laz Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 FWIW I had DRL's on my old toyota, and also used Silverstars and many other brand of bulbs. No matter how expensive or cheap they were, they would all burn out between 3 and 6 months of use. GL X --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilh Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 I'm at 21.5 on my original bulbs (knock on wood) with DRLs disabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j0ebert Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Just had my second bulb go out on passanger side now. 35k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTTuner Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Another Silver Star Sylvania gone last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claw Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 In my manual it states that the light bulbs are only warrantied for 1 year. Sucks to be Canadian, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dammitjim Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 dammit, I had one replaced a couple weeks ago, and just lost the other. Got about 23k on the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossodave Posted October 16, 2006 Share Posted October 16, 2006 18k and the drivers side has burned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smkscrn Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 28k and both head lights out.....this is VERY strange. Going to dealer in morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brus brother Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Driver's side died at about 13K miles and the passenger at 27,000 miles. Right rear went at 26,000K miles (?) and another unusual scenario where the light on the radio and HVAC was out for about 3 days and then came back on by itself. The radio and HVAC worked, just the light was out. All other dash lights were operative. Demonic possession? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjay1089 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 just over 25k miles and passenger headlight is out. are they easy to change by yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shtbxr22 Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Hello, everyone. I work at a Subie dealership.....here goes, in 05 Legacies they had orange backings on the headlight bulbs, they blew very frequently, subaru covered them under warranty(3 yr/36k mi.), but replaced them with "long-life" blue backing bulbs, which we haven't had any return yet with the blue backs, although many people are showing up with aftermarket bulbs that blow more frequently like the orange backs. If you are still in 3/36 go to subaru, and if you have an orange back, they should change both to blue backs which will last alot longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillboy Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Just installed a set of Osram H1 Silverstars from Great Britian in the '02 Outback tonight. Hoping for a little more light on the road. Previous generation low beams suck compared to my '05. It is still ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legandrex Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 Driver side out at 24,500 miles and 25 months old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToRealEyes Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 driver's side out at 21xxx miles. Replaced by Irvine Subaru under warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzymt Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Both headlights burned out when I drove the car off the lot at 202 miles. Drivers side headlight just burned out again at 23k miles. It's under warranty still, but I'm going HIDs anyway, I don't need to be buying new headlights every 10-20k miles. [CENTER][URL="http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18504"]Subaru Plug & Play Aux-in Mod[/URL][/CENTER] [CENTER][URL="http://www.jazzyengineering.com"]www.jazzyengineering.com[/URL][/CENTER] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1anatic Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 OSRAM Rally +65 here and I have had them officially for 1 month. I sure hope they last cause ast 26 bucks a pop they ain't cheap. But the light...oh t3h light ! It really lives up to the reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FroMan Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 i've replaced two sets (4 bulbs) myself and the dealer has replaced a set. A total of 6 bulbs at a cost of ~ 25 ea ($150 total) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetOpsAJ Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 After going through maybe 10 headlights in a year (!!!) the problem seems to have gone away. The problem seems to have stopped after having the ECU replaced per the TSB for the auxilliary fan that won't shut off. Has anyone else noticed this as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legandrex Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 The same day I went to dealer to get driver side fixed the passenger side burned out several hours later as I left for work. Talk about Murphy's law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guinnesspower Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 18k...sitting at girlfriend's parents place with car running, and watched (in her mom's Forester L.L. Bean Ed wagon door) the driver's side go out and 10 sec later the passenger's side. Called up Subie dealer outside of Portland at the mall, and they got me in right away, dropped us at the mall to shop for Christmas, picked us back up in an hour, put it under warrenty and offered us some drinks...talk about service. Tech said it was a bad batch in the 2005 model year...imagine that on a dark and scary backroad in the middle of nowhere ...So, they put a new set of 07's in...no problem yet but switching over to HID's!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpmoe Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 I haven't had 4 bulbs go yet, but I hope you don't mind my input. I recently replaced my 97 gt sedan which blew bulbs more than it needed an oil change(or so it seemed) for an 05 gt wagon with 11k. Not sure if the bulbs had ever been replaced before so I won't bitch too much yet, but sure enough within 5k of owning it one already went. Planet Subaru in Ma. was great I stopped in during work and they did both for me within a 1/2 hr I was impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyjojoe Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 yes i'm resurrecting this thread ... i just had both bulbs burn out in the last couple days. called the dealer and they said there's a bulletin and that they'll replace them free in about 5 minutes. you can't beat that kind of service ... though now i have to drive 30 minutes to the dealer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godwhomismike Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Passenger side low beam just went out today. 17,777 miles. figures this would happen 1 day before somebody will be coming by to possibly buy the car. are these really covered under warranty? (maybe I'll make a new thread) My driver's side light went out today - same exact mileage as you had when your's went out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strabo Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 Just had the passenger side burn out on me tonight! (21500 miles / 17 months). I think I'll use it as an excuse to replace the stocks with Silverstars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Driver's side out (first time) at 38k miles. 2 years, 4 months. (DRL's disabled since new.) Replaced with just the basic Sylvania H7 bulb, which from the front of the car just doesn't look quite as bright as the OEM bulb on the pass side. We'll see. I was careful not to touch the glass bulb while installing it. EDIT: Turns out I had reversed the polarity when I installed the new bulb, which is why it was dim. I pulled it out, turned it 180, re-installed it and it's nice and bright now. Seek first to understand, then to be understood. In other words: SEARCH before you post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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