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Rear light left/right failure

Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 3:42 pm
by Phil68
I have a problem with my rear lighting as I have recently started getting error messages on start up saying 'Rear light left and rear light right failure', all lights are however working fine, I tried to clear the faults with my Carly but the error remains. Any ideas folks ?... thanks.

Re: Rear light left/right failure

Posted: Sat May 27, 2017 3:45 pm
by X5Sport
Any sign of water ingress or corrosion at the connectors?  That would trigger a high resistance and that can trigger a lights out warning.  Both are known problems on early E70s.  BMW eventually redesigned the seals.

Oh and :hi: to the Forum  :)