[X3BMW]

Came home after a 2 month trip and low beam bulb out, kinda strange it stopped working when vehicle not used. Can anyone tell me what brand and or part number for xenon bulb.
Thanks

[X3BMW]

That was for a 2013 X3.

[scostu]

Originally Posted by X3BMW

Came home after a 2 month trip and low beam bulb out, kinda strange it stopped working when vehicle not used. Can anyone tell me what brand and or part number for xenon bulb.
Thanks

https://www.sylvania-automotive.com/apps/vlrg-us/Vlrg/

[pungo]

You mention low beam and Xenon bulb. The X3 Bi-Xenon light does both high and low beams. Are you sure you have Xenon lights?

If so there's more to the headlight circuit than just the bulb. Swap the left to right bulbs to see if it follows the bulb to make sure the bulb is bad.

I recommend changing both bulbs so they match.

There is a large selection of bulbs here

You can find many places with much cheaper bulbs, but most are counterfeit Chinese bulbs that can burn the chrome reflector in you expensive headlight.

[evilchargerfan]

is there an easy way to tell what bulb your f25 has? short of popping the hood and yanking out said bulb ...

[pungo]

Originally Posted by evilchargerfan

is there an easy way to tell what bulb your f25 has? short of popping the hood and yanking out said bulb ...

decode your options here

• If your headlights lights are yellowish as opposed to pure while, you have Halogens.
• If you have 2 bulbs, low and high beams in each headlight, you have Halogens.
• If your light output sucks, you have Halogens.

[evilchargerfan]

decoded:

S522A Xenon Light




so my only option in life , go the hid retrofit route?

[pungo]

Originally Posted by evilchargerfan

decoded:

S522A Xenon Light

so my only option in life , go the hid retrofit route?

You already have HID, why do you want to go with a hid retrofit? Xenon=HID

[evilchargerfan]

*face palm*

this is what happens when they make me work from home. I get distracted, and cant even think straight

for whatever reason, I thought I had halogens ... smh. going for a nap now... see you boys tomm!

[pungo]

Originally Posted by evilchargerfan

*face palm*

this is what happens when they make me work from home. I get distracted, and cant even think straight

for whatever reason, I thought I had halogens ... smh. going for a nap now... see you boys tomm!

Surprised you thought you had Halogens. Get some rest

BTW, all F25 x35i (N55) came standard with Xenon (HID)

[X3BMW]

Took your advice and swapped bulb from other side, it's not the bulb. What should I look at now to get it working?

[pungo]

Originally Posted by X3BMW

Took your advice and swapped bulb from other side, it's not the bulb. What should I look at now to get it working?

There are 3 other things to check:

1. Ballast (bolts in from under headlight)
2. Driver board (slides in from the back of headlight, oval plastic)
3. Is power getting to the headlight plug (need to read schematic and measure voltage)

1 & 2 can swap sides, but headlight probably has to be removed, which I believe the bumper has to be removed.

[X3BMW]

Thanks