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Hi everyone,

After the unfortunate accident I had on the road, I did replace front left light housing. The bi-xenon now seems to work fine, but cornering and position(?) lamps still failing (see attached image).

The position lamp has burned out and taken was taken out, but the cornering light should be fine. It was even working for a while after the accident. After doing some reading I got to know that sometimes BMW needs FRM reset in order to fix short circuit and I did that by connecting with OBD2 and tool32 app for lights 0, 8 and 22. That didn't work. I still get errors in the dashboard after starting the car and cornering light still don't work.

I also get following errors in the INPA app:

E R R O R M E M O R Y
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Date: Jan 19, 2020 10:57:17 am
ECU: FRM_70
JobStatus: OK
Variant: FRM_70
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RESULT: 2 error in error memory!
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A8A8 High beam or left cornering light defective
Error counter: 1
Mileage 117400 km
Battery voltage 14.96 volts
Operating hours 6 p.m.
no signal or value
Test conditions met
Error currently exists and already saved
A fault would not cause a warning lamp to light up
Error code: A8 A8 64 01 39 53 D4 09
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A8B0 Direction indicator, left front defective
Error counter: 1
Mileage 117392 km
Battery voltage 11.79 volts
Hours of operation 100.00 h
no signal or value
Test conditions met
Error currently exists and already saved
A fault would not cause a warning lamp to light up
Error code: A8 B0 64 01 39 52 A7 32

Are there anything else I can do except replacing the whole cornering lights module in the housing? Could position lamp impact the cornering lights behavior? Anything else I can reset?

Thanks in advance.

[PJEEDS]

A goose flew straight into my fight headlight denting the hood and knocking loose the cornering light, the inner part of the light is hanging below the outer halo. Can it be fixed or does the whole assembly need to be replaced. See attached photo. Thanks PJ

[TunafishE93]

I would check you battery.. 11.79V is low/dead. Low batteries cause weird errors.

Also what year are you ? If you are pre LED's did you code in for LED's? Just so we are on the same page the cornering light is close to center of car. What you call position light is LED's away from center (blinkers).

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Originally Posted by TunafishE93

I would check you battery.. 11.79V is low/dead. Low batteries cause weird errors.

Also what year are you ? If you are pre LED's did you code in for LED's? Just so we are on the same page the cornering light is close to center of car. What you call position light is LED's away from center (blinkers).

Year 2010, facelift. Hm, maybe I was resetting the wrong lamp code then. I see the list here:
0x00 High Beam, Left or E92/3 Cornering Light
0x01 High Beam, Right or E92/3 Cornering Light
0x02 Low Beam, Left
0x03 Low Beam, Right
0x04 Parking Light, Left
0x05 Parking Light, Right
0x06 Fog Light, Left, Front
0x07 Fog Light, Right, Front
0x08 Turn Signal, Left, Front
0x09 Turn Signal, Right, Front
0x0A Turn Signal, Left, Rear
0x0B Turn Signal, Right, Rear
0x0C Unassigned 1
0x0D Lighting WBL Button?
0x0E Brake Light, Left
0x0F Brake Light, Right
0x10 Brake Light, Center
0x11 Taillight/Brake Light, Left 1 or E92/3 Daytime Running Light
0x12 Taillight/Brake Light, Right 1 or E92/3 Daytime Running Light
0x13 Taillight/Brake Light, Left 2
0x14 Taillight/Brake Light, Right 2
0x15 Licence Plate Lighting
0x16 Interior Lighting
0x17 Fog Light, Left, Rear
0x18 Fog Light, Right, Rear
0x19 Reverse Light, Left
0x1A Reverse Light, Right
0x1B Brake Force Display, Left
0x1C Brake Force Display, Right
0x1D Clamp 58g
0x1E LED Driving Lights Control
0x1F LED Front Field Illumination
0xFF Unknown Lamp

I am quite confused with all the namings TBH, not being native English speaker..

I would be surprised that the battery fails like that, nothing else indicates it. Any way I can check the battery condition with OBD2?

[TunafishE93]

I was just going off what was post from INPA. I haven't used that program but if the battery was actually at 11.79 I would be concerned. You should be able to check voltage with OBD2, this also depends what device you have. It looks like you reset the right lights.

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Originally Posted by TunafishE93

It looks like you reset the right lights.

I reset the left ones
Thanks Tuna, I will check the battery, otherwise I found replacement for ~100euro. Wonder if I can replace it myself, or the whole housing needs to be taken out?

[TunafishE93]

Yeah I seen the left, meant "right" as not wrong lights. Guess "correct" would of been a better adjective. I and not sure about the replacement but sure someone will be along...