# 2014 Dart bulb keeps blowing out **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** dart, dodge\ **Created:** [August 21, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222 "2019-08-21T23:56:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hutchins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f8ce5/32.png) [@hutchins](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hutchins)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222/1 "2019-08-21T23:56:42Z")
the bulb in my 2014 dodge dart keep blowing about every time I put one it might last about a month, what could cause it? ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222/2 "2019-08-21T23:59:54Z")
Would it be asking too much for you to actually say what bulb keeps failing ? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 10:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222/3 "2019-08-22T10:21:06Z")
If you’re talking about the headlight bulb, quit touching the glass part of the bulb when replacing it. ---
**Author:** ![hutchins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f8ce5/32.png) [@hutchins](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hutchins)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222/4 "2019-08-22T15:16:59Z")
Not touching the bulb ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222/5 "2019-08-22T15:25:05Z")
Are you using the bulb# recommended by the carmaker, and of a brand with a long term good reputation? (Lots of hyped bad stuff is available.) ---
**Author:** ![hutchins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f8ce5/32.png) [@hutchins](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hutchins)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222/6 "2019-08-22T15:38:59Z")
Yes plus bought a new plug just in case it was bad ---
**Author:** ![hutchins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f8ce5/32.png) [@hutchins](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hutchins)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222/7 "2019-08-22T15:40:01Z")
These bulbs are almost $30 ---
**Author:** ![vipergg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@vipergg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vipergg)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222/8 "2019-08-22T16:46:32Z")
At rockauto the standard GE bulb for this car is $9 . ---
**Author:** ![BikeGuy88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@BikeGuy88](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BikeGuy88)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222/9 "2019-08-22T17:21:53Z")
Damaged wiring could cause it. Is it just the one bulb that keeps failing? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222/10 "2019-08-23T14:23:43Z")
Notice that the OP has replied 3 times and still won’t tell us what bulb keeps blowing. ---
**Author:** ![JoeMario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JoeMario](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeMario)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222/11 "2019-08-23T14:27:09Z")
Hi Hutchins: A couple of questions: 1. Is this a headlamp bulb? 2. Is it the same bulb that keeps blowing out, or do both sides blow out (if it is a headlamp). 3. Can you reply with the brand name of the bulb you’re replacing it with? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![PhantomPatriot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/phantompatriot/32/20713_2.png) [@PhantomPatriot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PhantomPatriot)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222/12 "2019-08-23T14:34:36Z")
Have you noticed any moisture inside the headlight housing? ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222/13 "2019-08-24T00:09:55Z")
Next time buy the replacement bulb at a different parts store. Sometimes a whole bin of bulbs will be bad, manufacturer didn’t catch it. I’ve had that happen on my Corolla’s dome light. 4 failed in a row, each lasting less than 2 months, bought the 5th bulb at a different place, same brand, same part number, lasted more than 10 years. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222/14 "2019-08-24T08:28:33Z")
> [@VOLVO\_V70](#): > > Would it be asking too much for you to actually say what bulb keeps failing ? It’s the “DART” bulb (says so right in the title). I guess 2014 is the bulb number. Must be a very specific bulb I can’t find a reference for it anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222/15 "2019-08-24T12:51:44Z")
> [@PvtPublic](#): > > It’s the “DART” bulb (says so right in the title). Is that the one in the side view mirrors that flash on and off when Darting in and out of traffic ? ---
**Author:** ![tom418](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/da6949/32.png) [@tom418](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tom418)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222/16 "2019-08-24T17:34:23Z")
Or, 2014 is the model year? I wish the OP would say so…🤔 ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-dart-bulb-keeps-blowing-out/147222/17 "2019-08-24T17:51:26Z")
Is it bigger than a bread box?