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    Question 2005 XC70 High & Low Beam bulbs? with bi-xenons is this the same bulb?

    Hi - I just purchased a 2005 XC70 in Vancouver, Canada and I am a bit confused with the high and low beam. I just replaced the low beam bulb, as there was a message saying that it was out. It was an expensive D2R bulb.

    Now that I have that in the car, and looking at the lights more closely, I see that the normal bulb that is in the high beam does not come on / is not used.

    Foe high beam, what seems to be happening is that the low beam angles up / get brighter.

    Is this normal?

    (Apologies for the simple / confused question - this just has me puzzles as to why there is a 'high beam' bulb that would not ever be used / come on)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt-L View Post
    Foe high beam, what seems to be happening is that the low beam angles up / get brighter.

    Is this normal?
    Yes, the HID bulb tilts up to shine further down the road for high beam. Some other brands of cars use a shutter to block the light for low beam, and move it out of the way for high beam.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt-L View Post
    Hi - I just purchased a 2005 XC70 in Vancouver, Canada and I am a bit confused with the high and low beam. I just replaced the low beam bulb, as there was a message saying that it was out. It was an expensive D2R bulb.

    Now that I have that in the car, and looking at the lights more closely, I see that the normal bulb that is in the high beam does not come on / is not used.

    Foe high beam, what seems to be happening is that the low beam angles up / get brighter.

    Is this normal?

    (Apologies for the simple / confused question - this just has me puzzles as to why there is a 'high beam' bulb that would not ever be used / come on)
    Is it possible that the unused bulb is a daytime running light?

    I have not checked out my bulbs on my '06 but I notice that when I pull into an underground garage my DRL go out and headlights come on.

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