2003 Kia Sedona headlights blowing out

Tiny
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  • 2003 KIA SEDONA
  • 6 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 76,500 MILES
I have owned this van since Feb-08. I have not had any problems with the headlights until very recently. On my way home I turned on my headlights like usual after dark and I begin to notice people flickering their headlights at me. I discovered that my headlights were no longer on. I begin to mess with them and found my hi-beams to still be working. After I turned them off and them back on to see if I still had lights or not I discovered that now the hi-beams were also blowed-out. I took the van to a Kia dealership and (long story short) after they first told me my battery was no good, they then told me my alternator was no good, they finally replaced both the low and hi-beam bulbs. The lights worked fine on my way home. The next morning after I started the van and then turned them on to see if they were still working the lights came on for about a half second and then they both blowed out again. I'm very frustrated because the Kia mechanic can not figure out what caused this problem nor can he tell me how to fix it. If they cannot tell me how to fix my van who can? Any suggestions? PS. The battery and the alternator both are okay; they tested out just fine.
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 AT 2:38 PM

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Tiny
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Would you measure the voltage at the headlight lamp terminal? Was there a repair to van before this started?
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 AT 2:52 PM
Tiny
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The alternator was replaced in Mar of 09. The low pressure line to my air conditioning was replaced in July of 09, but nothing just prior to the headlights blowing incident. I'm not sure if they measured the voltage at the headlights or not. Is this something I could do myself? How would I know what was normal?
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 AT 7:35 PM
Tiny
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Just need a meter voltage should be around 14V also measure across batt terminals.
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 AT 10:24 AM

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