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E93 headlight issue - damaged cable to xenon control unit
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12-14-2014, 02:45 PM | #1 |
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E93 headlight issue - damaged cable to xenon control unit
The passenger side xenon low beam headlight went out on our 2008 e93. I started by replacing the bulb, which didn't help. After reading into it I figured it was a bad xenon control unit.
So I have pulled the headlight off and upon removing the Xenon control unit, it looks like the cables going into the unit are both damaged. I purchased the steel braided cable before hand just in case there was an issue. But I can't seem to find a replacement for the normal wires with plastic harness connector. Am I shit out of luck and going to have to buy a new headlight? Or is there a way for me to replace that cabling also? I believe the issue was caused by condensation in the headlight after a car wash where I believe a pressure washer must have been used to clean the engine bay and wheel wells.
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12-17-2014, 10:46 PM | #3 |
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Bueller...
Am I the only one with bad enough luck to have this issue? I know plenty of people have had issues with the xenon control unit itself.
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12-18-2014, 06:31 PM | #4 |
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Are you handy with a soldering gun? If so maybe you can go to a scrap yard and get that piece or you can just cut it and splice into your wires. Or another option is to repin your connector with some fresh wire, splice and solder then heat shrink it.
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Junkyard diving seems like the best option right now.
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12-20-2014, 06:33 AM | #7 |
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If you know any body shops maybe you could ask if you could have or buy a smashed light if it comes with the connector. Aside from that I'd just go to the junkyard and see what you could find.
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12-30-2014, 03:04 PM | #8 |
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so i replaced the xenon control unit, and the wires that were damaged + the metal braided cable. Also, I am using a new bulb. But the light still isn't working.
Any other ideas? I had seen something about the circuit electronically being closed there was a short circuit as a safety measure, but I'm not sure what I did with that link and don't know how that would be reset.
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01-04-2015, 11:09 PM | #9 |
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just to conclude this, this light is now working. After replacing the xenon control unit and repairing the damaged wires, I needed to have the short circuit counter reset. This was done by a local BMW coder (Jimmy - thanks!).
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01-05-2015, 06:39 AM | #10 |
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Oh nice, glad to hear you got it working. That must've sucked doing that work to find the light still not working! Good to know that the short needs to be reset.
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