# Xenon headlights

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/xenon-headlights/19607>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** headlights\
**Created:** [September 15, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/xenon-headlights/19607 "2008-09-15T19:40:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![tucsonlibrarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4da419/32.png) [@tucsonlibrarian](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tucsonlibrarian)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/xenon-headlights/19607/1 "2008-09-15T19:40:04Z")

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My five-year-old Saab has xenon headlights–or more accurately, headlight, as one just burned out. I thought they were meant to last longer, since the cost to replace it is breath-taking. Anyone know the average life-span on these picey bulbs?