Headlight (HID) out,or not, and what should I do?

Okay, today I was leaving work close to sundown & the other gals yelled "hey stop," so I did, and they said my left headlight was out. I thanked them, then switched to just dims, since here in Virginia they recently passed laws that the police can give you equipment violation fines of hundreds of dollars, just for things like having a headlight out without knowing it, believe it or not. Let's not go there. Anyway, I rushed to get to
Advance Auto near my home (in case I got the wrong one & had to return it). When I got there, I switched on the headlights & it worked fine. When I got home, I wondered if the others just couldn't tell it was on due to still light outside & HID, but then I did the forum search...

During this trip, I did not turn off the car myself (other than it switching the gas motor off at a redlight). I mention this because I did a search & saw where someone's HID headlight was out & it turned on when the car was restarted. (Or was that just the headlight switch, boy am I getting old!).

So... is there some recall out on this? I am now afraid to drive in fear of getting a ticket if it goes out again.

I looked at the owner's manual & the procedure to change headlights is a bit complicated, kind of like the mfr. expected them not to burn out in 2800 miles.

Again, any thoughts on what I should do?

Thank you!

I apologize for it posting twice. My computer was running so slow that I hit the red "x' to stop it,
the resubmitted. Sorry!

 

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Thanks! I accidentally posted twice & got a lot more answers in the other thread. Since the local dealers don't say that co-operative, I am going to not rush in & waste vacation time. I will check it out each day &
even take a digital photo if it does not work. The car is less than a year old, so warranty left. Maybe a service bulletin will be issued in the meantime. Since it has only happened once, maybe I will be lucky & it doesn't happen again. Even if it doesn't, I will ask for it to be checked out with the best-sounding local dealer at the 5K oil change (free).

Thanks again.