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Hi Guys, I was drawn to this forum looking for an answer as my son owns a 2007 i30 diesel which he bought a few months ago off his friend who bought it new and for the second time he has called me to ask me to have a look at his headlights again! I got very interested in this complaint and actually read all that has been happening to all of you people who own one of these cars. The interesting bit is that I am an Auto Electrician and have run my own business for the last 28 years. As my son is off to the UK from Wednesday I will have the car here to test and play with. I have given the thought of Back EMF a lot of priority as there are many things in a car that can cause these "spikes". One of which is the Air conditioning Compressor Clutch Coil! Any way I will not reveal too much yet as if I find the fault I will sell the repair Ideas to Hyundai. I do not believe it has anything to do with Bulb life span. There has to be something that causes them to blow so prematurely. I have been doing Auto Electrics since 1971 and have never come across this problem on any other brand of car. I will keep you posted withy my findings "If any"!
Regarding the starting it definitely winds over with more ease having a negative cable to the engine direct with less connections.
Unfortunately us Auto Electricians don't speak the same terms of testing as unprofessional...
If it works I might try and sell me remedy to Hyundai ...
Huh!!! , It looks like Hyundai have already "read my remedy" and are copying it. That is exactly what I came up with! They have eyes looking for answers everywhere. I wonder if they will say thanks for me getting them out of a shitty problem!
I don't think 13.8 is too high, it's just normal running / charging voltage. Can anyone confirm this or is there 12V regulation to the lights?
Had the car back for 90K service and again raised the problem of headlights blowing, 20 and counting. Again checked and no faults found, so spoke to Hyundai Australia who escalated the matter and sent it to a local auto-electrician.He could find no obvious fault due to intermittent nature.His suggestion was to have HID globes fitted at my cost (approx $500).I can feel a court case coming on.