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      10-14-2020, 04:46 PM   #1
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Hey guys both my taillights aren't working at night checked the fuse panel behind the glovebox and the one in the trunk there are no burnt fuses but still I don't know what to do i also changed the light bulbs on both sides
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Does your x3 have HID headlamps or halogen, because this will determine in the inner tail lights are led strips?
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Does your x3 have HID headlamps or halogen, because this will determine in the inner tail lights are led strips?
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It has an LED lights
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Then your inner tail lights are led. This is a common problem with the F25 design. There in each inner tail light assembly is a rectangular shaped led driver that fails after x years. You can replace them with

https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-2011-20...Cclp%3A2334524
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Does your x3 have HID headlamps or halogen, because this will determine in the inner tail lights are led strips?
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Then your inner tail lights are led. This is a common problem with the F25 design. There in each inner tail light assembly is a rectangular shaped led driver that fails after x years. You can replace them with

https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-2011-20...Cclp%3A2334524

I already got to of these modules waiting for my uncle to help me install them but does the tailLights have the same board?? Same as the inner lights??
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I already got to of these modules waiting for my uncle to help me install them but does the tailLights have the same board?? Same as the inner lights??
I can't remember but I believe they are but you can check. I no longer have the x3 to check
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I already got to of these modules waiting for my uncle to help me install them but does the tailLights have the same board?? Same as the inner lights??
I can't remember but I believe they are but you can check. I no longer have the x3 to check
Thanks alot i'll check it and change the board hopefully it will work
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It has an LED lights
The 2012 X3 did not offer LED headlamps.
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Does your x3 have HID headlamps or halogen, because this will determine in the inner tail lights are led strips?
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Then your inner tail lights are led. This is a common problem with the F25 design. There in each inner tail light assembly is a rectangular shaped led driver that fails after x years. You can replace them with

https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-2011-20...Cclp%3A2334524

I already got to of these modules waiting for my uncle to help me install them but does the tailLights have the same board?? Same as the inner lights??
Yup changing the board seems to be fixing it both rear taillights are working
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