2nd Gen R56 Cooper Most liked posts in thread: Car insists light is out, can't find any lights out.

You all might want to look at TSB SIM630110:Check Control Message but Lights are Operating Normally.

SIM630110.pdf

 

I had three out: One of the little parking lights in the wheel arch and both license plate bulbs. Gonna check the clips before buying two more bulbs. Austin roads aren't exactly smooth.

 

Actually, its not "Hippies". Its conservative council members that think if they prevent city roads from being improved and expanded they will keep Austin small. Often this takes the form of diverting money in the General Fund budgeted for public works to public protection initiatives (police, fire, ems). Austin is not a poor city by any stretch but it IS a city and its resources are limited and must be used sparingly. Given there is both a political and economic battle going on over public expansion and maintaining the current infrastructure its difficult to just say,"Fix that road instead of having that cop or water sanitation.

I work for City of Austin in the Department of Aviation (Austin-Bergstrom Airport). I see the political crap take place everyday. Its never "hippies". It's old rich guys that wish it was "the old days" again...

 

Somewhere in here there is a lights discussion.

Lets come back to it please and leave the politics to other sites.

 

check the bulbs for the license plate int he rear.

 

Check the plug for the rear fog light and make use it is all tucked up where it should be. Even though you don't have the option the plug is still there. Possibly the computer has started to see it and since there is no bulb it thinks it is out. Don't ask how I know this can happen. :wink:

Jim

 

This happened to me recently. It seemed everything came on as it was supposed to, and them I noticed that when the car was off and I unlocked the car, the pathway lighting came on - except for one of the parking lamps that are combined with the front fog lamps. Interestingly, the issue corrected itself a few days later.

 

This happened to me recently. It seemed everything came on as it was supposed to, and them I noticed that when the car was parked and I unlocked the car, the pathway lighting came on - except for one of the parking lamps that are combined with the front fog lamps in the lower front bumper (they are in the "eyelid" of the lamp). I was not aware this light was in fact two lights. Interestingly, the issue corrected itself a few days later.

 

I have the same fog light bulb burnt out on mine right now. I don't get the warning light that looks like the low-beam/fog light symbol though, I have the one that looks like a light bulb. :aureola:
Maybe it is the lower bulb that is out on yours. Possibly with your running lights on, it hides the fact that the lower bulb is burnt out? Or it could be a similar story with the headlights - with the daytime running lights on it's hard to tell that the low beam is burned out.

 

Now that is a good thought.

Jim

 

I have this same problem it just popped up out of the blue. Mine looks like possible high beam malfunction according to the manual.

Is this something covered under warranty or will Mini force me to pay for something? Im scheduled to take it into my local dealer on Saturday for service.

 

There are 2 of them, I had the same problem and it took being in a very dark spot to realize the left one was out. Turned out the clips that hold the bulb had spread a bit, maybe bouncing over all those back country roads, or me shutting the boot hatch with a bit to much enthusiasm, but I pulled the bulb and squeezed the clips a bit, it has been working fine since.

 

:cornut: Me Too,Me Too! However, my driver's side front fog light really is out, so I'm replacing it.

Jason

 

:cornut: That's because the Hippies in charge down in Austin are too busy spending taxpayer money on 'Touchy Feely Stuff' and don't realize that our cars touch and feel the roads.:crazy: Austin, a suburb of San Francisco dead in the middle of Texas.:eek6::lol:

Jason

 

:cornut: So let me get this straight..............You work for the people that you say are the problem. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.......no comment.:eek6:

Jason
(sorry Nathan. I posted before I saw your post. I'm outta here.)

 

:cornut: My yellow fog lights on Margi 08 BRG R56 MCS/JCWm are working great. Love them.

Jason