The bulb icon went up on my dashboard yesterday. All bulbs actually work fine, except sometimes my left headlight flashes on and off (not doing it anymore). Error codes* on scanning indicate a variety of bulbs "out". Can clear them but some come back when I restart. Turn signal flashes fast, although as I said, all 6 turn bulbs are working. It flashes slow when the hazard switch is on. I'm really hoping it's not the footwell module as that could set me back about a grand to have it replaced and coded. I'm not fluent with ISTA-P (use Schwaben and Launch x431 scan tools). Should I take out the footwell module and inspect it for loose or corroded connections, water ingress, or other obvious or potentially fixable causes? *error codes for: reverse light, 30B, left tail light, RR indicator, FL indicator, L dipped beam, R side marker, L xenon more than 3 attempts. After clearing, one or more come back on at the next startup, but just a few, not the whole list above. All of these bulbs and all the rest of them light properly and have never seen any of them not light except for the intermittent flashing of the left xenon at times.
I wont much help on this one. My wife R56 keeps giving a bulb out light. when I would check it it would say it was the left brake light. I changed bulbs but it would come back. I ended up buying her a pair of new tail lights she liked from OutMotoring. I haven't had the problem sense. Minis can be finicky about the bulbs you use and can cause odd problems I have seen this also. Have you replaced the bulb in your left head light? that could be the source of the problem? Are you getting a code for the footwell module?
First off -good news, the problem fixed itself after sitting outside in the sun after driving to work today. No recent bulb changes. Most of the bulb codes are in the footwell module section of the code reader. Will check out the footwell module and treat the connections with deoxit, etc. at my convenience sometime in the next few weeks, or sooner if it acts up again.