Right Parking Light Malfunction
04-15-2011, 06:56 AM
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My Ride: 04' 545i, Sport Package, Black, Active Xenon, ARS, Aux Input
'10 Tahoe, Black on Black, leather, Nav/XM, 20" tires, full body kit, power 2nd row, loaded
'93 Jeep Wrangler, lifted 4.5", 33" meats, Rampage Recovery Bumper w/Tire Swing, etc
25' Aquasport Osprey, Center Console,2012 200 HO Etec
Just received the error message above (as the title says). Is this my Angel Eyes? Or is it a seperate bulb? Yes, I searched, and yes I looked in the manual. The manual says contact BMW as does the malfunction message.
Maybe its a good time to upgrade if it is my AE's... I have an '04 with Xenons... not sure if its bi-Xenons or not...
Maybe its a good time to upgrade if it is my AE's... I have an '04 with Xenons... not sure if its bi-Xenons or not...
04-15-2011, 07:45 AM
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This just happened to me this morning as well on my 08 528i. Drivers side angel eyes are out. e-mailed dealer and they say that they will do an LED retrofit and re-program under warranty. This is cool cause I wanted brighter whiter angel eyes. I am looking for info on this since it must be a service bulletin or something.
04-15-2011, 07:57 AM
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My Ride: 04' 545i, Sport Package, Black, Active Xenon, ARS, Aux Input
'10 Tahoe, Black on Black, leather, Nav/XM, 20" tires, full body kit, power 2nd row, loaded
'93 Jeep Wrangler, lifted 4.5", 33" meats, Rampage Recovery Bumper w/Tire Swing, etc
25' Aquasport Osprey, Center Console,2012 200 HO Etec
I just went outside and confirmed it is the AE's... I am thinking this is a great reason to upgrade to the MTEC or 5W.... thoughts?
04-17-2011, 04:57 PM
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My Ride: E60 530d MSport Auto, 19" 172 Spiders on ContiSports 2's, Pro Nav, Adaptive Xenons, Bruce M's V6 Rear LCI Cables/Lights, Number plate LED
I had my right parking light, (AE), go. I bought a new bulb from the stealers and they attempted to install. However, this did not fix the problem. After further diagnosis it needed a new light module and programming. Not the cheapest of things! I was told by the SA that he has seen this more frequently on the adaptive xenons as I have.
Hopefully you won't need to change your LM.
Hopefully you won't need to change your LM.
04-19-2011, 01:25 PM
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My Ride: '06 530i, '07 C280 4matic, '98 ML320
Just to confirm the failed component is just the AE (not the light module), you can swap the AE from the other side to the failed side and see if that works.
