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10-21-2005, 07:00 PM | #1 |
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Help. Melted reflector. Does anyone experience this.
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I wanted to replace the reversing lights and found that both rear fog light reflectors had been melted. It seemed the 21watts bulbs are too close to the reflectors. Does anyone experience this? Sorry if i posted in the wrong place. thavee |
10-21-2005, 09:39 PM | #2 |
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Tell the dealer, they might be able to do something. If anything, it may trigger a big "recall" with BMW because it can pose as a potential fire hazard.
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10-22-2005, 01:20 AM | #3 |
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i doubt that. seem like you changed the bulb to an aftermarket one. better be careful. those aftermarket might have more watts, causing the melt down...
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10-22-2005, 01:20 AM | #4 |
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The big question is this....did you change the bulbs out and not put the right ones/correct wattage back in? I can't imagine something like this slipping past all the safety testing.
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10-22-2005, 07:53 AM | #6 |
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You're not telling us if the bulbs were stock or if you had previously replaced them. If they are the factory stock bulbs you should report it. That would be a design flaw. If you put aftermarket bulbs in, go back to the stocks and be glad there's not more damage.
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10-22-2005, 12:41 PM | #7 |
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The bulbs are stock bulb H6W. Please look at the small long tiny one. Do not look at the blue one. The blue one is the reversing lights. I reported this to BMW Thailand. There are two e90s found the same problem. This problem happened both sides of the foglights. (I found this because I wanted to change the reversing lights. Without that intention, I would never know that the reflectors got melted.) Just want to learn if e90 in your area has the same problem. My e90 is assembled in Thailand, also some auto parts are made in Thailand.
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10-22-2005, 01:55 PM | #8 |
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If only the foglights are at stake, the sample youīre going to get here is not very big. Many posters here are from the US and as far as I know US E90 do not have rear fog lights. I have such lights on my Euro spec E90 but since I will only use them when conditions really call from them (fog with less than 150feet of visibility) and immediately turn them back off when visibility gets better (those lights are really annoying to following traffic if there is no really dense fog), they will have very little "uptime". Come to think of it, In the 3.5 months Iīve had my E90, I donīt think Iīve turned them on yet. Your best hopes would probably be posters from England and Scottland. Famous for fog
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10-22-2005, 02:56 PM | #9 |
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How do the rear fog lights look?
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10-22-2005, 02:59 PM | #10 |
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They are part of the inner rear light cluster. Those look exactly the same on the US. They just have no function in the US version
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10-22-2005, 03:09 PM | #11 |
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thanks tierfreund.
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10-22-2005, 08:08 PM | #12 |
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That rear fog light bulbs are OEM and it is the halogen type with 21 watts on it which created a very high temperature which you will notice after 1- 2 minutes after turned on. This is definately a defect from the BMW. If I remov the bulbs for safety purposes then the warning light in the cockpit will come on which is very annoying also. BMW Thailand should recall this incident and have all electrical thorough check.
In the pictures, they are OEM light bulbs. Last edited by chamras; 10-23-2005 at 01:26 AM.. |
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10-23-2005, 04:25 AM | #13 |
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Why would you need to remove them? Simply do not activate the rear fog lights (they donīt come on automatically) and leave it to the dealer to find the problem
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10-23-2005, 04:38 AM | #14 |
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Are you shure the bulb holder was properly installed in the beginning ?
Maybe it wasnt all the way in, causing the bulb to be too near to the plastic ? |
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10-23-2005, 06:08 AM | #15 |
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The reports are stating to drop in of more such occurences:
http://forum.e90fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=778
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10-23-2005, 09:49 AM | #16 |
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E90 rear fog light
Yes, those bulbs are fully pushed all the way in from the factory. When I removed the light bulbs panel from the housing, I saw part of it started to melt but still in good condition. Looks like Mr.Thavee case is worse than mine. When the rear fog light were installed from the factory, when removed, I can see that the light bulb were installed quite near to the plastic. If only they use less watts or disable this function, then it shouldn't be any problem. I did tried removing both side bulb from the rear, but the warning light keep showing. I don't really need to use the fog light here in Bangkok, Thailand. But for safety purposes, I would rather have them removed. Will contact BMW Thailand next week. I am sure many people do not aware of this matter as they are installed all the way at the rear of the car. I don't think people will notice them until something happened. Maybe short circuit or the plastic started to melt all the way to the outside. I don't think BMW Thailand knew about this matters.
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