fatboysam

Any help on this warning "left low beam malfunction bmw" ?? I have no idea what kind of bulbs my car has? Any help highly appreciated.

turboawd

well do you have xenon lights? bulb will be either a D1s D2s
pop hood, pop off back cover of light, inspect bulb

fatboysam

From where can I get instructions for inspecting the light? is it easily accessible? Do i need special tools or anything..

BTW, what does left mean, is it the passenger side bulb or driver side bulb.. I am in US...


And which one is the low beam bulb?

UPDATE: I uploaded a picture of left and right light bulbs, now how do i figure out which bulb is this one Halogen or Xenon?

tonyb635

Left low beam is your left headlight as it tells you. This is the drivers side. If those pics are current, your clue should be that your left head light is not illuminated as the right. There is access behind this to remove the bulb. Best you remove it and order what it says on the bulb or just go get one from your dealer. Sometimes you might want to pick up two because it could be that the new one looks different than the old one...

papo2818

Check out Modifiedlife.com for all your bulb sizes. Hope this helps.
Goodluck
Papo2818

JayArras

Unfortunately, it's not quite that simple. The low/high beam bulb is actually quite hidden. I found that I had to REMOVE THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY in order to get at the bulb.

To the O.P. don't despair. This is a YouTube video that shows how it's done.


You will need a couple of specialized tools (torx screwdriver bits) that perhaps you already have. If not, poll your friends for them. Once you get at the bulb, you can determine what kind it is.

This is not a difficult job by any means, and if you can do it yourself, you will save yourself a $200+ bill at the dealer. (Yeah, they will really charge you that much to replace a fricken headlamp.)

fatboysam

Thanks a lot everyone ! I opened the hood today and I saw a sticker which says i have H7 bulbs, I am attaching a picture of the sticker and also what I saw inside the headlight when I opened the back round cover of headlight.... Is it safe to assume that I have H7 bulbs?

tonyb635

H7 is probably for your AE's. Order what you think but personably I wouldn't play around with a guessing game because when you purchase the incorrect one most likely you will just need to keep it since the chance of returning it is slim. Call you dealer or just go there and ask them. I can't imagine what is harder than that... I have a 2008 and as far as I remember the head light does not need to come out. Perhaps on a pre LCI...

fatboysam

Mine is 2008 528i and after comparing couple of things from the article below, looks like my car is LCI, so you think in LCI mode there shouldn't be need to take the headlight out ?

https://5series.net/info/2008_LCI_Detailed_Changes.pdf

fatboysam

Just now I found one more door in the headlight, what is that for, I am attaching couple of pictures.. the warning message is "Low Left beam malfunction", so which bulb am I supposed to change ? is this inside this box or the one I opened before ?PLEASE HELP