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Old 10-26-2020, 11:58 AM
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This solution has worked great for retaining headlight functionality despite non functioning ALC. I just recently got INPA and the other BMW software running and was able to reset the system so all is working now with the lighting system. Going to remove this workaround to clean everything up.

What had ultimately happened was water intrusion into the headlight that caused the failure of the ALC module under the left headlight. The LCM then disabled the low-beam. I replaced the ALC module with a used one but could never reset the system without BMW software on a laptop. I was able to verify all motors and functionality good with a Foxwell, though was not able to find a reset in its menus for the system.

Just thought I would post an update as low beam Xenon fault threads pop up from time to time and this is something to check after ballasts/bulbs have been eliminated as a cause.
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