High Beams
Hey guys,
On my way home last night I pushed forward the turn signal stalk to turn on my high beams. They never went on. However, when I pulled the stalk toward me (flash function) they did flash and would remain on as long as I held the stalk back. My question is: is the problem in the switch on the turn signal stalk or is it in the LKM?
Thanks in advance for your input.
Gordo.
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I reckon the switch is dying;
Had this trouble with my old E28 535i. (it has the same stalk).
Symptoms were affected by temperature, and got worse.
I changed the stalk and everything was fine... but the LKM pulls out easy enough... re-soldering the contacts is easy just in case they are at fault. Try swapping the relay also, but I doubt that since they work on full-on (same goes for the LKM really)
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you have the lights all the way on?
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Check the relays. That happened to me before... except my lows and highs died. Fogs work (and my fogs only work when low-beam is engaged)
Pulling on the stalk to flash worked my highs... but pushing to engage didn't work.
A wire was changed and one relay... can't remember which one, the shop blew quite a number of fuses finding the sneak circuit though (I think they went through 4 or 5) before they found it.
Hey Geak,
What do you want for the stalk?
Gordo.
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