A little background. In 08 my Hyundai Elantra was in an accident, which damaged the left front area; bent the hood, smashed the grill, cracked the bumper cover. Since then I've had all sorts of recurring problems (which, of course, the insurance company says can in no way be linked to the accident
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One of these problems has been hinkiness with the driver's lo-beam. I replaced the bulb once since buying the car in 05, then three times since that accident. It went out again last week, and, not wanting to deal with it in the frigid temps we're currently experiencing, I took it to a Pep Boys for a quick replacement. This becomes crucial to my question later; they said that the pigtail had fallen off and just needed to be replaced. I assumed (yeah, I know) that it was the pigtail for the bulb, but now, I'm not so sure.
Yesterday it went out again, so I took it to a Hyundai dealer this morning. This was the Service Advisor's version of "Who's on first?"
Advisor: The bulb is burned out.
Me: I'm not sure that's right, but if you can verify then go ahead and replace it.
Advisor: ...and the connector is loose on the headlight housing.
Me: You mean the headlight pigtail?
Advisor: No, the connector on the housing itself.
Me: What connector is that?
Advisor: It's for the headlights.
Me: So you mean the headlamp pigtail.
Advisor: No, it's on the housing.
Me: So what's it for?
Advisor: The headlights.
Repeat for the next 15 minutes.
When the little tard finally sent me a pic, lo and behold there's (I think) an 8 pin connector on the actual headlamp housing, separate from any connection for the bulbs themselves.
Does anybody know what this thing would be for? Is there a relay running the lights? Is it a control signal line for lo/hi, or DRLs?