REPLACING SUMARU LIGHTBULB OUTBACK DRIVER

REPLACING SUMARU LIGHTBULB OUTBACK DRIVER

On low beam, I have one very dim light and on high beam I have one bright light on the passenger side and one very dim light on the driver side. So now I have two bulbs that are not burned out but won't light up. I checked the high beam bulb and it isn't burned out either. I turned on the high beams and the driver side low beam stayed on, but the driver side high beam didn't come on. After putting the new one in, I checked them (of course) and the new one didn't come on. When I removed it, I noticed it wasn't actually burned out. They go out so frequently that we keep spares in the glove box, so I replaced it this morning. I replaced the passenger side low beam 2 weeks ago and it went out last night on our way home from a trip out of town. The last time I replaced them (both at the same time) the new bulbs were so dim that they really weren't useful for driving at night at all. I have had to replace the headlights (primarily the low beams) about every 3-6 months. Do you own a 2010 or 2011 Subaru Outback with this problem? Let us know. Various lights will shut off after 20 minutes or so of leaving a door open (to save the battery), but this detail slipped through the cracks. District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division - Kathleen O'Neill, et al v. Disappointing that apparently the 2020 power rear hatches still draw current as long as left open. The Subaru Outback headlight lawsuit was filed in the U.S. /rebates/2fparts2felectrical-and-lighting2fheadlights-and-exterior-bulbs2fsubaru2foutback&252fparts252felectrical-and-lighting252fheadlights-and-exterior-bulbs252fsubaru252foutback26tc3dbing-&idautozone&nameAutoZone&ra1. O’Neill says the Japanese automaker puts a bandaid on the problem by replacing headlights and other exterior lights knowing they will continue to fail. The lawsuit alleges the headlight and other lighting failures have existed from the time she bought the Outback and the same problems continue to occur because Subaru refuses to permanently address the real issue. She says Subaru of America “refuses to inform consumers and continues to conceal the alleged defects.”

The lawsuit says, Subaru made additional modifications to the switch assembly, fog lights and rear lights in 2010, but the problems continue.

Some lights should come in pairs, others singles.Kathleen O’Neill claims Subaru has known about the lighting problems since 2008, when they changed the headlights on the popular vehicle because of lighting issues. Your set has quite a few varieties, so I would suggest sorting them by design and you should be able to figure it out, e.g., brighter lights (bigger or more emitters) are probably better suited to the dome and trunk. Not a big deal though, since (in my case, at least) it looks like the map and dome lights are all identical (they have the cone-shaped contacts), and the puddle (courtesy) and trunk lights are also identical. Blatant upsell, no doubt, but it was still only $39 and I got exactly what I wanted.Īnother perk, I suppose, of buying from precisionled is they come labeled as to where they install. Can't beat that!īTW, they also include some decent quality plastic pry tools that I wanted anyway, but there was no way to delete them from the order which would have supposedly saved quite a bit on shipping according to the FAQ. Originally it was around 2.7 amps, now it's just over 0.5 amps. This small set alone reduced the load on that circuit by over 80% with all doors opened (all primary interior lights on). I camp a lot and the doors get left open for long periods). Not to mention the fact that they also consume almost 3x the power of the regular LED units, which kinda defeats the purpose of installing LEDs in the first place (IMO, of course. They sell a 'premium' set which is roughly 3x brighter (see that page for power and brightness comparisons), but these are not warm-toned LEDs and anything brighter than stock would just be harsh and unnecessary, IMO. Can't beat that price! I paid twice as much for a set from precisionled with fewer bulbs (only the ones I needed, however), but I wanted to be sure they would (1) match the color temp of my side view approach lights (6000K) and (2) not be brighter than the stock bulbs.

Replacing sumaru lightbulb outback