Why are my Lo Beams burning out?

[454cid]

off subject but I read where almost a third of a new Caddillac's weight is in wiring and computers. Gee!

They have a lot of wiring and modules, but I can't see it being a third of total vehicle weight.

 

[Flextx500]

I run the ZXE Goldstars in my 2012 GMC and every 10 months almost to the day, both of them will burn out within a week of each other. Sylvania says it is because they consider it a high performance bulb and that is what is expected. Luckily most of their higher priced bulbs do come with a 1 time replacement within the first year. I've used that many times already. Basically every other time I have to pay for them. I've tried LED's and took them out before I got a ticket, they were ridiculously blinding to oncoming drivers. I might have to check out the Phillips.

 

[thegawd]

@Flextx500 So what your really saying is, according to sylvania, they designed the bulbs to burn out prematurely.

well that's terrible marketing as look at all of us who stopped using them!

 

[Erik the Awful]

If only we had a functional NHTSA/DOT to make stupid stuff illegal, instead of seeing thousands of complaints on their web site, and doing NOTHING.

There used to be a standard as to how bright headlamps could be, but the manufacturers got it tossed out in the '90s.

off subject but I read where almost a third of a new Caddillac's weight is in wiring and computers. Gee!

What does it say that a modern factory ECM is about half a cubic foot with at least fifty wires, and the Holley Sniper on my truck is hidden on the side of the throttle body and only has a dozen wires? Or that you can run an engine off an Arduino? As I understand it, the engineers building ECMs are using outdated chips. It also sounds like multiplexing has been done in a half-measure.