HID kit with the stock wiring/electrical system of your vehicle.
To do a direct battery test, the leads/pins that are connected to the stock wiring will instead be touched to the power and ground terminals of a live battery. You can mimic several on-off cycles by simply touching/removing one of the leads. Do the HIDs perform as they were when connected to the vehicle? If so, then the problem is with the HID kit. If the HID kit works fine during the direct battery test, then the problem with the HID has to do with its compatibility with the vehicle. Depending on the particulars, the solution may be to purchase a wiring harness, to check for loose connections, to purchase error code eliminators. If these solutions don't seem appropriate, we'll be glad to advise.
LOW BEAM BULBS
This can be done very easily with low beam bulbs that have metal spade connectors (pins) on the adapter wire (H1, H3, H7, 880, H16, H13 low beam, etc). For low beam bulbs that have plastic shell connectors, either the pins/spades need to be removed from the shell (easier for some bulbs than others; generally strategy described below for the High/Low bulbs) or leads need to be attached to the pins/spades that can then be connected to the battery terminals.
HIGH/LOW BULBS
For 9004 H/L, 9007 H/L and H4 H/L bulbs, the direct battery test can be done after the pins are removed from shell connector that is on the harness. Please leave the harness connected to the battery and grounded as originally wired. Please note the position of the wires--color assignments--before removing them from the plastic shell connector.
To remove the pins from the shell connector, you'll need to insert a small screwdriver (jeweler's screw driver, etc) or a pick/awl at the base of the pin on the side of the plug where the pins are protruding. There's a barb that is flared away from the pin that keeps the pin from sliding out of the shell connector. Using the tool, push up on the pin to flatten the barb and at the same time, give a firm tug on the wire from the back of the plug. The wire with the pin will slide out.
After doing the direct battery test, to re-insert the pins, please gently and carefully flare the barb up a little bit so that it will catch as it's supposed to upon re-inserting the pin into the plug.
Unfortunately, H13 H/L bulbs and their harness plug are not amenable to the direct battery test by removing the pins from the shell connector. The only way to perform a direct battery test would be to attach leads to the pins and touch those to the battery terminals.
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<FIELDSET class=swiftfieldset><LEGEND>Article</LEGEND>If your HID bulbs do not light upon installation, the likely explanation is that the stock wiring's polarity is reversed relative to the ballast. In other words, the power and ground wires of your vehicle's stock harness are reversed relative to the ballast.
To correct for reverse polarity, please remove the plug from the input socket of the ballast, flip the plug and re-connect it. The HID bulbs should now turn on. If they don't, you may have a fuse that is blown; if so, please replace the fuse then try the HIDs again.
Having connected to the ballast with reverse polarity did not do any harm to the ballast. As mentioned above, it is possible for the reverse polarity situation to pop a fuse.
Flipping the input plug to the ballast usually means that the clips on the plug will not be used. The yellow gasket on the plug will hold the connection but feel free to use electrical tape as a secondary means of securing the connection.
Reverse Polarity is common for Chevy's and Honda's and has been reported for other vehicles, too. Some vehicles have reverse polarity for one plug and not the other.
At times, a High/Low harness can have an input plug wired in reverse. This situation can be treated as a matter of "reverse polarity" such that flipping the plug 180 degrees will solve the problem.
Please check this article for cars with common issues: Cars/trucks/motorcycles that have common issues with HID / LED: - Help Desk Software powered by DDM Tuning
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</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><FIELDSET class=swiftfieldset><LEGEND>Article</LEGEND>If your HID bulbs do not light upon installation, the likely explanation is that the stock wiring's polarity is reversed relative to the ballast. In other words, the power and ground wires of your vehicle's stock harness are reversed relative to the ballast.
To correct for reverse polarity, please remove the plug from the input socket of the ballast, flip the plug and re-connect it. The HID bulbs should now turn on. If they don't, you may have a fuse that is blown; if so, please replace the fuse then try the HIDs again.
Having connected to the ballast with reverse polarity did not do any harm to the ballast. As mentioned above, it is possible for the reverse polarity situation to pop a fuse.
Flipping the input plug to the ballast usually means that the clips on the plug will not be used. The yellow gasket on the plug will hold the connection but feel free to use electrical tape as a secondary means of securing the connection.
Reverse Polarity is common for Chevy's and Honda's and has been reported for other vehicles, too. Some vehicles have reverse polarity for one plug and not the other.
At times, a High/Low harness can have an input plug wired in reverse. This situation can be treated as a matter of "reverse polarity" such that flipping the plug 180 degrees will solve the problem.
Please check this article for cars with common issues: Cars/trucks/motorcycles that have common issues with HID / LED: - Help Desk Software powered by DDM Tuning
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Last edited by Space; Jun 28, 2012 at 08:20 PM.
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Did you have them plugged in tightly? I really had to push mine in tight. Other then that I dont know what to say. It is pretty straight forward, original wire from the headlight into the ballast and wires from the ballast into the HID bulb. If that's what you did it should work.
Did you have them plugged in tightly? I really had to push mine in tight. Other then that I dont know what to say. It is pretty straight forward, original wire from the headlight into the ballast and wires from the ballast into the HID bulb. If that's what you did it should work.
