[SMoogus]

In Australia we have no bulletins for this concern. I had never even heard of the resistor mod.
We have been having very good results with cleaning headlight earths and the wiring terminals between Alt and ECU. High resistance causing excess current and spikes.

I have a 2010 i30, and this week had the RH side Low Beam go to god.. I replaced the Bulb and it lasted the trip home from the service station  where I got the replacement bulb.
I thought I must have not connected the harness properly to the pins... So Three bolts and some heave ho later, out with the housing again. I wriggled it around, and it seemed to come good.
Till the next night when I notioced no RH light again... Hmmm. So I removed the housing, and with the ignition and lights on, I tested voltage at the Battery and the connector that clips onto the bulb pins... 12V .... Globe looks intact.... So I reconnected the pins, and then noticed instead of the bulb lighting up, it glowed orange for a split second ... hmmmm Now I started scratching my head...

Given the Globe does not appear to have blown, I wonder if I am having the same issue as everyone on this post. Also, I went and looked at the old bulb... Even though it looks a little smoky on the glass, the bulb looks ok.. I might try both on the other assembly (more bloody mucking around to get that assembly out) to see if the bul;b is really ok.

Otherwise,Ill search this post for the cleanup instructions Cruiserfied has referred to....

Cheers all..  

[Phil №❶]

You need to use a multimeter to check the resistance of connections and wiring, also check continuity across the old bulb filament. If no reading (extremely high ohms), then it's blown. The break in the filament can be very small to the naked eye.

[elantraelite]

Im going to have to look into cleaning the earths and finding some remedy to this issue. Passenger side seems to blow alot more than the drivers side.

Im glad we have mostly illiminated the regulator. My Excel had a faulty regulator. Over charged the battery and exploded into pieces. Stupid me just heard a bang and kept driving for a few hundred meters... Then EVERYTHING that was running in the car blew! Blown fuses, all lights that were on blown, HVAC blower resistor gone, Relays, Indicator Relay, ECU totally fried.

Had a few trips to wreckers getting all the bits and pieces going again. Learnt heaps. Still was the best car I ever owned.

[Dazzler]

Which of your current cars did this happen to? 

[beerman]

Ok had a quick look through the thread and as you already know it is a common occurance.
In Australia we have no bulletins for this concern. I had never even heard of the resistor mod.
We have been having very good results with cleaning headlight earths and the wiring terminals between Alt and ECU. High resistance causing excess current and spikes.
Alot of cases we replace the globes with genuine longlife globes and never hear about it again. The longlife globes are rated to 960hrs where the standards are only 400hrs.

On other threads I have recommended Phillips long life eco vision globes. Since I wacked these bad boys in, problem solvered. There is a thread somewhere, but from memory I threw the troublesome passengers side globe in at 80k, I've done 130k and I do a lot of night driving.....They are rated to 1500 hours.

[Dazzler]

Ok had a quick look through the thread and as you already know it is a common occurance.
In Australia we have no bulletins for this concern. I had never even heard of the resistor mod.
We have been having very good results with cleaning headlight earths and the wiring terminals between Alt and ECU. High resistance causing excess current and spikes.
Alot of cases we replace the globes with genuine longlife globes and never hear about it again. The longlife globes are rated to 960hrs where the standards are only 400hrs.

On other threads I have recommended Phillips long life eco vision globes. Since I wacked these bad boys in, problem solvered. There is a thread somewhere, but from memory I threw the troublesome passengers side globe in at 80k, I've done 130k and I do a lot of night driving.....They are rated to 1500 hours.

That's interesting, thanks.. I don't recall seeing Tim's excellent post either! 

[Doggie 1]

I'm now up to about six years' total  i30 ownership and I haven't had a single blow.   

[Dazzler]

I'm now up to about six years' total  i30 ownership and I haven't had a single blow.   

That seems a bit hard to swallow!

[rustynutz]

He is pretty ugly though... 

[Doggie 1]

Tongue in cheek, of course.

[rustynutz]

Even uglier when you pull that face, Dave... 

[beerman]

I'm now up to about six years' total  i30 ownership and I haven't had a single blow.   

Thats what happens when you get married.....

[elantraelite]

^ Haha brilliant!

[elantraelite]

Alright im trying these out this weekend. This is the first time I have ever bought standard globes.

[beerman]

Where did you get those?

Mine come in a funky plastic 2 pack.

The higher intensity headlight globes might give you more light, but they also burn hotter, the filament is thinner  and they have a shorter life. Might be why your pinging so many.

I once got a globe replaced with a cheap servo job, it didn't last long at all....

[Lorian]

Did you guys get the TSB for the headlight wiring mod in .au that we did here in the uk?

Even my +120's seem to be lasting so far. I have cleaned the earths too.