Factory HID bulb life?

[LR4TQ]

I just noticed that my passenger side HID headlight went out

There is no warning or indication that the bulb was out but it should? Also, it's a 2013 with factory HID and the bulb should last much longer right? I never had to replace factory hid bulbs in any of my other cars.

Any of you experienced this?

 

[jaguardoc504]

It usually not the bulb, they have a 30,000-50,000 hour burn time in automotive applications.
More than likely it's the ballast for the HID.

 

[LR4TQ]

I've never replaced the ballast before...is it pretty straightforward?

 

[umbertob]

Swap bulbs around to make sure first.

 

[tlt]

It should be straightforward to change the ballast.

 

[LR4TQ]

So I took off the passenger headlight today trying to figure out if it was the bulb or ballast that failed. After removing the headlight, it made a lot of noises which I thought was strange. Since I do a lot of desert off-roading I thought somehow fine sand got into the headlamp. Anyway I went and remove the bulb and to my surprise, the bulb was shattered in pieces thus the weird noises! Why the heck would the bulb explode on its own???