[the_e90]

Hi guys
did any one of you ever had the adaptive light control failure warning in dash? I have a 06 325i and was wondering what kind of expense would this be? Is it just the module that controls adaptive lights or would this require a complete new xenon assembly?

Thanks

[pruettfan]

I assume the car is out of warranty. This failure is most likely of the motor or actuator for the adaptive headlights. It should not require a whole assembly change. You may want to changing the switch position from auto to manual and see if the fault goes away. The adaptive lights only work in auto. Can you tell what light is not working correctly? I would also check fuses just in case you are lucky enough to have a simple problem.

[Scimitar335i]

other than what the other guys said its gonna cost yo about 130 bucks for a new one. Go to GetBMWParts.com but get the part number from realoem.com... good luck!!

[AlB]

i would be happy if mine failed, really messes with your head during hard conering at night

[the_e90]

hi guys - thanks for replies. The car is out of warranty and the annoying error comes up regardless if you keep it on auto or not.

My question is that, has anyone ever DIY'ed this problem? Can you please give me more info on the $130 part?

I heard horror stories that you need to replace the entire light assembly for $1700!

[alq80]

oh man, that's bad. the thing has been going out on my car 5 times now i hate to knkow what it would be like after warranty

[OscarHotel]

Yes, I have a wierd problem on an 08 335. Intermittent fail that resets after a complete shutdown. Am abroad at moment, but will have it checked in UK.

[Tee-Dub]

Originally Posted by AlB

i would be happy if mine failed, really messes with your head during hard conering at night

Don't use the "auto" function and the adaptive light function is turned off.

[VTECaddict]

Originally Posted by Tee-Dub

Don't use the "auto" function and the adaptive light function is turned off.

But then you have to manually turn the lights on and off when you want them! How primitive!

[lonestar22]

omg so lazy

[hotnikks]

So which part is this??

[kevinbahnz]

happened to me when I was driving home from NC. I think I was in Wilkes-barr PA. I stopped for gas and restarted the car and It worked again and still is. But I will asked the dealer to look at it when I bring it in for my 30k oil service.

[boilator]

I had the icon show once in the last 5 months of owning the vehicle. I was sitting in the car for an hour while my son was at an appointment. I was using the BT and radio (AUX mode). When I went to start the car up, the symbol lit up and a warning chime sounded. It only fixed itself when the car was finally garaged and went into sleep mode.

I believe something funky happened with the computer and didn't reset with a restart.

I've not taken it to the dealer for this issue; don't think I will until my next oil service. Not too worried, it's working now.

Lator

[Scotts335]

I replaced my drivers side adaptive xenon headlight and it was around $1200. I installed it myself and I got the adaptive headlight warning. I took it to BMW and it cost more than $800 to just reprogram the damn thing. Not worth it. The light does not go away no matter what setting it is on.

[Kenneto]

To answer your question

base on my own experience, If your car dash showing adaptive light control failure warning sign. Your car headlight stepper motors might be missing (either someone before took it out or someone steal it). "You don't need to buy the whole headlight to fix this problem."

What you need to do now is to have someone check for your headlight to see if stepper motors are there. "They might need to take out the bumper to check this."

I suggest you to buy Stepper motors from BMW dealership($180 ~$240 each) and have them reprogram for you.

PS. Stepper motors doesnt level the headlight it turns them, give BMW a call

Ken Yang

[chinna_n]

Hi,

I know this is old thread I am resurrecting, but I was wondering how it was fixed if it was fixed. I bought 2007 328i, and it is showing that error irrespective of Manual or auto mode. But few times it skipped giving me that warning in Manual mode, but it is not consistent.

Also, I did not get any error code using scangauge. I was hoping I could find which side light has issue, so that I can open that headlight. Now I do not know which side has problem. Of course I do not know what the problem is either. The auto-leveling is working fine. It does not look like projectors are hanging out of socket.

Any suggestions on how to find out which side has issues?

Thanks

[mike3000fl]

Originally Posted by chinna_n

Hi,

I know this is old thread I am resurrecting, but I was wondering how it was fixed if it was fixed. I bought 2007 328i, and it is showing that error irrespective of Manual or auto mode. But few times it skipped giving me that warning in Manual mode, but it is not consistent.

Also, I did not get any error code using scangauge. I was hoping I could find which side light has issue, so that I can open that headlight. Now I do not know which side has problem. Of course I do not know what the problem is either. The auto-leveling is working fine. It does not look like projectors are hanging out of socket.

Any suggestions on how to find out which side has issues?

Thanks

Its been awhile but there is a steering wheel position sensor, that sort of ties in with the speed and some other sensors, to send a signal to two control modules (one bolted to the bottom of each headlight), that then move stepper motors to make the actual lens move.

