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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 07:55 AM
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My car has been blowing fuses left and right and the dealer does not know why they are telling me it's because i installed aftermarket L.E.D. lights in the rear with resistors. It's a probability that they are lookin in to and told me that if this is the case they will charge $420 to fix this issue. Not sure if this information is correct :'(

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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by rjcastr' post='343804' date='Oct 11 2006, 10:55 AM
My car has been blowing fuses left and right and the dealer does not know why they are telling me it's because i installed aftermarket L.E.D. lights in the rear with resistors. It's a probability that they are lookin in to and told me that if this is the case they will charge $420 to fix this issue. Not sure if this information is correct :'(

Thats how i feel.

sAID lED WERE THE CAUSE 1600 DAMAGE!!!
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Old Oct 11, 2006 | 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by rjcastr' post='343915' date='Oct 11 2006, 11:18 PM
sAID lED WERE THE CAUSE 1600 DAMAGE!!!
Hi mate sorry for hear it, you mean our LED tails???


cross fingers I got no probs yet, works like a charm, no wiring nor dimming ever...

or did you do something on your own??? txh and best luck
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by ats77' post='343920' date='Oct 11 2006, 04:30 PM
Hi mate sorry for hear it, you mean our LED tails???
cross fingers I got no probs yet, works like a charm, no wiring nor dimming ever...

or did you do something on your own??? txh and best luck

No LED lights not the tail lamps, just the bulbs, the license plate ones seem to have done damage to my vehicle thats according to what the dealer is telling me $1600 bucks out of warranty repair ouch!!
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by rjcastr' post='344264' date='Oct 12 2006, 09:03 PM
No LED lights not the tail lamps, just the bulbs, the license plate ones seem to have done damage to my vehicle thats according to what the dealer is telling me $1600 bucks out of warranty repair ouch!!
ohh sorry happy that not the lamps but also sorry for you, but it must be soon solved some how
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Old Oct 12, 2006 | 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by rjcastr' post='344264' date='Oct 12 2006, 03:03 PM
No LED lights not the tail lamps, just the bulbs, the license plate ones seem to have done damage to my vehicle thats according to what the dealer is telling me $1600 bucks out of warranty repair ouch!!
So far, you are the only user who has this blown fuse problem. I have mine license plate LED installed for a while, so far so good. How long ago did your problem happen ? Right after the installation of white LED bulbs for license plate or after some times ? How long is that "after some times " ?
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Old Oct 13, 2006 | 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by rjcastr' post='343804' date='Oct 11 2006, 11:55 PM
My car has been blowing fuses left and right and the dealer does not know why they are telling me it's because i installed aftermarket L.E.D. lights in the rear with resistors. It's a probability that they are lookin in to and told me that if this is the case they will charge $420 to fix this issue. Not sure if this information is correct :'(

Thats how i feel.
this is why you should not mod the car under warranty
well good luck fixing it
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Old Oct 13, 2006 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='344564' date='Oct 13 2006, 09:13 AM
this is why you should not mod the car under warranty
well good luck fixing it

my led were working fine, to be honest i really think that they didn't know what the cause was and stated that the LED did it. How can i prove them wrong, i need to be able to lock my car so what can i do, how can i prove them wrong?
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Old Oct 13, 2006 | 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by rjcastr' post='344711' date='Oct 14 2006, 06:35 AM
my led were working fine, to be honest i really think that they didn't know what the cause was and stated that the LED did it. How can i prove them wrong, i need to be able to lock my car so what can i do, how can i prove them wrong?
what you should have done is change the led back to blub, thentake it to BMW to get it fix and you will get it free then

This is what I did when I had mods on, under warranty
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Old Oct 13, 2006 | 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by pinguhk' post='344743' date='Oct 13 2006, 10:03 PM
what you should have done is change the led back to blub, thentake it to BMW to get it fix and you will get it free then

This is what I did when I had mods on, under warranty
This is the kind of people who rise the cost of the manufacturer and make the price of our vehicle higher.

But wait, that's what I do too. LOL.
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