Hi, just trying to evaluate if my car has the issue, or if the design/batch has an issue.
We have owned the corolla from new, and well looked after, but this car eats light globes for breakfast. In 10 years I have replaced the headlights 6-7 times, finally settling for chinese LED's which seems to have given me some relief from the rediculous cost of the headlight globes.
But I am at least once a year replacing brake lights, interior lights (such as aircon/temperature backlight), fog lights etc.
I have put a multimeter on the car, for long periods, different RPM etc. Cannot see any spikes, tried different brand globes etc. It just keeps blowing globes.
Toyota want nothing to do with it (surpise surprise), saying its all in spec. I owned a Yaris for 12 years and didnt replace a single globe and a Kluger for 9 years and replaced 1 tail light running globe. but I feel like the corolla is using obnxious amount of globes.
For further context, we lost both headlights within 2 days of each other. This car is also our 2nd car and is only used 2-3 times a week, not our daily run about. We are on tar roads, and nothing out of the ordinary to "shock" or vibrate the globe filaments.
Any insight to other toyota owners from this era to help chase if this is an alternator/voltage regulator issue (which is my suspicion), or other users who have had similar issues.