$2000...for a HEADLIGHT? (Audi No High Beam)
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Owner drove his mint 2008 Audi TT from 2 hours away for a diagnosis.
Customer complaint: the LEFT HIGH BEAM is not working, so the car cannot pass safety inspection, and high-speed night driving is problematic.
He said a replacement headlight assembly costs well over $1000...IF YOU CAN FIND ONE!
This model has the fancy Xenon Adaptive Super Headlights, which were available for only one or two model years...
Let's see if we can at least DIAGNOSE the problem, and give the owner a recommendation...
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Never ceases to amaze how we have made the simplest thing absurdly complicated.
Somehow they went back to something simpler with LED headlamps instead of using motorised shutters.
the owner of this audi is lucky he found an honest guy like you!
...and smart
true so true ivan is a great guy!
That was a common gray rat snake. Nonvenomous and completely harmless. Bonus ... free rodent control! Probably a good idea to just leave it alone until you clean the garage out. It is only there because it can smell the scent of a mouse.
Yup. Natures exterminator.
I got the feeling it knew him by having lived there a while and hearing his voice constantly.
Yup. Do not harm them. They are great pest control. We have copper head snakes and water moccasins where I live and the rat snakes will chase them and eat them too.
Wife may have different opinion
Man, that Ivan can stay calm and continue working and filming.. It doesn't matter what kind of snake, I would've got rid of it first.. Snakes creep me out.. The rats and mice I can take care of with poison..
You are the man ! My hat's off to you sir. Most mechanics would've replaced the whole assembly and callbit a day. You saved the owner a small fortune and educated the rest of us the value of complete diagnostics. Love your channel.
Great diagnostics. I am analyzing the wiring inside my 2008 Audi A3 w/headlights just like those in the TT. The wiring inside has many many cracks in the plastic all over the place. Two wires have broken themselvs off on one motor for the adaptive headlights and one wire has broken itself off the dip motor. All of the wires inside are so fragile. They have not aged well at all.
I’ve heard of snaking wires through, but Ivan took it literal with this Audi disconnection. In all seriousness, Ivan is the NPR KING. Absolutely the best.
Lol I didn't even notice the snake at first until the customer asked "hey is that your snake?" 🤣
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics A man with lots of work to finish to earn his living will not see these little distractions Great work IVAN as always!!
Well, thanks! I just replaced the headlamps on my 2008 Audi TT Mk2 for the very same issue, only to find out the replacement made zero difference - still no high beam. A little Google magic and found this exact video. When replacing the bulb, I discovered a black wire (with white stripe) and a purple wire (with black stripe) that both were not connected and wondered if that's what my problem was... so I'm headed back out to the garage! Many thanks for the helpful and informative video, sir!
As a UK resident, I often wonder about your videos and the wildlife (snakes etc) and if you need to watch your footing when working around cars. At least one of your viewers noted it is a gray rat snake so a good one and not to be feared! Back to the repair, that was a great diagnosis and I just wonder how many Audi TTs suffer from this failure and then the owners throw away a headlight assembly when a simple repair can sort them out!! Well done Ivan. (Maybe you can edit the headline to mention Audi TTs so it is easily found by TT owners?)
I am very impressed with your new "shop assistant" Ivan!
"We can drive it home with one headlight"
Got that song playing in my head for this whole video. One of my favorites.
Thank you! Thank you,!Thank you for posting this video. My '08 Audi TT Quattro just experienced the no high beam failure on the left/drivers side. Ironically, my right headlight had been replaced by a previous owner. Anyway, my first reaction was to replace the bulbs. When that didn't produce the fix...I luckily found this video. When I opened mine and saw my purple wire dangling from the connector...bingo! My white/black wire was still intact, but was on its way to being cut in half. What a weird issue...that these wires are being cut like that. My repair isn't as tidy as yours as I don't have the tools to solder wires to pins, but nonetheless effective. Soldered them up and working like they should. Anyone with a TT of this vintage...guessing will require this fix! Thank you again!!!
A follow up video about the fate of the snake is a must ! 🤣
Great job as always Ivan!
yeah i wanna see a hawk rippin it into strips
Expensive headlight light assembly! Good you were able to fix it! As cool as these headlights are, when they all start breaking, everyone will be wishing for those $20 replaceable bulb type lights!
