Check side light???

[babyduke]

2005 X5 3.0i

I'm getting "check side light" warning. What exactly is a side light? I've walked around the entire car but can't find anything that's not working. Side marker lights work fine too. Did I miss something or is this a glitch?

[StephenVA]

Have you looked at your "Angel Eyes"? That message refers to one of them not creating a circuit (burned out/ fallen out/not there). If you had search for this message on this forum you would have noticed it has been mentioned every 6 months or so.

Oh, i had the same question when I purchased mine as the right side was out in month 2 of ownership. After looking at all the "sidelights" multiple times, I finally noticed the headlamp rings were dead on one side. Poor choice of words to describe Angel Eyes failure. Why not "H/L Rings"? Must be a German to English challenge for the engineering team. I have no idea if that same fault message is used on other lamps like a real side marker lamp either.

Now go buy some upgrade ones!

[Qsilver7]

The "CHECK SIDE LIGHT" warning is used probably because they illuminate along with the other lights that are considered side lights/parking lights...in other words, the lights that come on in the front when the headlight switch is turned to the first position (clock wise) from OFF.