Headlight going redish
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Hi guys,
anyone experienced this before ?? --> my passenger side headlight turns redish and it's not bright white any longer,
within 10-20 seconds after the lights are on.
Is it the bulb or something else that is faulty ?
Any ideas ?
10x in advance for your help
anyone experienced this before ?? --> my passenger side headlight turns redish and it's not bright white any longer,
within 10-20 seconds after the lights are on.
Is it the bulb or something else that is faulty ?
Any ideas ?
10x in advance for your help
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Originally Posted by toochez' post='714809' date='Nov 7 2008, 08:20 AM
Hi guys,
anyone experienced this before ?? --> my passenger side headlight turns redish and it's not bright white any longer,
within 10-20 seconds after the lights are on.
Is it the bulb or something else that is faulty ?
Any ideas ?
10x in advance for your help
anyone experienced this before ?? --> my passenger side headlight turns redish and it's not bright white any longer,
within 10-20 seconds after the lights are on.
Is it the bulb or something else that is faulty ?
Any ideas ?
10x in advance for your help
Any pics? That would help.
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Originally Posted by toochez' post='714809' date='Nov 7 2008, 10:20 AM
Hi guys,
anyone experienced this before ?? --> my passenger side headlight turns redish and it's not bright white any longer,
within 10-20 seconds after the lights are on.
Is it the bulb or something else that is faulty ?
Any ideas ?
10x in advance for your help
anyone experienced this before ?? --> my passenger side headlight turns redish and it's not bright white any longer,
within 10-20 seconds after the lights are on.
Is it the bulb or something else that is faulty ?
Any ideas ?
10x in advance for your help
You need a new bulb mate, same thing happened to me as you described. Definately the bulb.
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That's a built in design feature to give you plenty of time to get the new ones ordered and installed.
This same thing happend to our 2002 X5 a few months ago. Rule: You never replace only one of the lights -- you replace them as a pair. I ordered the new ones directly from the manufacturer's web site, not through BMW. I only had to put in the model year and month of production and it automatically told me the appropriate bulbs.
Also, this may not be applicable to the E60, but if anyone else has an X5 out there, learn from our mistake! They had to take a whole bunch of stuff of the entire front of the car just to get to the bulbs (which, really ... WHYYYYYY ... ). Only ONE month later one of the turn signal bulbs burned out and we had to pay for all that labor over again to replace a $.79 cent bulb. Not pleased --- we wish they had suggested to replace ALL of the bulbs while they were in there. In this case suggesting that we spend a little more money would have been the smarter idea. Sure, the xenons are expensive but none of the others were/are. Again, not sure how this plays with the E60, but convenience tells me to at least consider it as a time-saving if not money-saving option.
This same thing happend to our 2002 X5 a few months ago. Rule: You never replace only one of the lights -- you replace them as a pair. I ordered the new ones directly from the manufacturer's web site, not through BMW. I only had to put in the model year and month of production and it automatically told me the appropriate bulbs.
Also, this may not be applicable to the E60, but if anyone else has an X5 out there, learn from our mistake! They had to take a whole bunch of stuff of the entire front of the car just to get to the bulbs (which, really ... WHYYYYYY ... ). Only ONE month later one of the turn signal bulbs burned out and we had to pay for all that labor over again to replace a $.79 cent bulb. Not pleased --- we wish they had suggested to replace ALL of the bulbs while they were in there. In this case suggesting that we spend a little more money would have been the smarter idea. Sure, the xenons are expensive but none of the others were/are. Again, not sure how this plays with the E60, but convenience tells me to at least consider it as a time-saving if not money-saving option.
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