@@palamco Yes, you hear of this more and more. Or if parts are hard to get like some Teslas, and the insurance has to pay for a loaner while the repair is being done might find it cheaper to not fix the car, save on renting a loaner and just pay you out. Sad really.
And the thing is even much more basic cars have stuff like these days, with similar motors and all that controlling range, HB/LB, levelling, cornering, etc. I'm sure people are thinking this is par for the course on once-expensive Audi but when it happens to them on their Civic, CX-5, etc.--different story! HID/xenon is basically basic stuff these days and LEDs are typically the increased-cost option. Only then when your headlight goes out it's probably not going to be an easy to replace bulb, but probably an entire assembly replacement or something crazy like that. Of course LEDs last a long time, but anything can fail, even things outside the LEDs themselves like the drivers, boards, wiring, etc. all of which may not be replaceable or diagrammed, and the manufacturer's solution is just to "replace the headlight" 😳
Insurance companies generally only pay for a 30 day rental period unless your policy is written differently. At least that’s very common with major carriers.
@@paulgilliland2992 yes your right there.
Vechor bought a salvage car that was written off because cost of providing a rental to the client outweighed the time waiting for replacement parts and repair.
You are the go to Master of Automotive Diagnostics. It's interesting watching you go step by step in a very logical fashion. I wish we had you here in Colorado.
Wow, Ivan is the royal king of no parts required!!! You literally saved the owner thousands of dollars by fixing those 2 wires!! Wow, you the man! Great checks and continuity and resistance as well. Great video! 👍 love it how it turns out!!
Nice fix Ivan. I appreciate your approach to repairs. Thorough testing to prove wiring integrity to pinpoint issue(s) followed with no parts repairs is admirable and rare these days. Great lesson for all techs.
No rodent damage to your car's wiring with that snake on guard. A big snake beats peppermint spray any day.
I dunno... at least peppermint spray keeps my breath fresh.
Snakes do have a smell to em... Had a few in my wood piles...
And the ladies love it too
Great diagnosis and repair Ivan. I worked for a company that makes headlight clusters and tailights for the N.A. OEM, I predict you are going to see alot more goofy acting expensive to replace lights on North American built cars too.
Hey Wayne. I wouldn't be surprised if the wires Ivan repaired snap off again. Soldering just makes the connection totally rigid, so it will just keep happening over & over.
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That was a great diagnosis, logic, and patience required. You saved the customer some big bucks. Good job.
That high beam motor looks more like a solenoid than a motor. Great troubleshooting and repair. NPR. Excellent diagnostics and a cheap fix!
Hi marscruz. Yeah, it's probly a solenoid to activate a 'shutter' to move out the way for high beam. Stupid fricken idea! This dumbass idea causes a razor sharp cut-off between headlight beam & no headlight beam, so an oncoming vehicle with this type of headlight appears to be flashing high beam on & off at you, as well as changing colours, as well as being waaaay too bright.
This infuriates me to the point of wanting to smash their lights with a baseball bat!!! Grrrrr!!!
It is a solenoid, it activates to flip down the cut off shield.
Another great case study of effective trackdown, perfectly illustrated. It takes an electronics wizard like Ivan to understand today's cars.
Entertaining robot snake.
I I'm writing this in the third minute of the clip :) I had a very similar problem, with my 2003 Volvo XC70... The behavior was kind of similar, the affected headlight again was only the left one, which send me in quite wrong direction of searching the problem. But in my case, I had high beams on both headlight, but after I switch to low beams, it pop a message about faulty headlight on the dash and move the left low beam at maximum low position. I don't remember what the code was, but the issue was with a loose pin connection on the On/Of switch for the lights.
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LMFAO. GREAT ONE, DAMN THAT'S FUNNY.
I love it when someone knows what they are doing, great job Ivan 👏👏
Hi Ivan, great fix, the word you were looking for was "Back EMF" from the motor voltage trace.
Those sorts of words are always on the tip of the tongue but fail you when you need them most..
Awesome, thank you!!!!!!! Had the exact same 2 wires broken. Bravo!!!! Lengthened my wires 3", hopefully it lasts.
I’m a collision tech. Worked on BMW X5 Hybrid over last winter. Headlights were $5,800 each our cost
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Been using it programming Fords for literally up to 20 hours straight with no problems at all!
