Dergara Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 My drivers side went out twice with a factory bulb. The dealer said it was an open recall and replace them with something newer and stronger. Have not had an issue in a year. Note: After market bulbs from auto part stores don't last if you drive at night a lot. “Abandon hope, all ye who enter here” -Dante Alighieri http://youtu.be/lLFunBPgPOo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05sub00cav Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Well my first headlight burnt out on my way home from work. Reason i found out was cause i got pulled over... they asked if i had been drinking i said does it look like it"i was in my dirty work clothes and had my lunch box in the car"... lol he said well i guess a good answer would be why your driving with a burnt out headlight. i said really my car only has 19k on it hows that possible. warning.. then my second light bulb burn out on the other side like a month ago at 25k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaycy Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 My front left side fog lamp bulb burnt out for the fourth time this year. I went to a subaru dealer and they charged me AU$81.00 to replace one. The buld cost AU$25.00 and the rest was labour. I am not going back to them again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyguy Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 14K and driver side went out. I had it changed at the service center because it was still under warranty. does anybody know if the extended warranty covers the bulbs as well????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilh Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 49.5k and still on all original bulbs (DRL mod though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt51 Posted August 14, 2008 Share Posted August 14, 2008 I was told the extended warranty does not cover the bulbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyguy Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I was told the extended warranty does not cover the bulbs. thanks, thats what I thought. now I can install HID's without the wife disapproving!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I was told the extended warranty does not cover the bulbs. They would go broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05TurboGT Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Three passenger side bulbs at 28,000 miles, this is BS. Anyone have any resolutions with Subaru? (Other than trading in the car) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongHiway Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 I'm gonna hex myself and, I think others have noted this before. Don't use any type of Silverstar (regular or ultra life) bulb as a replacement. After going through 2 - 3 pair a year, I went to a different auto-parts store and bought cheap(er) generics. I've gotten good results so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfxdave99 Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Ive found ive gone through lest bulbs after disabling DRL If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough. - Mario Andretti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey jones Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Headlight bulbs are only good on the standard 3/36 B-to-B warranty. With DRLs blown out bulbs are common but everyone knows that already. The best guard against that is the DRL disable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Three passenger side bulbs at 28,000 miles, this is BS. Anyone have any resolutions with Subaru? (Other than trading in the car) The low beam blow outs ,about every 3 months , were the only problem with my car (05 LGT) I gave up being pissed off and replaced them with HID's. Far better lighting and actually cheaper than replacing bulbs all the time. Surrender my friend ,you will later wonder why you waiter so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Headlight bulbs are only good on the standard 3/36 B-to-B warranty. With DRLs blown out bulbs are common but everyone knows that already. The best guard against that is the DRL disable. Disabling will barely help. That has been tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccorry Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 I disabled my DRL's at 5K miles. I'm now at 75K miles with ALL the factory bulbs. I've never lost one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynekranzler Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 '05 now has 33K miles and my first headlight bulb replacement was at 30K. Dealer replaced the other side bulb under warranty at the time.. just because. When asked about this problem I've continually observered on this forum, the service manager said the problem must be worse in high humidity climates. This dealer also sells/services GM products and said he hasn't seen any more of this problem with Legacy/Outbacks then he has with any of the GM stuff they service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey jones Posted September 1, 2008 Share Posted September 1, 2008 Disabling will barely help. That has been tried. Disabling helps a lot from my experience. I've worked on Subarus for a while to know that there is a 50/50 chance that the factory bulb will either last 30k miles or 3k miles with the DRLs still active. Disabling them will prolong their life (even if it's until 10k miles, that's still about twice as long as it would last given the DRLs were enabled). The older cars that did not have DRLs never had frequent bulb burn-outs like the current models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beanboy Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 First for me, passenger side at 30K. -B http://www.standardshift.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigb3630123 Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 kind of strange but when I first bought the car I burned out 4 bulbs in the first year. 4 different brand bulbs....expensive and cheap. Now I put the cheapest ones I could find in and its lasted me 2 1/2 years without a burnout. I still have an extra set in my trunk though ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingram622 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Hmmm I am tired of replacing headlights and I am on my 6 or 8 (lost count) replacement. I have tried pretty much every kind that I could find with no succes. get maybe 2-3000 miles and NEXT!!! decided to look on line and see if anyone else was having the same problem and I have found all of you. Well at least I am not alone :-( Guess I just need to keep a two pack of bulbs ready just in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSFW Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 I think I've been running the same pair of Xtec headlights for about a year, maybe longer. (Having posted that, I'm probably doomed for a failure now...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubieSteve Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 And there goes another one....passenger side again. I think Subaru needs to correct this problem instead of replacing bulbs all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zed32 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 i bought my car with about 15k miles on it...i have 32k on it now and tonight i just put in my 3rd driver side bulb. have replaced the passenger side twice. fog lights have been good so far though. just had to replace the passenger side lamp again a couple days ago. brings the total up to 3 per side, 6 headlight bulb replacements in 2 years. that's more than i've had to replace in my past 3 cars combined dating back to 2000. and no, i'm not getting my greasy fingers on the glass during install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterman Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Count me in for the repeated bulb failures. 05 Legacy GT I've had for about 2 years and just noticed my 5th burnout this morning. For me they seem to go every winter. Last year I lost one in the middle of the night on my way to a ski trip, a few minutes later THE OTHER WENT OUT TOO! Had to drive to the hotel in the snow on fog lights only. At the time I guessed it might have something too do with the cold, but the weathers been pretty mild lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradAzz Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Just bought my 05 2.5 weeks ago and the driver side is burned out. Car had just over 39k miles and I've driven about 2k more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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