Morimoto HID issues. Sometimes only 1 side turns on.

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I just installed the latest Morimoto HID XB35 system. Today on the way to work I noticed only the passenger light was on in the reflection of the vehicle in front of me. I had the lights on Auto-On setting and I know they were both on when I started it in the garage.

I turned them off and back on and both sides fired up. Anyone have this issue?
 
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try swapping ballasts between the 2 sides to narrow down whats not working. possibly failing ballast, or failing bulb
 
I just installed the latest Morimoto HID XB35 system. Today on the way to work I noticed only the passenger light was on in the reflection of the vehicle in front of me. I had the lights on Auto-On setting and I know they were both on when I started it in the garage.

I turned them off and back on and both sides fired up. Anyone have this issue?

I had the same exact issue for about a month, power cycle usually fixed it. Finally the ballast died. Got a warranty replacement no questions asked. Works fine now. Little uneasy seeing more and more complaints about them.
 
I just installed the latest Morimoto HID XB35 system. Today on the way to work I noticed only the passenger light was on in the reflection of the vehicle in front of me. I had the lights on Auto-On setting and I know they were both on when I started it in the garage.

I turned them off and back on and both sides fired up. Anyone have this issue?

just tell them it's ignitor and ballast. mine was doing the same and got a new one in the mail as a warranty replacement. turns on every time now
 
Hmmm, I'm not liking the sound of this. I bought these Morimoto's because I heard they're one of the best kits. I got them on Ebay for a great price and now I may be regretting that:frusty:

I had the same problem on my Nissan Titan but I don't know what kit was installed. The 4 years I owned it I would just flip them off/on to get them working.
 
Agreed, you should swap the ballasts or bulbs from side to side. If the issue moves to the other side, it's the component you moved. If the issue stays in place, it's the component you did not move.

Bummer the kit was purchase from eBay. Hope the seller takes care of you.

I have had 0 issues with my Xenon Depot kit. I can't recommend it highly enough.
 
Agreed, you should swap the ballasts or bulbs from side to side. If the issue moves to the other side, it's the component you moved. If the issue stays in place, it's the component you did not move.

Bummer the kit was purchase from eBay. Hope the seller takes care of you.

I have had 0 issues with my Xenon Depot kit. I can't recommend it highly enough.

I'm awaiting for it to happen again. So far it was just that single time. But I agree on your troubleshooting method. Is there some sensor that tells the Auto-On lights to turn on? If I could cover and get the lights to power cycle on their maybe I can reproduce the 1 on issue.

I just messaged the seller I'll keep you guys posted.
 
my xenon depot HID"s do the same occasionally. My morimoto's on my titan never had issues. Parts fail, have defects, etc. can't expect perfection from every single part produced.
 
Honesty, the Morimotos are the worst HID system I’ve ever used. I bought for the same reason...heard they were the best. Nope.

I had the same issue all the time with only one side firing. I also got horrible feedback over my radio and lost any radio signal once they were on. Between interference and horrible reliability, they were by far the worst system I’ve ever owned. I’m using a brand I got off amazon right now for like $40 and they’ve easily been the best I’ve ever had, and this remains true after almost two years of use and abuse.


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I've ran Morimotos for a combined time of about 4+ years on 3 different vehicles. Never had a bulb or ballast go bad. I have had occasions where one bulb doesn't ignite. Turning the lights off and then on again always fixed the issue.

I wouldn't call their product the worst by any stretch. Failure to ignite does happen on occasion with HIDs, I had it occur on my stock S2000 HIDs which are a very expensive set of Philips.
 
I got a response from the seller. He wants to verify I received the right harness and then wanted me to swap ballasts/bulbs over to test if the issue follows.
 
I've ran Morimotos for a combined time of about 4+ years on 3 different vehicles. Never had a bulb or ballast go bad. I have had occasions where one bulb doesn't ignite. Turning the lights off and then on again always fixed the issue.



I wouldn't call their product the worst by any stretch. Failure to ignite does happen on occasion with HIDs, I had it occur on my stock S2000 HIDs which are a very expensive set of Philips.



