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Flashlight Enthusiast
So I had both bulbs burn out on my truck. At the same time. I thought for sure, the switch went bad. Check the records, indeed, there is a known problem with the auto switch going bad. Typical mid 2000s GM build quality, a 4-letter word. And these were expensive performance bulbs. Spent hours troubleshooting it, come to find out, it was actually both bulbs that went bad, simultaneously, not the switch. It's rare, against the odds but it does happen.
Upgraded the vehicle, kept the spare bulbs in the new GM truck. I thought it used the same bulbs. Had one burn out, take out the bulbs, they don't fit. It's not 905/906 like in the old truck but the H11 stuff. Why oh why are there multiple standards? Drove around with one light until could get to the store the next day. Now I have a set of low/high - two sets - laying around.
My idiot GM truck has this thing that when you disable the alarm, the lights turn on. You have to do Key on / engine off and twist the round knob counter-clockwise. You have to specifically turn them off and the stupid daytime running lights. The runtime of these bulbs is not that great and combined with the fact the DRL are always on unless you turn them off. Meaning frequent replacement.
GM is just awful quality on top of the ican bulbs that ever maker suffers from. No more GM for me. Maybe a Toyota next time. But that's just a footnote.
Why cannot they just build lights that never, ever needs replacement. Its not the material the bulb thats the problem but the time and the downtime involved. GM and other makes are cheap. It's a cost-saving measure. Completely moving to LEDs might cost billions, I would think but long-term, it will save billions.
I am beginning to think the president needs to issue an executive order. I am not a fan of them but this is a matter of national safety I think. Imagine in case of a war supplies are distrupted and the bulbs burn out one by one every 6 months with no way to replace them.
Upgraded the vehicle, kept the spare bulbs in the new GM truck. I thought it used the same bulbs. Had one burn out, take out the bulbs, they don't fit. It's not 905/906 like in the old truck but the H11 stuff. Why oh why are there multiple standards? Drove around with one light until could get to the store the next day. Now I have a set of low/high - two sets - laying around.
My idiot GM truck has this thing that when you disable the alarm, the lights turn on. You have to do Key on / engine off and twist the round knob counter-clockwise. You have to specifically turn them off and the stupid daytime running lights. The runtime of these bulbs is not that great and combined with the fact the DRL are always on unless you turn them off. Meaning frequent replacement.
GM is just awful quality on top of the ican bulbs that ever maker suffers from. No more GM for me. Maybe a Toyota next time. But that's just a footnote.
Why cannot they just build lights that never, ever needs replacement. Its not the material the bulb thats the problem but the time and the downtime involved. GM and other makes are cheap. It's a cost-saving measure. Completely moving to LEDs might cost billions, I would think but long-term, it will save billions.
I am beginning to think the president needs to issue an executive order. I am not a fan of them but this is a matter of national safety I think. Imagine in case of a war supplies are distrupted and the bulbs burn out one by one every 6 months with no way to replace them.