BMW 335I headlights problems

Filed Nov 9, 2023 · Engine, Transmission · PA

I bought a BMW on November 3rd and within 48 hours on the 5th of November at 6:30 the engine seized while the car was driving when I took it to BMW they did a carfax on it, it said the car had 197,000 miles on it and the car was listed with 97,790 miles and the odometer still says 97,000 and the transmission is also slipping because it had 197,000 miles on it and the font headlights won't work.

Filed Apr 24, 2023 · Lights · IL

Vehicles equipped with the Xenon Headlight option that have spent time in warmer climates have very poor quality wiring inside the headlight itself, whose insulation degrades and falls off, exposing bare copper that shorts, causes lighting faults, and disables headlights. This happened in my own car, the driver side headlight Daytime Running Light just stopped working one day, first with no fault codes, then eventually fault codes started appearing as more parts of the headlight stopped working, including the low-beam while driving at night. Obviously the headlights ceasing to work randomly is extremely unsafe on roadways at night, like what happened in my case, but beyond that, wiring shorting inside the headlight can causes electrical fires as well. The vehicle is available for inspection upon request, and has not yet been inspected by the manufacturer, due to testimonials I have heard from many other owners of cars with the same headlights, that BMW dealers and BMWNA are refusing to help at all with this issue. As previously stated, warning lamps did not initially appear, but as more of the wiring insulation began to degrade headlight fault codes did eventually appear.

Filed Apr 14, 2021 · Electrical, Lights · 59,900 miles · AZ

Hello, I wanted to bring to attention the failing footwell modules in e9x generation bmws. The modules have a high failure rate and when they become inoperable you lose your headlights, turn signals, locking and unlocking doors, power window control and the ability to move your mirrors. It is a serious safety concern that bmw has hidden from its customers as it is a known extended warranty but there is no recall for such an important component. I recently had my vehicle in to have it replaced and was declined as it had not failed enough. Essentially they want me to have an unsafe vehicle before the repair will be performed. I do have documentation that the unit is in the early stages of failing but bmw still refuses to honor the extended warranty.

Filed Feb 25, 2021 · Lights · 53,000 miles · PA · fire

My head lights with adaptive drive caught on fire and burned the wires.

Filed Oct 16, 2020 · Electrical, Lights · 100,000 miles · CA

Blinker lights and windows not working. I was not driving when I noticed the problem. I was pulling out of my driveway but did not proceed when I noticed the windows and lights weren't working. Both blinker and high beams are not working.

Filed Jul 14, 2020 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 123,500 miles · WI

The vehicles ftm (footwell module) isn't working. During a drive my turning signals didn't want to work. My headlights won't turn off. Windows stay put. Doors don't lock. Vehicle is stationary but can still be operated. Shops around the area notified me that they had a few vehicles have the same problem this year. There was a recall for the same probably the dates for the recalls didn't include my cars manufacturered state

Filed Oct 28, 2019 · Lights · 45,000 miles · NE

Headlight lens developed cracking and crazing in a single day. Xenon lights appear to overheat the lens.

Filed Oct 27, 2019 · Electrical · 90,000 miles · VA

While in motion on highways, city streets, and turning, certain system sometimes lose power (e.g., radio, windshield wipers while raining, stability control, stable braking, center console, headlights at night). Loss of stability control and loss of stable braking messages appear quite frequently then go away several minutes later. Other messages for loss of other systems also appear sometimes. This appears to be an electrical issue that occurs when at any speed constant or otherwise. These intermittent failures have been happening since I purchased the car with 81k miles. It now has 100k miles.

Filed Jul 1, 2019 · Electrical, Lights · 50,300 miles · FL

The vehicle's wiring harness within the headlight housing are exposed, it no longer has the rubber coating that surrounds the wires.I afraid this could cause a short circuit or fire!

Filed Mar 11, 2019 · Lights · MO

I know it is a fairly well known issue as looking into a few forums and you can find for yourself. I have a 2007 335i coupe e92 with a around 104k miles and as I know it is far out of warranty the problem I am having should not be something that should happen. Inside of the headlight housing all of the wires start to wither away and short out against each other causing your headlights not to work. This is all happening inside of a sealed unit that isn't supposed to be serviced almost all of the wires coming from the harness are compleatly bare and withered away and I do not have any moisture leaking issues so that couldn't cause any of the problems that are happening either. I believe it is from faulty wiring used inside of the headlights themselves that cause them to deteriorate more rapidly.