A voltage surge will do this. Have the charging circuit and related
wiring checked out.
Dan

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Bob Kaplow ) writes:
> How's this for a bizare problem:
>
> I have a 2000 Honda Civic HX with the CVT. I drive about 400 miles a week
> commuting, so it's up to 107K miles. And I always drive with my headlights
> on, day or night.
>
> Last fall, coming back from Rockford, I realized that BOTH headlights had
> failed at the same time. OK, after 5 years, they didn't owe me anything, but
> having both fail at exactly the same time was a bit of a coincidence. I
> replaced them with a pair of the (Wagner?) blue HB2 bulbs.
>
> This morning, pulling out of the garage, I realized that both had failed
> together again. This is NOT a coincidence. They should definitely last more
> than 5 months, and shouldn't be failing together. Only the low beam is
> blowing, not the high beam, because I rarely use the high beam. Maybe I
> should use the high beam for DRL and save the low for night driving?
>
> Any ideas on what could blow both bulbs at the same time, yet not affect
> anything else on the car? I can buy a case of bulbs for less than what it
> would cost if I ask a dealer to look into the problem. But it's a nusiance
> to never know when I'm going to be left in the dark again.
>
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>
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