Angel Lights Gone When Vehicle On
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Ok my 2006 550i when switched on usually has the angel lights on. However, i took my vehicle to a BMW place and they calibrated my headlamps because they were pointing down on the ground causing me not to see at nights. When i went to collect the car they had programmed it to for the daytime running lights and i asked them to remove it and put it back to how it was before. After removing the daytime running lights feature when the vehicle is now on, the angel lights are off. The guy told me he doesnt know how to get them on for when the vehicle is switched on. Anyone knows much about this?
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I always thought the daytime running lights were the angel eyes, you asked them to remove it? Maybe that is why they aren't on anymore? LoL maybe I'm confused here also but someone else may be better to confirm if the DRL are the angel eyes.
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no you are confused. the vehicle used to have the angel lights on automatically when switched on. when i took it to them they reprogrammed it with the daytime running lights. The daytime running lights are actually lights that come on and not the angel lights. anyway they removed the daytime running lights and tried putting it back to how it was before but now the angel lights dont appear automatically when switched on.
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here is a picture with the daytime running lights on a 3 series.He had reprgrammed it and put on the daytime running lights and i asked him to take it off and Put it back to how it was. Mine used to have just angel lights on which are the round rings.He tried putting it back to how it was but now when i turn on the vehicle the headlamp is completely off
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I have the option in my idrive (LCI) to turn the drl on or off, the drl is actually the angel eyes, just brighter than normal. So turning them off means no angel eyes unless you activate the parking lights (one click to the right)
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BTW how do you get into this option?
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On the LCI it can be done via idrive, pre-LCI needs coding I believe.
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Ok my 2006 550i when switched on usually has the angel lights on. However, i took my vehicle to a BMW place and they calibrated my headlamps because they were pointing down on the ground causing me not to see at nights. When i went to collect the car they had programmed it to for the daytime running lights and i asked them to remove it and put it back to how it was before. After removing the daytime running lights feature when the vehicle is now on, the angel lights are off. The guy told me he doesnt know how to get them on for when the vehicle is switched on. Anyone knows much about this?
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Really. I have never heard of any pre-LCI's being this way. It always needed to be turned on to parking light for the angel eyes to be on, unless there was something wrong with your electrical system before (which would actually mean that it's not suppose to be on in the first place).