Richard in NC said:
Marcducati;
Thanks for the tip to keep the windshield dirty
Stickman, kwalls;
My assumption was the fog lights down below weren't counted. When looking at the passenger side headlight assembly, light A would be a small orange covered light (in the US), B would be a 2 inch diameter turn signal with orange bulb, C is the xenon low beam, and D is the halogen high beam.
I did not get a warning message in the dash when the turn signal bulb was out, just a fast blink. I don't know what would happen if both were out.
BINGO !!!! Richard in NC got it right !!
God **** new fangle car made me a fool and a liar for the 3rd time since August. Aint nothing wrong with the headlights.
I went to Vista BMW in Coconut Creek, Florida to have them check out the headlights, do oil change and any possible warranty work.
I bust my butt to get up early and beat traffic to get their at 7:30AM open. I dont usually wake up till 7AM for 9AM work start so I was a bit groggy.
Got there 7:36AM and was 5th in line.
A sight to see was a 2-door tricked out M3 or 3 series in lime green with a wide-body kit, deep dish chrome rims, racing stickers/decals and logo. It also had vertical/Lamborghini doors, custom interior and dual NOS-canisters in the back seat with roll cage. Must be one "FAST" car. Looks like a car out of 2 Fast, 2 Furious !!
Anyway while waiting for work on car I inquired about bluetooth capability for the 2002 M5 with a Sprint phone/service. Not much to choose from with the Treo 650 being the Sprint phone of choice.
Soon after the car and analysis was done. Tech said, "there's nothing wrong with the lights, they are fine !" .... Hmmm, Im stumped and a bit skeptical so I say, "show me". We go to the car and he sits in and turns on the light in question.
Low and behold the "b" lights are on and they are blinking in orange.
My draw drops and Im like ... I'll be damned !!
I have never seen those lights on, so how did he do it.
Apparently when I made this post after checking the lights I did so with no key in the ignition. With no key in the ignition, the "b" lights will "NEVER" be on.
The Tech had the key in the ignition and turned and therefore the "b" lights worked as he enabled the turn signals.
Now it seems to me that the "b" lights are the turn signals and not "a" as I thought.
In the past when I tested the turn signals I was always in the car and assumed since the color was orange, it came from the corner "a" lights.
Guess, bad assumption.
Now Im wondering whats the purpose of the "a" lights. After further inspection they seem to be a lens and not a light with a bulb.
The Tech did mention some fiber optic connection with the angel eyes.
So I guess, the corner "a" just illuminates with a low,medium glow.
This high tech stuff is making me a fool ! :crying:
I did request an oil change but the service rep said not necessary since after reading the key (another amazement to me, what the ??? :confused3 ) he said I had 3 solid green bars and service was not necessary until orange/yellow shows.
So no oil change.
I did request a system/diagnostics check but the service rep. blew me off and said i dont have a "magic wand" to tell what is bad or close to fail on the car.
So no system/diagnostic check.
I kinda felt, geez what a waste of time, but I guess I should be glad that there is nothing obviously wrong with the car and the lights do work fine.
One more sight to see was after cruising by Champion Audi around the corner to visit a buddy, I saw a M5 competitor, the Audi RS6 in the showroom. It was a 2003 with 13K miles, auto, black out/black int for $80k. With all things being equal I still prefer the M5, at least it was manual/stick.
Peace,
GR :7: