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Hi all,new member here,I've recently bought a 2005 z4 with a little 4 pot,love the car but I've a few questions to ask please, has anybody heard about the headlight control unit causing elec faults??
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Welcome to the forum.
We'd love to see photos of your new car too.
What exactly do you mean by faults? There are two bulbs in the front indicator unit and there have been occurrences where a failure in the Light Control Module (LCM) can cause one of these to stay on all the time.
A replacement LCM can cure this but unless you can find someone to re-code it you will get a tamper dot to show it is not the original.
Let us know more precisely what your issue is.
We'd love to see photos of your new car too.
What exactly do you mean by faults? There are two bulbs in the front indicator unit and there have been occurrences where a failure in the Light Control Module (LCM) can cause one of these to stay on all the time.
A replacement LCM can cure this but unless you can find someone to re-code it you will get a tamper dot to show it is not the original.
Let us know more precisely what your issue is.
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Thanks for your reply,the fault started with only the headlights not working when switched on,only the side lights worked,if however I removed the large 40 amp fuse and replaced it immediately the headlights would work,also the instrument cluster will sometimes remain on even with the lights off,and my main beam and indicator warning light on the dash doesn't work
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Hmmm I would suspect the LCM yes. But not a fault I've personally heard of. But if it's all to do with lights then that is your starting point.Jalex wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 6:31 pm Thanks for your reply,the fault started with only the headlights not working when switched on,only the side lights worked,if however I removed the large 40 amp fuse and replaced it immediately the headlights would work,also the instrument cluster will sometimes remain on even with the lights off,and my main beam and indicator warning light on the dash doesn't work
Don't suppose you're near me at all? I have a spare LCM you could slave in to see if it fixes it before you spend out on one.
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Thanks again for getting back to me so soon,I'm in the east mids,where are you??
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Attleborough, Norfolk.
But bigwinn is in Lincoln and may be able to help. He should see that I've referenced him in this post.
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Thanks,how could I get in touch with him??
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If the forum helped you, why not help the forum back. Thats the Z4 way!
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Hi bigwinn,how do I pm? New to this
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Click on his name in the left side and select reply in pm