I AM AN IDIOT - I have a headlamp bulb question
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OK - I posted up about the headlamp icon lit up on my dash and 'warning' sign - triangle with exclamation. Duh.... push the upper button on the turn signal stalk and you get the messages on the iDrive screen. Passenger low-beem bulb is burned out.
So... my question is, and this is the idiot part - we have BMWs, can I just go to an auto parts store and get the bulb or do I need to go to the dealer and get a 'good' bulb? I assume I can install a bulb myself, yes?
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Barry
So... my question is, and this is the idiot part - we have BMWs, can I just go to an auto parts store and get the bulb or do I need to go to the dealer and get a 'good' bulb? I assume I can install a bulb myself, yes?
Thanks,
Barry
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Originally Posted by barry325' post='616351' date='Jul 4 2008, 09:18 AM
OK - I posted up about the headlamp icon lit up on my dash and 'warning' sign - triangle with exclamation. Duh.... push the upper button on the turn signal stalk and you get the messages on the iDrive screen. Passenger low-beem bulb is burned out.
So... my question is, and this is the idiot part - we have BMWs, can I just go to an auto parts store and get the bulb or do I need to go to the dealer and get a 'good' bulb? I assume I can install a bulb myself, yes?
Thanks,
Barry
So... my question is, and this is the idiot part - we have BMWs, can I just go to an auto parts store and get the bulb or do I need to go to the dealer and get a 'good' bulb? I assume I can install a bulb myself, yes?
Thanks,
Barry
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='616354' date='Jul 4 2008, 12:21 PM
If you have halogen headlights u can chang them yourself.
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Originally Posted by barry325' post='616361' date='Jul 4 2008, 12:37 PM
Hmmm - I got the option 0522 Xenon headlights.
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Originally Posted by barry325' post='616361' date='Jul 4 2008, 07:37 PM
Hmmm - I got the option 0522 Xenon headlights. I'll pop the hood and see what's there. So just for curiosity's sake, what headlamps can you / can you not replace yourself?
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I would not change a Xenon headlamp even if I have some experience with cars.
But I would ask why the lamp is broken, Xenons do not brake that often,
they usually simmer (get bluish and pale) in old age!
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Originally Posted by barry325' post='616361' date='Jul 4 2008, 05:37 PM
Hmmm - I got the option 0522 Xenon headlights. I'll pop the hood and see what's there. So just for curiosity's sake, what headlamps can you / can you not replace yourself?
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Originally Posted by barry325' post='616401' date='Jul 4 2008, 08:39 PM
Well - car is under warranty. Are Xenons included under warranty or are they consumables ????
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Covered by warranty or consumables? I presume you mean they are covered by warranty - I understand that wiper blades are covered thru the warranty/service period, so, given the relative complexity of the xenon light system, I'd expect them to be covered by warranty.