BMW X5 Xenon low beam not working... Fault finding and repair.
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This BMW X5 E53 from 2005, came to me with the left hand side Xenon low beam not working...
Upon on investigation, found initially what seemed to be the issue, but it was more than meet the eye...
Follow me on this video to find out what was the problem and how to resolve it.
Hope you enjoy the video.
Any questions or comments put them below.
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Fuel level as expected, things are back to normal.
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Battery seems to be weak also.
I had an almost identical issue to this on my 2004 e53. On mine the sun roof vent has a soft hose that runs down the inside of the pillar airbag and pokes inside a steel receptical. The cure is to pull the air bag cover off and push some compressed air down the metal pipe, loads of shite blows out on to the floor and you are good to go. What happens is the lower portion gets blocked and in heavy rain it fills and overflows at the join and water runs straight into the LCM. I should have realised because one of my neighbours kept telling me that random lights were coming on on my car at night but dismissed it. I then parked up for a week at Birmingham airport and when I came back I had a dead battery. Got it started and the lights were all over the place and tracked it down. Luckily, my LCM wasn't as corroded as yours, but was full of water and the carpet was soaked. Good video though, well done.
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Thanks, for watching and for your comment!
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The aiming control is an absolute must. Too low you cannot see anything to high you blind others. I hate being dazzled by modern overly bright lights.
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Agree...
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Good fix. You should put a disclaimer to the garage and owner, that the fix is temporary due to the previous repair you found. Plus cheap for now, expensive later. I suspect that car could be about to be sold on to some unsuspecting person.
Hopefully you put a doc file with this video for future records.
Absolutely!
I always explain this things... and the videos are out there to show it... nothing to hide here...
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Completely dumb from BMW to put the ALC-module in the bottom of the headlight. When there is condensation water inside the light, of course it goes straight in to the module. I had couple years back E91 BMW and i had to replace one ALC module because of this exact reason :D
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Spot on Luis, all up and running now and instructions followed. Also glad to see your first video from your new place, hope there's more to come.
Thanks...
Loads more coming...😉
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Great video as always Luis. Love the troubleshooting steps and honest assessment to repair shoddy work. Lovely to finally see your garage space and looking forward to another guided tour into your workspace when up and running .😀
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That's might take a while... lol
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Congrats on new place!! What a mess, but love watching your videos Luis!
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Thanks!
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Hi Luis !!, as always Great Diagnoses 👍 👌 👏 keep up the Excellent workmanship. Great to see your workshop too! God bless !
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Thanks!
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Great results 👍 as already said petrol lights are always on when you receive vehicles!
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Greetings Louis, your level of intelligence is beyond measure, u the best, all the way from
Zimbabwe
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well done very good tracking down the problem great video
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Thanks!
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I would not even feel bad about changing the headlight. Ask yourself this Luis, do you want to repair problems or do a hack job? I understand that the garage that brought you the car are probably good clients but I don't think that a second hand module would have been that expensive for such an old X5. I bet you were not too happy to open the module more than once, fish out the wire, soldering and knowing that this is not the right way to do things. You got it done but I can't believe you were very satisfied. No disrespect towards you Luis but it makes me question the client.
True... it is nor the best feeling doing something that you know at prior it is not the best way of doing things...
But... 😓
Luckily this are not the most common ones...
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Thanks Belux!
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2 fingers of water 😂 love it
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Thank you and hope you all the best
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Thanks!
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Good job Luis, you can only do what the customer wants if it fails again that's the customers fault for being cheap
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No fuel, battery dead and someone’s been here before 😂Another day at LM Auto repairs! The no fuel thing amazes me as it takes a lot of forward planning to drop a car off with so little fuel. Go figure 😂
Carefully planning...😅
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Your very Good + your very excellent at your work!! + Explabation❤
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Thanks!
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Fantatsic diagnosis and repair. I would ask you to do a proper repair rather than the cheapest option.
Excellent work again 👍
Wouldn't that depend on the customer? It's hardly a minter in the first spring of youth so Bangernomics comes in to play here.
Hey man got an e83 x3 same exact problem changed the ballast, bulbs even the module same problem have a similar code for dazzlling in drivers view
Im so stuck couldnt believe i found your vid but mines isnt corroded actually very clean i was thinking problem the level sensor underneath the car
Have you scanned the car?
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Greetings from Turkey imsvar thanks for the video
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Nice to finally have a roof over your head lol,great vid as usual 👌
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I had the same error;
Due to electrostatic discarge ,some module produce errors;
I disconnected one terminal from baterry and connented it to the other terminal
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Clearly that wouldn't work here...😋
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morning luis bet its nice to have your "WORKSHOP" right there did you buy the garage and get the house free looks a lovely place congratulations you deserve it
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It is mice indeed to have it...
Thank you so much, for watching and for your comment!
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Nice video
And at your new place
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Thanks!
