Eating light bulbs for breakfast!!!

[drmeegge]

I've had my A4 since december (07). I've bought 3 headlight bulbs 4 taillights, a brake bulb, and reverse bulb. - That's 9 in 6 months.

Is it just mine, or do Audi's just eat light bulbs for breakfast?

(And no I haven't been touching the bulb with bare fingers)

[aaaudiprotein]

Mine kinda eats them a lot too in the rear.

[dsq]

i had to replace a rear bulb twice (one left one right) in the past 6 months.

[IronAudi]

sounds like you have an electrical problem, if your CPO bring it back and be like WTF

[orb]

i never replaced any bulbs in 3 years, lol. i'm in florida though, and you guys are up north if that makes any difference

[mxrz]

This is normal for most German cars...

[HeymyAudi]

4 Fog light bulbs... That reminds me I gotta go and buy another one tonight... 2 Rear bulbs ( 1 fog, 1 brake )

[dirtybird]

im the same

[n7plus1]

This is normal for most German cars...

why would that be?

[drmeegge]

sounds like you have an electrical problem, if you're CPO bring it back and be like WTF

It is, but you know as well as I do how hard it is to diagnose that type of thing, and whether they'll do anything about it is a whole other story.

[02SILVANT]

i had to replace a rear bulb twice (one left one right) in the past 6 months.

Stopy copying me! LOL

[diagnosticator]

I've had only one tail light bulb burn out in 5 years. If the bulbs are going out regularly, then the voltage regulator in the alternator is probably not controlling voltage as it should, and causing high voltage spikes frequently. The only way to find out is to hook up a recording digital multimeter and monitor the maximum peak voltage that occurs while driving the car during the day and at night. Very cold weather is hard on bulbs also.

[B61.8T]

I have only replaced the brake light bulb once, until yesteday. I installed the new ECS side markers, and next day the brake light went out. 2 days later it magically workes. Now It says it is out again. WTF?

[mxrz]

why would that be?

8 out of every 10 cars with broken bulbs I see around, are German. I'm sure it has gotten better, but you should see the electrical system in my Ur quattro, it makes old Jaguars look like the epitome of reliability. Germans kinda suck at this

[SeKKeY]

I have replaced turn signal, reverse light, parking light, and brake light in the back and city lights in the front...but i dont think they have ever been replaced in the 70k i've been driving the car..so i think thats pretty good. i replaced most of them with silverstar long life bulbs