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D2R HID life span

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Ryanpl, Apr 29, 2011.

  1. Ryanpl

    Ryanpl Active Member

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    This question is primarly for 2004-2005 Prii owners with HIDs. Have any of you had to replace your HID bulbs yet? If you did replace them how long have did they last? I believe our 04 still has the original HID bulbs, bought used with unknown maintance history. I know there are a few guys here i.e. F8L, has upgraded his bulbs but I don't know if they died or upgraded cause he could. As always thanks in advance. Ryan
     
    #1 Ryanpl, Apr 29, 2011
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    My 2004 has 120K miles and the original HID bulbs. The lights are used only for night time driving - probably 20% of total usage.
     
    #2 Patrick Wong, Apr 29, 2011
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    As always thank you Patrick.
     
    #3 Ryanpl, Apr 29, 2011
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    It's so friday.
     
    #4 macmaster05, Apr 29, 2011
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    Thanks! Maybe there is something to that 06-09 Prius (Toyota switched to D4R on those years) class action lawsuit. My passenger side D4R started winking out a bit after 5 years and 50.8K miles. I also only used them at night or when required in CA when it was raining.

    When I lived in CA, for the 1st ~3.5 years of my Prius, my return trip home from work was almost always in the dark but I also switched back/forth between 2 cars.
     
    #5 cwerdna, Apr 29, 2011
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