07 335i headlight/taillight questions

[Tonyturbo96]

So guys got the bimmer running great now and all of a sudden my driverside headlight (low+high beam) and driverside taillights are out but they worked fine before today? I'm stumped, the halo rings upfront work along with blinkers front and back and reverse lights work but not the high or low beam and not the taillight? I check the rear bulbs nothings burnt out. I was told its a fuse issue but did some research and if I read correctly there aren't actual fuses but a module that controls the lights but if it were a bad module then I'd assume no lights at all would work? If anyone could help my dumbass I'd greatly appreciate it!!!

[greenohawk69]

Footwell module (FM). Have a 06 325i that I had the Depo projector headlights and eventually the driver's side headlight did not work. It did work when swapped out and connected to the passenger side.

Swapped OEM halogen back in and the same thing happened.

Replaced FM, had some coding done, and installed LED bulbs in the OEM housing and it works.

FM is ~ $500, coding was ~ $200, and LED bulbs were $160.

[Codes2]

Tonyturbo96,

If your halo blink w/ the blinker, it sounds like someone has coded this, possibly using Carly.
There are many options using this software, and it's easy to inadvertently mess things up.

Check voltage feeding the bulbs.
If you have Carly and did your own modifications, load the auto-generated default config and re-test.

[jclausen]

The frm modules are delicate and fry very easy, the actually had an extended warranty

[Critter7r]

The FRM warranty extension was up to 10 years 156,000 miles. So OP is probably past that.

[greenohawk69]

The FRM warranty extension was up to 10 years 156,000 miles. So OP is probably past that.10 years past...year of vehicle?

[Critter7r]

10 years from original In-Service date. (The date the vehicle was initially retailed as a new vehicle). So it can vary a little, because you can have a 2012 vehicle that was produced in 5/2012, but then maybe not sold until 2/2013, so the warranty extension would go until 2/2023. Or, you could have a 2012 vehicle that was produced in 9/2011 and sold in 10/2011, so the warranty extension would only go to 10/2021, even though it's a 2012 model year vehicle.

[greenohawk69]

Thanks.