Welcome to pine hollow wild kingdom! I was hoping for bonus footage of the removal to see how big and what kind that sucker was, wow!
I think he left on his own... Couldn't find it anywhere!
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics does your wife know about it?
@@dans_Learning_Curve she does now 😉
It's a giant hissing rattler...
Just messing, in the northeast with my limited knowledge all I can think of is a full grown garter snake. Caught a smaller one trying to eat a young frog out of my pond and scared it off!
Eastern rat snake. They are good at detecting rodent infestation in vehicles, etc., but not very reliable when it comes to consistently showing up on time for work (according to cats). (;-)
Remember that United Radio in Schenectady can fix all sorts of problems in modern automotive electronics, if you can't figure it out, Ivan. Nice job on the repair.
Well done Ivan.....Great diagnosis, great fix and so what if a 4 foot snakes slithers over your work bench eh? Job needs finishing lol. Well done again young sir......Very impressed.
Great fix, i had a VAG product with similar headlights and a problem with the hugh beam flickering on and off when cornering function was on - great when it worked but fix was alledgedly a new headlight for a great deal of money, i opted to switch the cornering function off and since sold it and have a car with normal headlights.
Wow, thx so much for posting and for your integrity. Impressive and super helpful. 💯
I have found many of the compact switching battery chargers at currents above around 10 Amps are extremely electrically noisy when not connected directly to the battery (battery acts like a filter), meaning to the under hood jump start posts. Take a look at the battery charger noise with your scope when used at higher currents in a jump start post (battery not under the hood) vehicle. The max noise should be around 50mV p-p.
I would recommend, when soldering a wire to a pin, use a third hand to hold the wire and pin stationary while soldering to avoid cold solder joints (movement). It may be possible to use a small Tie wrap to add strain relief to the connector wires so they will not break again.
No parts replaced is a great UA-cam channel name! Great work and good filming and editing, Ivan.
Great diag and repair. A very satisfying outcome and vid to watch. Thanks Ivan.
That big black rat snake was so cool. If I would have known you back when you made this video, my grandson and I would have been happy to come up, catch, and relocate that snake for you.
I hope they tip you according to the $ saved... another great job as always!
I had a crazy low beam issue with a volvo, the diode inside the fog light relay failed. The fog lights use the left low beam power as switching voltage for the front fog light relay, but the diode was shorted and would cause the fuse to blow
Amazing repair Ivan!
Horses don't like snakes I believe. He on the prowl for a mouse likely.
Nice diag and thought process. Love the repair of course.
Awesome work. I never would have imagined a scanner communicating with my headlights. One of my cars still has 4 glass headlights and a switch on the floor
That's a pretty old car! I loved those, hands free. Is your car old enough to have the starter switch on the floor either next to or under the gas pedal?
That would be why they always work and will continue to.
@@wernerdanler2742 Yes and just after that idea it was pushing the gas to the floor to run the starter.
The sound of those floor mounted dimmer switches. You could identify that sound 50 years later if you heard it. I appreciate most of the new technology but I miss machinery that was engineered to be rebuilt instead of replaced.
Another fantastic video Ivan! This time with some wild action and adventure thrown in.
Right on Ivan! Nice fix. Being curious enough to have a look for the win!!
Need a scope to diag a headlight?
Way to go Audi!
Loved the snake. I had one in my shop that stayed a few weeks. It eliminated all issues with people getting in the way of me doing work. He made the mistake of visiting the chicken coop and I had to relocate him. I took him for a long ride on the side by side.
Awesome diagnosis and repair !!
Yay nice to see a same-model car as one of mine on the channel 😁 Awesome no-parts fix Ivan! I think what happens in these headlights is there's so much wiring and a lot of it is wrapped very tight, then the motors move, the temp changes, vibration occurs--all that stuff over time, and something ends up giving. Nice the wires were an easy location to get to, otherwise I've seen ppl online either having to remove the lens (which requires careful heating) or drill holes into the assembly to get to what they're after. My left headlight on my own TT seems to be giving intermittent cornering motor issues where it disables the cornering feature, but it only occurs towards the end of the summer when it gets cooler (car is not winter driven). During most of the season, it functions perfectly fine...thinking it's the wiring shrinking up but could be that little motor too, didn't even know it was replaceable.
no thug test is needed for crusties bravo Ivan if cables are too short or too tight they will snap off or even vibrations will do same damages
My wife would freak out about the Snake and wouldn't go anywhere near the house untill she was 100% sure it was gone🤣
Amazing! I have to turn in my wrenches for an oscilloscope.