I respectfully disagree. HIDs have been around a long time now and the technology has been perfected. It’s not acceptable to have lights not ignite properly. Look at how many people have said they’ve had the exact same issue, yet my $40 kit works flawlessly. There’s clearly a problem with Morimoto. It’s too many occurrences to just be a fluke or coincidence. This isn’t acceptable when you pay this much for these units. Just my two cents.


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I respectfully disagree. HIDs have been around a long time now and the technology has been perfected. It’s not acceptable to have lights not ignite properly. Look at how many people have said they’ve had the exact same issue, yet my $40 kit works flawlessly. There’s clearly a problem with Morimoto. It’s too many occurrences to just be a fluke or coincidence. This isn’t acceptable when you pay this much for these units. Just my two cents.

I don't think this is a fair opinion.

Morimotos are one of the best selling HID kit on this forum. Of course they are going to have more occurrences of discussed failure. That isn't because their product is necessarily bad, it's because there are more kits out there.

For every complaint you've read, there are very likely multiples more of people who are completely happy.

edit: wanted to add, I don't have Morimoto HIDs.
 
... Failure to ignite does happen on occasion with HIDs,

Nonsense. I've had 4 retrofits (no kits, thank you) on 3 cars since 2010 and have never had such a problem. Premium OEM components, professional assembly. You get what you pay for.

You don't think Audi, M-B, Porsche, Lexus, BMW, etc etc has that problem do you?
 
Nonsense. I've had 4 retrofits (no kits, thank you) on 3 cars since 2010 and have never had such a problem. Premium OEM components, professional assembly. You get what you pay for.

You don't think Audi, M-B, Porsche, Lexus, BMW, etc etc has that problem do you?

Two of the Mori sets I ran in the past were complete retros I did, still had an occasional light out when starting the car/truck. Re-cycling the light switch fixed it every time.

The s2000's HID system is typically one of the higher/most sought after systems, I had a few occasions where the same thing happened. So I suppose I don't think it happens in that case since I had first hand experience.

I recently installed a Hylux system in a friends vehicle and he has had a similar experience.

This thread will quickly dissolve into a grouping of people defending these kits, or the kit of their preference, those that prefer OEM HID systems, or those that feel a complete retrofit is the only way to go about replacing your headlights. I gave my personal experience as buffer to the OP that someone else has experience this issue, that they don't feel that the Mori kit is junk, and that if the customer service they receive fails to help them out, that hopefully power cycling the lights will continue to remedy this situation.

Hope this helps OP, beyond that I don't really have any interest in arguing against bias or preference. I make a living in semiconductor equipment work, stating that anything one electrical component could be without flaw or better than another would be a gross oversight.
 
Two of the Mori sets I ran in the past were complete retros I did, still had an occasional light out when starting the car/truck. Re-cycling the light switch fixed it every time.

The s2000's HID system is typically one of the higher/most sought after systems, I had a few occasions where the same thing happened. So I suppose I don't think it happens in that case since I had first hand experience.

I recently installed a Hylux system in a friends vehicle and he has had a similar experience.

This thread will quickly dissolve into a grouping of people defending these kits, or the kit of their preference, those that prefer OEM HID systems, or those that feel a complete retrofit is the only way to go about replacing your headlights. I gave my personal experience as buffer to the OP that someone else has experience this issue, that they don't feel that the Mori kit is junk, and that if the customer service they receive fails to help them out, that hopefully power cycling the lights will continue to remedy this situation.

Hope this helps OP, beyond that I don't really have any interest in arguing against bias or preference. I make a living in semiconductor equipment work, stating that anything one electrical component could be without flaw or better than another would be a gross oversight.

Dont trigger me...HID's in non projector housings:rockthrow:
 
I’ve had a Morimoto kit for almost a year with the same problem, I typically only notice it in cold weather. It’s never really bothered me, I just cycle power on/off. I always assumed it was normal because I had the same issue with my kit from DDM tuning on my Dodge.


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I installed Morimoto kits on ‘13 Sienna and ‘14 Lexus ES350. Both have the same issue as the OP. I had better luck when i leave at “Auto” headlight. Solutions?? I switched Morimoto ballasts with Xenon Depot ballasts. Since then, 100% fire up each time: either manually or auto setting. Also my xenon depot kit for 4runner has been 100% reliable for the past 9 mon.
 

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