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Left headlight stopped working, but the Right headlight is still working - any suggestions on what to look at/try?
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racoon
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There's a section on headlight bulb replacement in your Operators Guide.
If you don't have the printed copy, you can download an Acrobat PDF version here:
www.operatorsguides.brp.com
If you don't have the printed copy, you can download an Acrobat PDF version here:
3-Wheel Vehicles | BRP GUIDES
www.operatorsguides.brp.com
Little Blue
SpyderLovers Ambassador
Unless you have mice issues. Eating your wiring or something else.
My money is the headlight is the problem.
Check out and let us know what you find. Good Luck
My money is the headlight is the problem.
Check out and let us know what you find. Good Luck
Gwolf
Well-known member
If the light won't come on in the ceiling of your kitchen, what is the first thing you would check?
Same difference.
You don't always need any kind of specialised training to work on different machinery or vehicles. The basic principals of electricity, mechanics, and physics are always the same for everything. If you know the basics, you are halfway to fixing anything.
Same difference.
You don't always need any kind of specialised training to work on different machinery or vehicles. The basic principals of electricity, mechanics, and physics are always the same for everything. If you know the basics, you are halfway to fixing anything.
LongIsland
Member
I had the same issue with my 2014. I changed both bulbs and Voila! Let there be light.
Changing them was not difficult, time consuming, but not difficult. As Racoon noted instructions for removal/replacement are in the operator's manual. You can also find videos.
Changing them was not difficult, time consuming, but not difficult. As Racoon noted instructions for removal/replacement are in the operator's manual. You can also find videos.
When mine went out I upgraded to the Silverstar Ultra which gave me more light but they warn you that they don't last as long. I ride about 17,000 miles a year and in less than a year 1 of them failed. I found LEDs from a company that were plug and play with no mods needed. I now have even more light and they are still working 2 years later. The job is easy but time consuming.
kvilian223
New member
If possible, swap the left and right bulbs. If the problem follows the bulb, it’s confirmed dead. If the good bulb works on the left side, then the issue isn’t wiring
Or, just confirm the dead bulb with a multimeter continuity check.
Jackhartjr
Active member
My 2014 RTS had a headlight bulb go out at 22,000. I bought 2 AFTER I got them out, went to O'Reilly and got the correct bulbs, one of my dealers sold me the wrong bulbs!
Now would be a great time to upgrade to LED headlights. https://lamonstergarage.com/lighting-2/?page=2
Albec
Active member
I haven't had to change any bulbs on my F3 yet, but my MC also has twin headlights, and I have had to change those.
When changing the bulbs on my Kawasaki I always changed em both out, even though only one was inop. I'd save the one good bulb and the next time a bulb went out, I'd replace it with this 'spare' bulb.
Changing headlight bulbs on my MC was fairly simple though..
Mikey
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Lots of the time the old bulb will not last very long after putting it back in service, at least that's my experience.
^ Agree!! ^ And at the risk of boring those who already know, but in the interests of helping those who might not...
Generally, if one headlight in a pair of globes on the headlight circuit goes, the other globe on the circuit will then have been exposed/subjected to some rather high current/loading thru the circuit intended to have the resistance of two globes converting energy to heat & light rather than just one, so that one remaining 'old' globe is now not only old, possibly a little dimmer, but also compromised and likely to fail sooner rather than later. In the past, when globe manufacturing wasn't quite as 'advanced' as it is these days, that'd mean replacing just one globe in a pair meant that you'd expect the other to fail in pretty short order. That's not quite so much the case these days of higher quality filaments &/or LED lights, but it's still an issue to a noticeable degree, only you've generally got a little more time before the unchanged light fails. It's basically the same as sooo many other things that operate in pairs on our vehicles, like the tires on one axle; or better yet, the brake discs & pads on the one axle, different sides - if you kill/damage just one side of the pair, you still really need replace both sides at the same time, or you risk some degree of uneven wear/performance and possibly even unintended & potentially dangerous consequences!!
Aaaand, that means that if you blow one globe in the pair of headlights, leaving you with just one headlight for anything much more than an hour or so, and then only replace the blown globe instead of the pair, like you should, then your 'old' globe has now been compromised, so it's likely to blow sooner rather than later... And while you might think you got away with swapping out just the dead globe, at least for a while, when it does eventually blow, it will be sooner than expected in its potential life, costing you in terms of money, effort, and time sooner than would've otherwise been strictly necessary, as well as potentially putting you and any other road users around you at greater risk; all of which will in turn compromise the other 'newer' globe; so now that globe is likely to blow sooner rather than later, compromising the other globe and likely causing it to blow sooner rather than later; rinse, repeat, and so on... ad nauseum, and often in an ever decreasing time cycle, with increased costs in terms of money, effort, time, and potential risk, every bleedin' time!
And all that can happen just because you didn't replace BOTH Headlight globes in the pair at the same time as you should have done!
But that's OK, it's your Spyder and your money et al, and you will have saved yourself some money, effort, and time (as well as increasing the risks facing you and any other road users around you) by just replacing that one blown headlight globe initially instead of swapping out the pair, won't you... 
canamjhb
Well-known member
Kinda related, but different... I had one of my DRLs in my Buick quit after about 10 years. Advice and instructions for replacing it said to do both at the same time due to different intensity between new and old bulbs. Of course I was skeptical! I replaced the burnt out one with a new bulb and was amazed how much brighter it was, even though they were the same bulb number. I went ahead and replaced the old, working bulb and they both had the same brightness again. Just another reason to do them both at the same time... Jim
Albec
Active member
A little more service life is better than none at all, right?
Jackhartjr
Active member
No, not with as much time and aggravation as it takes to replace, at least in an RTS.
Albec
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As I said, I was talking about my Kawasaki.
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