headlight stuck after car wash

yacine · 03-21-2019, 03:12 PM

Hello people,
my headlights moved to right and left whenever i turned (depending on the steering wheel). they used to move a bit to every direction when I turn. I took my car to a car wash. and when I started driving out of it, immediately, the light of adaptive headlights came up on the dashboard. I have no idea what happened. I turned the headlights to manual and automatic but nothing changed and now the headlight on the passenger side is pointing a bit to the left and stuck. Please help me
Thank you so much

aj90 · 03-22-2019, 03:42 AM

Most likely water got into the adaptive control module. I know on pre-lci cars it's an issue. Pull out the unit and see if there's moisture in it, if there is you'll have to get a new one. Hopefully nothing shorted out in the headlight. It's plugged into the bottom of the headlight, a aluminum square with three torx screws.

yacine · 03-22-2019, 09:30 AM

Thank you so much. I just ordered that part and I will check it tonight. hopefully it is the problem because this is really expensive. do you think i will to code anything after changing that part ?

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yacine Registered 0 Rep 4 Posts Drives: 08 bmw 335xi 4D sedan Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: VT, USA iTrader: (0)	headlight stuck after car wash Hello people, my headlights moved to right and left whenever i turned (depending on the steering wheel). they used to move a bit to every direction when I turn. I took my car to a car wash. and when I started driving out of it, immediately, the light of adaptive headlights came up on the dashboard. I have no idea what happened. I turned the headlights to manual and automatic but nothing changed and now the headlight on the passenger side is pointing a bit to the left and stuck. Please help me Thank you so much
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03-22-2019, 03:42 AM	#2
aj90 Budget Builder 37 Rep 114 Posts Drives: 08' 335i, 17' 330i, 18' 440i Join Date: May 2016 Location: Placentia, CA iTrader: (3)	Most likely water got into the adaptive control module. I know on pre-lci cars it's an issue. Pull out the unit and see if there's moisture in it, if there is you'll have to get a new one. Hopefully nothing shorted out in the headlight. It's plugged into the bottom of the headlight, a aluminum square with three torx screws.
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yacine Registered 0 Rep 4 Posts Drives: 08 bmw 335xi 4D sedan Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: VT, USA iTrader: (0)	Thank you so much. I just ordered that part and I will check it tonight. hopefully it is the problem because this is really expensive. do you think i will to code anything after changing that part ?
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