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great video Luis what make of battery maintainer do you use mate ,glad to see your settling in
I use a 30 amp one that I bought few years a go... nothing special...
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I’ve been experiencing lightning issues similar to this on my E39 . So same issue with rainwater soaking the passenger side LCM . Been drying the carpet out now for 4 days. Module is a nightmare to access .
Hope you get it sorted...
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Its a must to fix leaks into your car....
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That 's why I hang down line when someone said can I fix BMW , it is always "cheapest" option and lot of previous hack jobs ... BMW owners are same all around the world ...
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Mulțumim!
Thanks you so much!
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Ahh happy first video at new driveway and workshop. Can of worms mate that vehicle electrics you can only do what the budget allows
Absolutely!
There is one more video on this one though... coming soon...
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The problem is AHL module.If you disconnect it the low light will come on.
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Hi, Your diagnostics is awesome. I have BMW X5 2005 model and i have been experiencing delayed auto lights ON in the night. In auto or manual mode it takes 10-15 seconds or up to a min to turn on the headlights. Its crazy to drive at the night with out the delayed lights on. Please help isolate the problem and how to fix it. Appreciate the help.
The auto lights do work in conjunction with the light sensor in the windscreen...
Check that the sensor area is nor dirty etc...
Scan the car and check live data...
Could be a the the light sensor is failing...
@@LMAutoRepairs you had nailed it. That windshield wiper sensor screen cracked and gone bad for years and i didn't care to replace that because i didn't care for windshield wiper. Did not realize that it would affect the headlights. Will see if i can find a junk yard part or some replacement. Thanks, a bunch
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do i need a bmw scanner to see the live data.. All i have is innova scanner which is generic OBDII. ?
Not necessarily a BMW scanner... but a scanner that can access deeper the modules of the car... a generic obd scanner usually are not capable of that...
Got another question my man. I got P0134 code on 2005 BMW X5. Would replacing a new oxygen sensor Bank 1 Sensor 1 fix it ? or its got more to do with it. Got to do smog test so eager to fix it soon ? Thanks a lot.
I would proper check the car prior to replace any parts...
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Don’t feel bad about the level control it’s required to function for MOT
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Hello where is your workshop? ..
I have a problem with my BMW X5 it's just had the expansytank changed + now it's started up + when she stalled after about 5minutes running ..it says CHECK LOWER BEAM LIGHTS?
I DID NOTICE AS IT STALLED THE PASSENGER SIDE LOWER BEAM LIGHT WAS THE ONLY ONE ONE + PROCEEDED TO FADE TO OFF, WHATS YOUR OPINION PLEASE? I AM FOLLOWING YOUR IDEAS FROM THE LAST VIDEO TO SEE IF I CAN LOCATE THE PROBLEM + SOMEHOW FIX IT
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Have you scanned the car?
That would be my first step...
Obviously check connections, fuses, etc...
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looking at that module, who wouldn't have said it needs replacing of course you would, anybody would, it was in a shocking state...
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That moment when you think it's just the bulb and you open a can of corroded worms 😩
Indeed...
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there are probably thousands more out there like this one ... water and electrics/electronics are not a good combination, don't tell me vehicle manufacturers don't know this
Of course they do...
But is not in their interest to acknowledge it...
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What causes it to go all green to begin with
Water/moisture...
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Ola Luis 😀 para uso em diagnostico auto e claro em casa se for preciso consegues sugerir dois multímetros? Um caro e um barato...
O meu unit 61e estava com o dial avariado.
Fluke vale mesmo a pena? Uso semanal do mesmo
Eu pessoalmente não comprava Fluke...
Mas também nunca usei um por tempo suficiente para poder comparar...
O que uso, tenho-o à mais de 10 anos, e nunca tive problemas... é mais do que suficiente para trabalhar em carros etc...
Se tens gosto e estás disposto a pagar o premium preço dos fluke, força...
Mas acho que não vais notar a diferença...
Só a minha opinião, alguém com um fluke provavelmente vai-te dar uma opinião diferente...
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@@LMAutoRepairs eu também tinha essa opinião sem usar.
Fora fluke que recomendarias pessoalmente tu
Unit-t, claro...🤪
AstroAI, Greenlee... tens bastante por onde escolher...
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Continuação de óptimos vídeos, aprendo contigo muito
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Obrigado!
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Great work as always, but is there a more hideous car than an X5? Put a match to it and do the world a favour.
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Great job that's the maxium job with this old car ,hhhhh because if you want do that beter and change the unit and the plug it will cost more than the car price hhhhhhh
Overall thx for you ,your video are amazing
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Probably... lol
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You should name garage so others can avoid them , that’s a shoddy fix !
I doubt it was the garage that did the previous repair, because if it was, they would have just done the same thing to fix this current issue and not have sent it to Luis.
That's correct....
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Hi, Luis do you have some business email ? Or email at all...?
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