WTF Moment
08-23-2011, 10:32 AM
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My Ride: 2008 550I,Space Grey,Hud,Cold Weather,M - Sport, matched GP Thunder headlights and Fogs,,Smoked Badges, Night Vision, Heated Seats,Rear Sunshades, Aux Audio, SAT, NAV, Black Grills, Sprint Booster, Dinan Cold Air, Stage 2 Dinan Software.....More to come soon
OK here is the WTF moment for me. So I got the warning that my bulb on my driver side AE went out so since the car has full warranty I didn't want to mess with it so I popped into the dealership. Mind you My AE are factory and has the egg yoke color.
The advisor comes out and says "bad news" your car has the old software for the light module and We have to reporgam it and replace all 4 bulbs per BMW EÇO. Hmmmm I said sounds kind wierd but go for it. Long story short, got the car back and didnt pay too much attention to it, came back home and pulled into my garage and I noticed this white light instead of the yoke light. Intially I thought my headlights were on but after further inspection it was my AE which now has a bright white glow and look like the F10 colors.
Am I the only one who seen this or this is just something they are holding back on? I just find it incredibly interesting, dammit now my fogs don't match, oh well fogs are much easier to match I guess,lol.
The advisor comes out and says "bad news" your car has the old software for the light module and We have to reporgam it and replace all 4 bulbs per BMW EÇO. Hmmmm I said sounds kind wierd but go for it. Long story short, got the car back and didnt pay too much attention to it, came back home and pulled into my garage and I noticed this white light instead of the yoke light. Intially I thought my headlights were on but after further inspection it was my AE which now has a bright white glow and look like the F10 colors.
Am I the only one who seen this or this is just something they are holding back on? I just find it incredibly interesting, dammit now my fogs don't match, oh well fogs are much easier to match I guess,lol.
08-24-2011, 04:06 AM
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Same here, except CPO doesn't cover it and they wanted to charge me over $400 to replace bulbs and reprogram. I thought that was a little ridiculous so got the Trinity 6W on order so hoping problem solved.
08-24-2011, 09:38 AM
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what is BMW ECO?
I would love to ask my SA about this .. but what is it im asking for exactly ?
I would love to ask my SA about this .. but what is it im asking for exactly ?
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