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Correct, this is pretty much my hunt on what exactly did he do with the 5th wire that is for rear fogs if it is in the trunk. US cars don't use fogs fogs, they don't have the switch and US lights generally do not ship with rear fogs. The LCI's might, but this is where I would start with his issues.
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Hey Joe and GATX. As you both mentioned some cars including mine came with the 5th wire. When I did the swap I unpinned and then secured and covered the rear fog wire with electrical tape. From following this thread I was able to have full functionality with one issue. When I scanned the car it always showed this "Short circuit left and right outer lights". Sometimes shutting down the car would help as that seems to have allowed the BDC to reset itself and everything would work. However the latest code I'm getting as mentioned is "I've exceeded allowable short circuit resets." So I'm thinking either a fuse has blown at the BDC and or the unit will need to be recoded to allow power to the upper portion of the left side tail light.
I have not touched anything at the BDC nor did I run any extra wires from inner to outer as mentioned. I am hoping that these lights are in fact OEM Bmw and not a knock-off made to look OEM. Going to dig and see if the BDC does have replaceable fuses for each light function as I'm stumped and driving around with a brake light not working. |
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Plus your lights might not even be oem, big issue. You have a lot of things to figure out, before we can give advice. |
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I got my lights from Abdul as well as you know. I have a pretty good eye for knock offs and mine were 100% legit. Part numbers, labeling and packaging was all BMW. Just weighing in, but who knows?? I have not had any issues with my Euros other than noticing something well after coding that needed to be tweaked by Vic and took him 10 minutes. I really didn't spend too much time checking all functionality after install. The brakes lit up and the blinkers worked and I called it a success. The outers weren't braking though which I discovered later, but he coded it. I am stumped. That 5th wire on US lights was my best hunch. Keep us posted and I will dig around too.
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Thanks I'll definitely keep the community posted. I actually found the errors on my own. Tried reaching out to Vic via WhatsApp from the same contact # listed earlier but have not got a response yet.
Didn't know it was possible to loose coding other than dealer tinkering with the software. Going to explore that-thank you. |
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Vic is very talented, but he can also be tough to nail down, which I find with most coders. He has done right by me and I have paid him well even when he didn't want any additional money, but I have been playing the "let's play it by ear game" on getting a time when he can code my rear fogs. I gave up after several attempts to schedule something. I have heard great things about codemybimmer from people I really trust. HK based but very responsive and flexible to time differences. https://www.codemybimmer.ca/
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Another cold morning and again "turn signal error" in both left and right lights…SMH
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I’d double check your connections (at the terminals where you re-pinned the wires). Sounds like with metal contracting in the cold, there isn’t a solid connection. Ensure they are pushed all the way in. Worst case scenario, you made need a new black wire terminal.
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Hello, please tell me
I installed the ECE version yesterday, but only one of the rear fogs lights up. Even if the voltage is measured at the connector part, it is zero. Do you need any coding? |
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It's normal in many countries for only one fog light to work. This is by design so people behind you do not think you are braking. However, it is possible through coding to have them both work at the same time. Mine are coded for one and Vic is stumped. I've seen other coders make both function.
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Currently, the rear fog is lit only on the driver's side. I also want to light the passenger side, but the coding parameters Do you know |
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I'm pretty sure that these lights only actually have one physical fog light in them. The EU/UK ones at least. Happy to be corrected but when I fitted mine I checked this out and it looked like the light assembly was different on one side compared to the other.
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