daytime running lights Replacement!!
 

I thought the DRLs are simply the regular headlight bulbs run at lower voltage. (I never use them...)

If your headlamps are out, just replace them. If your DRLs just all of a sudden turned off, look at the settings in the iDrive menus.

Angel eyes 'could' be considered DRLs. Is that what is out?

Yes, the computer tells me the daytime running lights is burned (low voltage)

Hi Andrea 17,
did you manage to replace the lamps yourself or took it to dealer?
thanks

H8 is the part #. Remove the inner cover on the back of the light and you can see everything, not hard to do at all.

Once the round cover on the back is removed, literally one twist of the bulb and it pulls right out. You'll notice two small white "clips" on either side of the wiring that you have to pull back with your finger once you pull the bulb out to remove it from the wiring.

Very simple...I installed new LUX H8 v3 bulbs this past weekend. Took me about 10 minutes, and I'm not mechanically inclined at all!!

One of mine burned out, local dealer wanted $52 (including 13% tax) for the H8 bulb. I almost fainted. I was just going to pay for it myself and change it, instead of making an app't for warranty

I bought an identical (same brand) unit at a jobber store for $18.

i bought the bulb at the local auto parts store.

found the back of the light & took off the cover. hot hot hot. i'll wait until the car hasn't been running!

will just about any bulb work(referenced by the counter guy)? my local stealership wanted $100+.

bastids.

As long as it printed "H8"on the back of the bulb or on the box.

drls
 

Thanks pokemon! I'll post after I get this done; difficult catching the 5 in a cooled down state when I'm Not in a cooled down state!
Michael

thanks pokemon, mission accomplished.

First open the hood. At the top of the head light assembly are 2 bars (one on each end) rotate the bars and then pull them out. In your hand you will have 2 L shaped rods. Now disconnect the power supply to the 2 bulbs (quick connects snaps on and off very easy) Now set the headlamp assembly aside and below it you have the assembly for the daytime running lights and turn signal. This assembly snaps right out, you will see a plastic bracket right behind the turn signal bulb, take the end of the bracket and push it toward the outside of the vehicle. then you can slide the assebly out and change the bulb (use the 4114 bilb it lasts much longer) I was baffled for a bit and after I found the rods that secure the headlamp assebly I was able to get on with it.

Dude, this is so far beyond what I did to replace the DRL in the wife's X! It sounds like the
angel eye replacement directions. But thanks!

I may have freakishly large hands, but the cable doesn't have much slack to it, so what I did was remove the bulb, unlatch the white tabs holding the bulb in, removed the bulb. From there, I was trying to figure out how to connect the wiring to the bulb since I couldn't get both hands into the small space. What I did was install the bulb into the housing. Turned it until it was locked in place, and then reconnected the wiring. It was by far easier than connecting the wiring to the bulb before resetting it into the housing.

i have girly hands but they still didn't fit in there but i did what you did cravin. good job!

Purchased some H8 LED Bulbs from Amazon. it said it would fit the vehicle but the rear of the bulb is too big and I cannot put the black cover on it.