Dust in Headlights and Foglights
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My car is a 2010 535i xdrive and had only 20K miles on it. I bout it used.. When I turned on the lights I see a lot of dust/dirt in both the headlights and Foglights. Do you think the dealer can fix this?? any experiences?? I have had Audis for the last 12 years and never had this issue even in my 10 year old Audi.. why would a 2 year old BMW have dust int he lights?? seems abnormal.. this is my first BMW.
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My headlights are the traces of dust in the housing lens. I also found on this forum that this is a common experience to have condensation inside the headlamps.
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I doubt there is dust inside as these are sealed lights. And it being a 2010 it is highly unlikely that it's faded either. I mean perhaps someone took the bulbs out and left them out and the car was in dusty/dirty conditions. Only then could I understand how anything could enter the headlight.
OP - just take it to the dealer if you're not happy.
OP - just take it to the dealer if you're not happy.
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Looks like Ripcar was right it is stone chips on the outside which look like dust particles when the lights are turned on... I wonder why this car has badly chipped headlights when my 117K Audi was better after even 10 years... any suggestions on how to fix this?? Polish the headlights??
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