Jetpilot718

Hey guys,

So this is random. On my wife's 2007 525xi she is having a message stating "Right front parking lamp malfunction!"

Here's why this is weird:

• The headlights are DEPO aftermarket units that I installed roughly a year ago. The problem only started up around a month ago.
• The DEPO headlights are supposed to be "Error Code Eliminating"
• On top of that, I coded off the Cold, Warm and Start Checks for the parking lamps (Total of SIX "nicht_aktiv" commands for left and right side
• The LCM took the re-write, as I downloaded the LCM code and it shows that they are in fact "nicht_aktiv"
• No bulbs are out.
• It's only the front right side that has an issue, with the same bulbs and hardware on both sides

As if all of this isn't weird enough - the message will annunciate three, four, five times during one drive cycle! That's definitely not supposed to happen. If a bulb fails, the system annunciates this ONCE and it remains in the stored errors indicated by the /!\ in iDrive. It is definitely NOT supposed to keep bugging you during a drive.



Does anyone have any ideas? Also, what bulbs are we talking about here? I am under the assumption that it is the "Angel Eye / Halo's" that are considered front parking lights.

westsidebalto

You are correct in that the parking lights are the angel eyes.

Domrepkid

man i got some Umnitza lights and i have the same message, i dont know if it is actually something in the wiring but it was not lighting up the angel eyes so i ran a jumper wire. good luck on finding the solution.

seanjordan20

Have you checked the wiring to see if it is cracked/frayed. I had that issue in my 05 which is real common.

umnitza

have you tried a capacitor in line on the power lead to the parking lights or angel eyes wires? this may solve your issue.

Jetpilot718

All good ideas. I'm gonna mess with it in more debth this week and I will post back what ends up working. Just so weird, since I have everything coded off...

Jetpilot718

So get this... I unplugged the passenger side headlamp and found the two wires that feed 12v to each angel eye ring respectively - add a load resistor - and STILL am getting the Right Front Parking Lamp error message!

I'm gonna try resetting the LCM tomorrow through DIS/GT1. I'm out of ideas after that. This is so beyond annoying I cannot even begin to articulate. Stay tuned. I will find the issue!

BrownPower

So I have a similar issue, not sure if i should create my own thread or not.

I started getting the left daytime/running lamp error about a month ago. Im currently using the h8 lux bulbs from n54 tuning. i checked the angel eyes and its working. I dont get it. is there another bulb that could casue this error?

Jetpilot718

Daytime Running Lamp is basically a reduced power mode of your High Beams. What kind of bulb do you have in there? LED?

BrownPower

my high beams?

i have an LCI 2008 e60.

last time i checked my highbeams were emitted from the same projector as the main/dipped beam. is it not bi-zenon? i have adaptive headlights.

At first i thought it was a marker/peanut bulb but couldnt find it. then i thought it was the inner bulb that turns on when i turn my steering wheel? but that seems to work so i don't know. i've only had this car for a year. today and some other days it does not show me that error. its really confusing.