Low beams aimed down...

paris1 · 11-01-2018, 09:51 PM

Coming home tonight I notice the low beams were pointing directly in front of the car, far lower than normal. High beams seemed to work normally, but there was nothing I could do (including several restarts and playing with the rotary light switch, to get the lows to move up to where they were useful. Any ideas what may be causing this?

alexm9999 · 11-02-2018, 08:54 AM

Very common problem. See this thread: https://e89.zpost.com/forums/showthr...&highlight=aim

The sensor gets hung up. It is an easy fix - might have to search a bit for it.

paris1 · 11-02-2018, 09:27 AM

I found that thread last night using search. It seems there are two sensors. One in a front wheel well and one one the rear with the rear being the one that causes the problem. Is that your understanding? Which side is it on?

alexm9999 · 11-02-2018, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by paris1

I found that thread last night using search. It seems there are two sensors. One in a front wheel well and one one the rear with the rear being the one that causes the problem. Is that your understanding? Which side is it on?

Right Rear is the usual suspect. This thread has pictures.

paris1 · 11-02-2018, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by alexm9999

Right Rear is the usual suspect. This thread has pictures.

Great, this is perfect! I’ll investigate the status of this switch this morning.

Jetmex · 03-12-2019, 04:53 AM

File a safety report on the web site https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/VehicleComplaint/
Mine has been replaced and it still does it. This needs a redesign badly because at night when this happens, you're in trouble. Can't see hardly 30' in front of the car.

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paris1 Captain 90 Rep 745 Posts Drives: 2013 35i Space Grey over Coral Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Northern Calif. iTrader: (0)	Low beams aimed down... Coming home tonight I notice the low beams were pointing directly in front of the car, far lower than normal. High beams seemed to work normally, but there was nothing I could do (including several restarts and playing with the rotary light switch, to get the lows to move up to where they were useful. Any ideas what may be causing this?
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alexm9999 New Member 0 Rep 14 Posts Drives: 2012 Z4 28i Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Austin, TX iTrader: (0)	Very common problem. See this thread: https://e89.zpost.com/forums/showthr...&highlight=aim The sensor gets hung up. It is an easy fix - might have to search a bit for it.
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paris1 Captain 90 Rep 745 Posts Drives: 2013 35i Space Grey over Coral Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Northern Calif. iTrader: (0)	I found that thread last night using search. It seems there are two sensors. One in a front wheel well and one one the rear with the rear being the one that causes the problem. Is that your understanding? Which side is it on?
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Jetmex New Member 0 Rep 5 Posts Drives: Z3 1.9SC, Z3 Coupe 3.0 Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Memphis iTrader: (0)	File a safety report on the web site https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/VehicleComplaint/ Mine has been replaced and it still does it. This needs a redesign badly because at night when this happens, you're in trouble. Can't see hardly 30' in front of the car.
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