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02-21-2020, 04:35 PM
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BMW Headlights Wiring
I know most of us are struggling with the headlights wiring inside the headlights, like the peeling off the insulation. I start a petition in this matter, to be able to make a complain to BMW USA, for a recall, Please help me with this by signing the petition, on the link bellow and spread the word to many as possible to help make a change. Thank you https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/...adlight-wiring 
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02-21-2020, 08:21 PM
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02-21-2020, 10:39 PM
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Clear to those that have had wiring issues or even worse, fires in their headlights. Wires lose insulation and short out, causing unit to fail.
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2005 X5 3.0, Manual Transmission, Black on Black, Sport Suspension, 250,000+ miles and counting, Best SUV I've ever owned
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02-22-2020, 03:37 AM
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Wasn't this mandated by the fatherland? Bio degradable wiring I mean. Might have to sue Germany.
 This affects soooo many German vehicles from the late 90's until about 2010, give or take a few years depending on the particular model.
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2005 X5 4.4i Build 04/05 Maintenance/Build Log Nav, Pano, Sport (Purchased 06/14 w/ 109,000 miles) (Sold 8/15 w/121,000 miles) 2006 X5 4.8is Build 11/05 Maintenance/Build Log Nav, DSP, Pano, Running Boards, OEM Tow Hitch, Cold Weather Pckg (Purchased 08/15 w/ 90,500 miles) 2010 X5 35d Build 02/10 Nav, HiFi, 6 DVD, Sports Pckg, Cold Weather Pckg, HUD, CAS, Running Boards, Leather Dash, PDC, Pano (Purchased 03/17 w/ 136,120 miles) Last edited by crystalworks; 02-22-2020 at 03:46 AM.
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02-22-2020, 07:19 AM
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Yes it was from a German environment group and that unexposed wire would use the "nice" insulation and the bean counters felt that a lot of the wires in the engine bay were NOT exposed....
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02-22-2020, 08:06 AM
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I now understand....
As an input to this discussion. I owned a couple of Peugeot 405 Mi16's back in the late 90's. Peugeot had left the US and the cars remaining here were quite cheap. There was a lively group of Peugeot owners sharing info on-line like we do. Anyway, the 405 was plagued with headlights whose US-spec plastic lenses oxidized and clouded up badly - often worse than what you see on 15-20 year old BMWs. Somehow, the US Dept of Transportation caught wind of the issue and made Peugeot issue a recall on the lenses years after they left the market. We all got new lenses from former Peugeot dealers -some of whom were still servicing cars. I don't know why something similar wouldn't work for this issue, or even the broken adjuster issue that plagues the E39s.
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02-22-2020, 10:36 AM
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Luckily you can disassemble them well enough to cover just about every wire in high quality electrical tape. I did that to one of my headlights before I sold it. From what I've seen the two lights I have now have wiring in good condition.
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