an update for those who can help!
 

This is an update to my 2 year long quest to find clear front corners (on an assembly kit that works)!!

I purchased the DEPO lights with and updated AE set up, for my 03 X5 with Xenon, installed the lights, tapped into the fog's and everything went smooth until I began to receive error message. Plus he car has been acting very funky.

The lights no longer turn on automatically when it becomes dark outside, and when I turn the light dial all the way to the right (in order to put the lights on manually), all hell breaks loose; my interior lights turn on, radio stays on but loses sound completely, I receive an error prompt in German, and my hazard lights begin to blink. The lights do work (sometimes), and do seem to level themselves, and I am able to shut off the interior lights, shut off the hazards and turn the radio back on without any resistance, but the error messages do not go away.

As i said, the lights do work sometimes, one day both low beams will be working, the next only one and Ill get the "check low beam error" the next day they will be working again, and I'll get the "check high beam error" and obvious enough, one high beam will be out only to come back on the next day.

I'm not sure if this is a standard thing with DEPO assemblies, but it is not something that I am willing to live with. I purchased the items in order to improve the vehicle, not add headaches.

If anyone has experience with DEPO headlight assemblies, PLEASE chime in. I have heard that it may have something to do with the ballast, and I'm contemplating just sending the whole thing back and performing a "bake and switch" since my headlight assemblies have an 02 manufacture date.

I should add that there is really no issue with the AE set up, since it is a just a very basic connection to my fog lights. I plan to change this down the road, but first i want the assemblies to run properly.

Thanks in advance :dh: :cussing: :damn: :pullhair:

Pics
 

Thought i would add some pics so you can see what I'm dealing with...

I thought you were returning the lights?!

It sounds like:

1) Wired wrong
or
2) Missing something - like maybe an an error-cancelling harness.
or both 1 & 2.

My dash went crazy when wiring my HID fog upgrade. I got the error-cancelling unit and solved my pronlem.

However yours are the headlights but its obvious something is wired wrong. I could have sworn there were several threads asking about how to wire the same exact headlights.

Let me see if I can find them. Meanwhile, I'm not sure if I would be keeping those HLs connected. You might just screw-up a module or two or ..... :dunno:

Well Twins, I was going to return the lights, but decided to give them a try.

The lights are definitely wired correctly, atleast from my standpoint. Everything was basically "plug and play" from stock to aftermarket, except for the AE's obviously, but I seem to have no problem with the AE's or anything they are connected to, so the problem lies therein my new DEPO assemblies.

I was told it could be the aftermarket ballast causing problems, and it does make sense, since all errors relate to low beam lights (ie, self level error; check low beam error) and i have no idea what that german error message means.

I did receive new ballasts, which i will install and test on saturday, hopefully they work, if not i will for sure send the lights back.

As for the wrongly sized high beam halo, this will be replaced as soon as the vendor receives the correct size on his end. Unfortunately this particular vendor was trying to put a few things past me, but so far i think i have caught him. This whole episode may work out in my favor, i am able to test the lights through trial and error, figuring out if this is in fact a good aftermarket option for me, I get to make sure they don't collect condensation, (so far so good) making sure my car recognizes the aftermarket product (still WIP), and making sure that they are a quality product in general (still TBD). The only real downside is that I keep spending my free time taking apart the car, playing with new parts, updated parts, incorrect parts etc. etc., its getting very time consuming and downright frustrating, although, I am learning a lot about my x as i go! I do like the look of these particular headlights, and hope that they will work out for me in the end, if not, I'll be performing the bake and switch, maybe someone can recommend the best angel eye setup for that particular option.

Thanks!

Might need something like I needed - error-cancelling harness or whatever ... I bet you can use the same ones available from other places.

Okay .. it's your call but the more I hear from you about what's going on ... :dunno:

Good luck and definitely keep sharing your results ... I'm sure others are interested like me. :popcorn:

Thanks, lol, I'll keep on posting.

I know you have a face-lifted 04, but where did you get your lights?

I assume you mean the headlights. The Euro HLs were bought from wuzin when he sold his X.

yes headlights, and coool! are they OEM euro's? thats a good find!

Yup, OE euros. Expensive but for me worth it.

Soo, i received the new ballast last Thursday, and installed them on Saturday. I've been driving around the past few days testing the lights, and so far so good :thumbup:. The lights shine bright and there are NO error messages. Check out the pics below, and if anyone has any experience with the "Supernova" ballast please let me know if i can expect a nice long life out of them!

I should also add that it has been very rainy here the past few days, and so far NO condensation either. Things may be looking up!


Let me know what you think! Thanks!