So basically the steering angle sensor could be bad, or another input type sensor. Or it could be a bad module or stepper motor.

How i would test motors left and right:
If it were me, I would put the car in auto mode, face a wall and turn the steering right, the lights should move right, steer center and they should center. If that happens, then the left right motors are good. Cover each headlight with something to test this individually.

How i would test motors up and down:
Then test the up down of each motor by perhaps messing with the auto level on the left front driver side control arm. Depending on how much you want this fixed, jack the car up and take the wheel off, get that sensor arm off and move it up and down and look for the lights to move.

How i would test the modules:
Remove each one and switch them left to right. If one headlight didnt move and when you switch the module it does move, then the module is bad or needs recoding.

Be prepared to remove your front bumper cover, which is not that hard.

[Hodgepodge]

First off, if the steering angle sensor is bad, your dash would be lit up like a Christmas tree because DSC would not be working either. You would see a brake symbol, a warning and possibly a tire symbol and your fixed "brake" error message would come up yellow. If you don't have these things, it isn't the position sensor.

I have had 11 BMWs and have worked on all of them myself. The newer ones are much more finicky but the diagnostic tools are also much better.

I was unfortunate enough to have my wife park my 328i behind her SUV and then forget and back into it. Smashed the drivers side ALC headlight. Then before I got that fixed, my 16 year old daughter backed my 528 wagon into the other headlight. (Nothing worse than having somebody back one of your BMWs into one of your other BMWs....) So I shopped around for replacement ALC headlights and finally found some on eBay for about $300 per side, with no electronics.

If you are at all handy, I strongly suggest you buy a copy of DIS from eBay along with the cable. Install it on an old laptop that you can take out to your car. DIS is not terribly easy to use, but there are a bunch of tutorials on YouTube. It will pay for itself 1000 times over. DIS is the ONLY software that will talk correctly to the BMW CAN bus and it tells you EVERYTHING that is going on with your car. Trust me, I know this. I own a Go Point, a Peake and 3 other scanners or programs. I think I paid about $50 for DIS, shipped from half way across the planet. (Do NOT give me grief about buying what might be a bootleg product that has the sole purpose of helping the dealer rip me off.)

If the diagnostics says it is a left or right stepper motor, (either failure of communication) you have a choice to make. Either give up and take it to the dealer and fork out about $1000 (Don't let them tell you that you need a whole new $1000 headlight assembly...all you need is the stepper motor.) The alternative is to buy the parts on line and take the front bumper cover off of your car so you can get to the headlight assemblies. This is not terribly hard to do, but it is time consuming and swear inducing. Again, there are YouTube videos to show you how to do this.
If the diagnostics says the left or right control module is bad, you have lucked out. You can replace the control module without having to take off the bumper cover, but you will need to lower the front wheel liner to get to it. (turn the wheel away from that side so you can get to it.) I had to replace one of the control modules once and ended up spending about $85 for one on eBay. Worked fine.

On this car, the error I got was "left stepper motor communication failure - ground fault", so I had to take off the entire bumper cover AGAIN to get back in there and mess with it. Fortunately, I still had my old headlights, so I just swapped parts. If I had thoroughly tested everything before putting the bumper cover back on the first time, it would have saved some time and grief.

So, first and foremost, get yourself a copy of DIS by whatever means your conscience allows. Without good BMW-based diagnostics, you are literally guessing about what the problem is and with BMW, that can be very expensive.

[Joseph_kdc]

Originally Posted by the_e90

Hi guys
did any one of you ever had the adaptive light control failure warning in dash? I have a 06 325i and was wondering what kind of expense would this be? Is it just the module that controls adaptive lights or would this require a complete new xenon assembly?

Thanks

Hello, after washing my e90 i got an error for the adaptive headlamps cc-id295
A cap was loose and water has been get into my light.
The adaptive module under the light has been wet and damaged by water.
I removed it and clean it with a toothbrush with water absorbing and put it under the sun.
I re put it and now the light sign has being turned off.

[StriderBMW]

Originally Posted by boilator

I had the icon show once in the last 5 months of owning the vehicle. I was sitting in the car for an hour while my son was at an appointment. I was using the BT and radio (AUX mode). When I went to start the car up, the symbol lit up and a warning chime sounded. It only fixed itself when the car was finally garaged and went into sleep mode.

I believe something funky happened with the computer and didn't reset with a restart.

I've not taken it to the dealer for this issue; don't think I will until my next oil service. Not too worried, it's working now.

Lator

Strange I plugging an iPod into AUX jack as well when mine came on (never came on before). Wonder if it glitches the computer or something