That snake was on duty, excellent diagnostic and repair, possibly vibration from it actuating, that was the OE headlight assembly so figure it was used
A few years back I was over at a friends house. The house they live in is a "historic" house I guess, another words it's over a 100 years old. Later in the evening I was in the kitchen doing something, and I went to open the silverware drawer. I got a nice surprise to find a baby rattlesnake just sitting on the spoons. It was only about 12 inches long, but it still made me jump.
The snake needs his mini cooper repaired. The wood pile is the waiting room for snakes.
Wow what a lucky find! you could have easily taken the guy to the cleaners, very honest!,Now about that snake......
Great NPR repair! I wonder what could have caused the wires to break - if it was movement inside the headlight, it will break again in a few years (maybe outlast the car). Love these ones :-)
When you had the back of the headlight assembly opened up I was shaking my head. Way over engineered considering they are many new cars on the road today with simple three wire circuits. Over engineered to fail. Good job Ivan!
Design team meeting, I do not want anything simple, cheap, or easy to repair !
never seen a single headlight with only 3 wires. lmao.
@@tehfalcon My 83 Chevy has only 3 wires: ground, hi-beam hot and lo-beam hot. What else do you need?
@@frnkjones40 your 83 chevys headlights are terrible even compared to the most basic modern headlight.
@@tehfalcon Terribly simple and Terribly cheap. I will never need a guy like Ivan to help with my headlights or anything else on this vehicle😁. My van on the other hand.......
Nice fix . What a expensive head light . Not interested in that. I been drinking tdi jettas for years . ..Thanks for the videos
In Holland we're not used to see snakes crawling around in the garage! Oh great video btw !
That'll be $2000, sir. Great job Ivan.👍
Ivan, I wonder how many mechanics would have reported to the customer that the problem was not repairable in the headlight assembly, but that they had located a used replacement part for $1,500.00, it's important to make a decision on that used part because it won't be for sale for long....
great problem solving process taking advantage of the known good my guess the motor that was replaced the operation broke those wires cut is easy to discern green oxidation easy to discern clumsy hands my guess
Had to do similar work on a A6 C6. Active headlight fault. Had snapped wires for the left/right swivel. Had to cut a hole in the bottom to fix those. 3 weeks later the other headlight went and same issue.
In the late 80s, the Honda Accord had pop up headlights in the US models. Over time, the wires to both headlights stress fractured like a paper clip. I spliced in 6 inches on each side. I think the ground was in the harness and I believe it was a 4 year model. I think they were selling about 400,000 a year. So 2 foot per car if they had put 6 inches on each side. 400,000 X 4 X 2 = 3,200,000 feet of wire. The person at Honda who cut it that close probably got a bonus.
Hope the customer gave you a suitable gratuity in addition to the actual invoice for this repair as you saved him a fortune and the car is back in use immediatley.Nice one
The snake, wtf you so chilled with it. What snake was that? and then there was a butterfly. Who new you could learn diagnostics and get a bit of nature channel going same time. You really have taught me alot about vehicle electronics. Next thing on my list is Alldata. Great Video from South Africa
Huge snake goes across the garage, Ivan looks at here and continues to solder wires "Real SLAV"
LOL let nature take its course 😅
Hi Ivan. Funny how you guys are being overcharged for those light modules. Here in the UK they are readily available and cost between $300 and $500
Unbelievable great repair whatever happened to just a good old seal beam for Lowe's and a sealed Bean for highs when they actually worked unreal
This video makes me love my 1989 Mitsubishi Mighty Max
ANOTHER great fix Ivan!
Nice! You saved the owner a lot of money AND a lot of waiting time for a replacement item. Maybe the right side will fail in a few months with the same symptoms, and you can fix it in under 1 hour now.
How in the world did we ever get here it's a headlight. Love your videos but I cannot take this one anymore but you still get the thumbs up
German over-engineering at it's best. I love hearing my brother's stories of how much it cost to keep his beamer on the road.
