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Hey,

Drivers side highbeam all of a sudden decided to stay on, even with light switch off and ignition off? Had to unplug socket to get to turn off, any ideas what this could be?

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Is the indicator switch flicked 'up' any further than normal ?

On some models you could push it higher than normal to leave your side lights on for when you'd parked on the wrong side of the road. An awful description but I doubt its valid because it wouldnt be the highbeam.

Ive got a set of standard headlights for sale if you need them ;)

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Is the indicator switch flicked 'up' any further than normal ?

On some models you could push it higher than normal to leave your side lights on for when you'd parked on the wrong side of the road. An awful description but I doubt its valid because it wouldnt be the highbeam.

Ive got a set of standard headlights for sale if you need them ;)

Yeah i just brought a new one, thats when we figured the problem.

Apparently its some sort of headlight box fault and been told to look out for a second hand one.....

Any one???

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the e34 has a common problem with the lkm,but i dont know if the e39 has the same problem(or the same component)

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just some info for you to consider : a 2nd hand part may not be the best idea . your milage is stored in the " light check module - lcm " . if you fit a 2nd hand part , a warning light is activated in your instrement cluster . this could lead to complications when trying to sell the vehicle " milage tampering " .

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just some info for you to consider : a 2nd hand part may not be the best idea . your milage is stored in the " light check module - lcm " . if you fit a 2nd hand part , a warning light is activated in your instrement cluster . this could lead to complications when trying to sell the vehicle " milage tampering " .

Put this is just for the headlights or would it still affect the milage?

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it wont change the milage display in your instrement cluster , but the milage stored in the 2nd hand lcm will be different to the displayed milage and this will cause the manipulation dot to be activated in the cluster . the 2nd hand unit will fix the light problem , but you may be creating another by having the manipulation dot activated .

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it wont change the milage display in your instrement cluster , but the milage stored in the 2nd hand lcm will be different to the displayed milage and this will cause the manipulation dot to be activated in the cluster . the 2nd hand unit will fix the light problem , but you may be creating another by having the manipulation dot activated .

Wow that is really confusing, is there any way around this then?

As i need my headlight to work for WOF

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