Illumination apparatus for a motor vehicle

An illumination apparatus (100) for a motor vehicle, the illumination apparatus comprising:

• at least one laser light source (10);
• a wavelength conversion element (20) configured to receive excitation light from the at least one laser light source (10);
• and
• a reflector (30) having at least one reflector body (30′), wherein the at least one reflector body (30′) comprises a reflecting surface (31), wherein the reflecting surface (31) is configured to reflect visible light emitted by the wavelength conversion element (20), and wherein the reflecting surface (31) is provided on a reflector surface (30a) of the at least one reflector body (30′),
• wherein the reflector surface (30a) has at least one region (30a′, 30a″) that is free of the reflecting surface (31), and wherein the at least one region (30a′, 30a″) that is free of the reflecting surface (31) is configured to absorb at least some of the excitation light incident in the at least one region (30a′, 30a″),
• wherein the at least one region (30a′, 30a″) is non-temperature resistant above a limit temperature, and
• wherein above the certain limit temperature the at least one absorbing region is destroyed and the excitation light travels into a rear portion of the illumination apparatus.