04-03-2017, 02:05 PM | #67 |
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awesome! can this fix the inner and outer tail lights?
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04-06-2017, 09:45 AM | #69 |
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Just did the soldering of that tiny little chip and all is done/fixed. Really glad to have this forum available to all bimmer owners. First time to use a soldering tool and what could have been a $300 or so plus labor at the dealership, I gained another tool for the fraction of the cost. Thanks everybody!
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04-12-2017, 01:51 AM | #70 |
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I noticed yesterday that my nearside tailgate led has gone
I plan to attempt the re-soldering of the chip mentioned in this post this coming weekend, so will see how it goes. |
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04-14-2017, 08:34 AM | #71 |
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04-17-2017, 12:14 AM | #74 |
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Easter Sunday LED taillight weekend update!
All four OEM LED taiilight assemblies on our 2011 X3 have failed at different times over the past three years. That took eight visits to the dealer, one visit for diagnosis and parts ordering and a second visit in each case for installation. All four OEM LED taillight assemblies were replaced under warranty. Since then the left taiigate LED failed (that's number five) and was replaced under partial warranty but we had to pay a "deductible" for the part. OK with us. Today, we installed a MeanWell LDD-500HW LED driver in the failed driver-side fender/outboard LED tailiight assembly. That's Valeo LED driver failure number six in our case. We're hoping this doesn't become an Easter Sunday tradition. The manufacture date on today's replaced failed assembly is 20-08-2014, so there's got to be a lot more bad Valeo LED driver boards in the population. We plan to keep our 2011 X3 35i, now at 91K miles, until it dies so I have a half-dozen MeanWell boards on order. Thanks again to Smovva his fix. |
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05-12-2017, 07:35 PM | #75 |
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Today I received from mouser.com those LED drivers LDD-500L suggested by Smovva.
I just installed it for my both inner tail light and finally all it is working again ! Thanks Smovva for this fix !!! Last edited by Carlos Hermida; 05-12-2017 at 07:57 PM.. |
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05-22-2017, 09:50 PM | #76 |
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Neat job! Glad it worked for you and thank you for posting the picture!
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05-26-2017, 05:57 PM | #77 |
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Thanks so much! Had both the passenger side taillights out and was about to bring it into the dealer before I googled and found this thread. Ordered 4 of the ldd-500L from mouser and received them today. Was able to get both of the passenger side lights fixed!! The only thing I had trouble was was crimping the ends so that they would stay on the LDD-500L. I ended up just glopping hot glue on each of the connectors to keep the wire connected since I couldn't get it tight enough to stay by itself.
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One of the crimped leads came loose on my right trunk lid light; buckled down and bought a really nice soldering iron (Weller WESD51 soldering station $100 on amazon) and some Kester 24-6337-0027 Solder Roll core solder ($25 on amazon) to do it right and still came out ahead of buying new lamps from BMW. Of course you could also do what I did with a $10 soldering iron and $2 soldering lead, but you don't get the same satisfaction!!! ;-) |
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08-17-2017, 11:10 AM | #81 |
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Replaced the valeo boards on both the driver side lights a couple weeks ago and they are working great now. But sadly i just noticed that now the passenger side outer one is out. I guess its a good thing i ordered 4 of the meanwell drivers.
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09-11-2017, 12:16 PM | #82 | |
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so i had my tpms malfunction light on.. I didn't think it was related to the LED tail issue.. I soldered the circuitry to fix the LED issue the first time, it worked and the tpms malfunction disappeared as well.. a day later the led light issue came back and so did the TPMS malfunction alert.. i re-soldered this... it worked again... this time I followed the instructions below and bought the board from ledsupply.. the light is working fine.. but the TPMS malfunction still on.. i don't understand the correlation between the 2.. any ideas?
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09-16-2017, 03:51 PM | #83 |
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My other inner tail light went out. Ordered the LDD-500HW and they were out so they offered LDD-500LW and they are smaller but worked just fine.
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10-06-2017, 02:00 PM | #85 |
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Just want to say thanks for this thread! My left inner light went out so I replaced it and then a week later the right inner light went out! Replaced both valeo boards with the Meanwell parts and all is good!
For those of you that are hesitant about doing this, it is an extremely easy DIY. The first time took me about an hour because I was being SUPER particular not to break/mess anything up, but the second one I knocked out in less than a half an hour. Last edited by PDM5; 10-06-2017 at 02:06 PM.. Reason: Added photo |
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10-09-2017, 07:02 PM | #86 |
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X3 led taillights
I have a repair solution if interested that works every time. I recently repaired 3 taillight units very successfully.
Feel free to contact me directly on here. The Chief Retired Navy Avionics tech. |
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10-11-2017, 01:53 PM | #87 |
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Why don't you post the solution?
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