Considering how much dislike Audis you sure do make them look easy and almost reasonably engineered. Amazing job!
Ivan is the NPR Guru. Anyone else would have said "You need another Headlight."
There is a snake in the garage. The wife will be pissed. Just continues working on the car. This man knows how priorities work :)
Ivan, you always amaze me with ur logic thinking and approach to solve the problem learning from the best thank you for sharing and the time it took cheeeeers brother.
Hey man, not sure if you read these, but you're pretty close to me, got an 05 rs with a small evap leak, had it for years, wanna see if you can track it down!? It def needs a filler neck or purge valve or something but would be cool to nail it down
Good works on the headlights
But what happen to the snake
Nice fix, as always!! Great shot on the scope of why there are diodes (snubbers or suppressors) around coils to stop this spike when the power is cut and the magnetic field collapses. Called flyback and a few other names I can't think of right now. But that is what can damage sensitive controllers if someone cuts the diodes off or replaces a relay that had in integral diode with a relay that doesn't have that integral diode. A collapsing DC field in just about any coil of wire and can create that.
Awesome snake pics too!!! Free rodent control for sure!
Another UA-camr I watch has a Ford F-150 and the LED tail light doesn't work and because it has integrated cross traffic radar built into the tail light assembly the dealer told him it's $1300 to replace the whole assembly just because the tail light isn't working! Crazy!!
Thanks. Thing is, how is the alighnment adjusted, maybe!
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Excellent work
Great save on a $2,000 headlight, Is why a Good Mechanic can save YOU thousands 😎👍.
Just replaced a fuel pump relay on my own 09 Audi A6 took nearly 3 hours between rusty screws and plastic bits they don't make them simple
Ivan,
Great video, diag, and NPR fix - thank you!
Paul (in MA)
I have 3 Audi A6'. I ran into no highbeam twice. The highbeam is the full projection area. Low beam is just a flap that blocks half of the light. There is no difference in power usage. Basically low beam spends 99% of the time with half of its light just blocked off. I used power probe to trigger flap/shutter in troubleshooting. Wires inside the headlight unit get dry and crumbly. One could also retrofit the housing with another projector. I haven't had the time. I've been buying used ones from ebay, and taking advantage of warranty if I got a bad one. New is typically $750 for BARE assembly (no modules). Used complete about $350.
Those 2 wires might be broken due to replacing the xenonbulb. Anyway nice fix again.
"The wife is gonna freak out!" Poor Amanda, now that would be a fun video!! 😀
I work at a body shop and put a head light in a 22 infinity suv parts guy said it cost $5000.
Good fix. Hopefully the wires have enough length to move without breaking at that connector. Please wear eye protection when soldering. OK. What happened to the snake?
Same problem
Thanks
Ivan, off the topic .. Who makes/has the best A/C clutch coils (Denso unit .. ‘05 Honda Odyssey)
Original went open after 14 years .. replaced twice after relatively short time before failure .. the first replacement coil went open after about a year, the second one shorted in two days (junk parts .. supposedly/counterfeit Honda parts).
@ 19:06 While checking the motor a butterfly is passing by 🦋
Nice video and repair. I’m just in New Mexico and Arizona and trying to get used to seeing snakes and spiders. Almost ran a tarantula over with the bike the other morning. 😩
car repair and wildlife video did you see moth a 19 :10 nice going ivan love to see a no parts fix
I went to an auto repair store today and the ONLY person I saw was looking at his phone. He jacked up an earlier phone estimate and I'm thinking he was watching auto repair on his phone and didn't want to be bothered with real work! HaHa
Hey Ivan... It's good to see you are not the only one with a wife that is terrified of snakes!!
Nice npr fix.. Snakes don't bother me. Helping a friend of mine in his garage. Looked over saw a big garter snake crawling up rake handle. Guys running out of the garage. I grabbed him took him outside let him go. PA eastern Garter Snakes can grow up to 28 inches in length.
This one was longer than my work bench... Well over 6 feet!!
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics wow! Be careful. I am not a herpetologist but the only snake in PA that grows to that length normally is Timber Rattlesnake.
Great video Ivan! I don’t think my concentration would’ve been the same with that snake around but hey it’s cheap pest control too!