Parking Lamp Malfunction warning, but lights working

cray101 · 09-19-2018, 05:04 PM

Not sure if it was coincidence or what, but a few weeks back I swapped my halogen DRLs with LEDs, and coded out the voltage monitoring checks.

About a week later I get the "Parking lamp malfunction" warning on the dash, noticed that one of them was actually out, so I picked up a set of LED parking lights from ebay, installed without an issue, but I'm still getting the malfunction warning. I use Carly for BMW for coding, as far as I can tell there is no option to disable voltage monitoring for the parking lights similar to the options available for DRL/Hi&low beams. I haven't checked to see if I can clear that via the Carly app diagnostics yet. I plan on reinstalling them for good measure later tonight. Just thought I would check here before doing so in case there is something I missed?

Billfitz · 09-19-2018, 09:46 PM

Each bulb location has its own hot/cold check and LED function coding, so if Carly doesn't show one for the parking lights it could be a feature they've overlooked.

cray101 · 09-20-2018, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Billfitz

Each bulb location has its own hot/cold check and LED function coding, so if Carly doesn't show one for the parking lights it could be a feature they've overlooked.

Interesting. Seems odd that they wouldnt include that in their coding options. I didnt get a chance to look last night, I'll have to double check. Appreciate the feedback.

Billfitz · 09-20-2018, 06:28 PM

I don't see it as being all that odd. I've never even thought about going LED with the parking lights, but more pertinent is that I can't find a code entry for them in either the ESys cheat sheets or the coding database. It probably exists, but not finding it in any of these sources indicates that no one has bothered to search it out. If one were to search all of the ESys CAFD entries in the FEM for warm and cold checks they'd probably find it. With Carly you don't have that option.

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cray101 Private First Class 36 Rep 109 Posts Drives: 2017 340i Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: MI iTrader: (1)	Parking Lamp Malfunction warning, but lights working Not sure if it was coincidence or what, but a few weeks back I swapped my halogen DRLs with LEDs, and coded out the voltage monitoring checks. About a week later I get the "Parking lamp malfunction" warning on the dash, noticed that one of them was actually out, so I picked up a set of LED parking lights from ebay, installed without an issue, but I'm still getting the malfunction warning. I use Carly for BMW for coding, as far as I can tell there is no option to disable voltage monitoring for the parking lights similar to the options available for DRL/Hi&low beams. I haven't checked to see if I can clear that via the Carly app diagnostics yet. I plan on reinstalling them for good measure later tonight. Just thought I would check here before doing so in case there is something I missed?
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Billfitz Lieutenant General 8218 Rep 16,054 Posts Drives: '15 328iX GT Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: New Hampshire iTrader: (0)	Each bulb location has its own hot/cold check and LED function coding, so if Carly doesn't show one for the parking lights it could be a feature they've overlooked.
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Billfitz Lieutenant General 8218 Rep 16,054 Posts Drives: '15 328iX GT Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: New Hampshire iTrader: (0)	I don't see it as being all that odd. I've never even thought about going LED with the parking lights, but more pertinent is that I can't find a code entry for them in either the ESys cheat sheets or the coding database. It probably exists, but not finding it in any of these sources indicates that no one has bothered to search it out. If one were to search all of the ESys CAFD entries in the FEM for warm and cold checks they'd probably find it. With Carly you don't have that option.
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