Can you shed a light on this problem?

[Fake Concern]

About a month ago one of the headlight bulbs on my daughters Clio Mk2 Ph1 blew, when I took it out the bulb was smashed to bits. The headlight seemed to have some water in it.

Today, the same bulb had smashed again & to make matters worse, the dip beam filament on the other lamp had blown as well.

I have replaced both & all are working, but I am concerned that the smashed bulb will happen again, any ideas what caused it?

[elma]

I've heard that grease or oil from your hands on the glass can boil and cause the glass to smash. Never seen it happen myself though but I always hold mine with a clean cloth since I heard that.

[Fake Concern]

I have also heard that & I like you make sure not to touch the bulbs with bare hands, so not that.
(thanks for the reply though!)

[Denzil]

If the headlight unit contains some water as you suggested,Cold water splashing on a hot bulb will also cause the glass to break....With regards to the dipped beam blown,That is most likely a coincidence and not at all connected to the glass breakage problem.....The glass breakage ,if caused by the water contained in the headlamp could be condensation,but to be thorough I would check the headlamp glass seal.....hope this helps