"RB" > wrote in message
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> Got a '96 Maxima that in which right side headlight bulbs are burning out
> one right after another. I've gone through about 6 bulbs, lately.
>
> I've changed these "don't touch" kinds of bulbs many times, and know the
> problem isn't that the bulbs are being touched during the install. That
> definitely isn't the problem.
>
> Given the touch thing isn't the problem, what is a likely cause of why
I'm
> going through so many bulbs? And, how do I break the cycle?

When I have had problems like this, I have usually found there is some sort
of intermittently
bad connection at that lamp. The make-break sequence puts a strain on bulbs
and they
often fail very quickly.

Your lamps are not cracked, are they?