E60 Headlight Eyebrows

BeemaBoy wrote: Andrew Rolland wrote: And they gave me my car back at the end of the day which was an improvement over the last time it was in at a main dealer! Andrew I just love how trivial you make the whole thing sound! BB

Yeah that's right, dead trivial, Mr Bannon thought so too.

Andrew

Andrew Rolland wrote: And they gave me my car back at the end of the day which was an improvement over the last time it was in at a main dealer! Andrew

I just love how trivial you make the whole thing sound!

BB

kbannon wrote: Still getting worked up over a trivial issue like getting your car nicked from the dealers?

Er yeah!

Still out of pocket by over £700!  Not had my excess back either.

 

Hmph the cheek!

BeemaBoy wrote: Ofcourse something happens...the 1.3 diesel Vectras are tearing past you BB

I think it was a Yaris and a Focus.

Lights all fixed now.

Harry Fairbairs staff were most pleasent. 

They talked to me, not at me or over me like some dealers do. 

And they gave me my car back at the end of the day which was an improvement over the last time it was in at a main dealer!

Andrew

Car is in with Harry Fairbair today.

They phoned to say that is was a programming fault.  They ten went on to say that re-programming was not covered by Warranty.

I then told them that I had been told by their service manager that it was covered by warranty.  The service manager phoned the warranty compnay on the day I went in and they told him that is was covered.

They then phoned back to say sorry yes it was covered.

My car is getting re-programme and to quote the guy on the phone "it will be updated as of today to match the programmes that are installed on E60's coming off the production line and that I might notice some differences with the iDrive settings" 

Wait and see.

They gave me an E90 318i to drive.  It's really uncomfy, no leather, manual and really slow.  Nowt happens in 5th gear when you floor it.

Andrew

Andrew Rolland wrote: I had a look last night and switched on the "Day time running lights" on the iDrive but that didn't make a difference.  Not sure what day time running lights do when switched on. Thanks Andrew

Side lights that are 'on' all the time, think back to early (80's) Saab's and Volvo's, the new range of Audi's which have LED lights. 

I know it might be a shot in the dark, but could this be a setting in the I Drive computer? There are so many settings for the lights that I would not be suprised if there was one there to turn off the side lights???

BB

Andrew,

 

Spoke to Ed yesterday and he says that BMW found a loose cable on the left hand bulb. They told him that they are conected in series so if one has a bad connection neither will work.

Not sure if that helps or even make sense

 

Mick

Went to Fairbairns in Glasgow yesterday afternoon.

Told them of the problem, waited about 5 mins and a rather helpful Service Manager came out to look at the car. 

He seems to think that it is a programming fault.  In other words the car was re-programmed under previous owners and as a result of this the eyebrow lights do not come on as the car hasn't been told not to put them on when the side lights are on. Stoopid 'puter.

The car will need to be completely re-programmed.  He told me that he didn't think that this was covered by warranty.

He then made a phone call and told me that re-programming would be covered by warranty and that I should book it in at no cost to me.

He bumped his gums a bit that the dealer I bought it from should have noticed this and sorted it at the pre delivery inspection before I took ownership of it a month ago.

So at a mutually convenient date I am to drop it off and pick up a courtesy car.

The girl at the service desk was very nice, helpful and friendly as was the service manager.  What a huge difference in staff attitude from my favourite dealer in Glasgow.

Andrew

Andrew Rolland wrote: This picture shows what looks like a bulb in a bulb holder.  I couldn't see where the wires went.

Went out on Saturday morning armed with a multimeter, test leads a paper clip and a 9V battery.

I pulled the plug out of the socket on top of the light cluster and put some some test leads on the terminals of the bulb which appears to built into the head lights. 

The lights worked on both sides so the problem is that I am not getting any power to the leads. 

The black leads that you see in the photo above come from the head light unit itself above the indicator light and are only about 75-100 mm long. 

Hmm, I think it will need to be a trip to the dealer, unless anyone knows something.

Andrew