Lamp malfunction errors (five errors popped up!)
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Lamp malfunction errors (five errors popped up!)
Right Brake light, rear right signal, Left rear fog light..... Error messages regarding those lamps popped up yesterday all of sudden.
Yes,, I replaced the halogen low beam with DDM 35W HID three month ago and it worked just fine. I am not sure this aftermarket modification triggered this issue. Anyone who has the same issue?? Should I just take my car to dealership after replacing HID lights with halogen lamps? Fortunately warranty does not expire yet.
Any suggestions will be appreciated!
thanks,
Yes,, I replaced the halogen low beam with DDM 35W HID three month ago and it worked just fine. I am not sure this aftermarket modification triggered this issue. Anyone who has the same issue?? Should I just take my car to dealership after replacing HID lights with halogen lamps? Fortunately warranty does not expire yet.
Any suggestions will be appreciated!
thanks,
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'08 Mercedes C300
Right Brake light, rear right signal, Left rear fog light..... Error messages regarding those lamps popped up yesterday all of sudden.
Yes,, I replaced the halogen low beam with DDM 35W HID three month ago and it worked just fine. I am not sure this aftermarket modification triggered this issue. Anyone who has the same issue?? Should I just take my car to dealership after replacing HID lights with halogen lamps? Fortunately warranty does not expire yet.
Any suggestions will be appreciated!
thanks,
Yes,, I replaced the halogen low beam with DDM 35W HID three month ago and it worked just fine. I am not sure this aftermarket modification triggered this issue. Anyone who has the same issue?? Should I just take my car to dealership after replacing HID lights with halogen lamps? Fortunately warranty does not expire yet.
Any suggestions will be appreciated!
thanks,
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C300 Sport 6MT
Does sound like a glitch with the rear control module, but have you removed both light clusters to see if any of the bulbs are actually burned out? Check both connectors/harnesses while you're at it...
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C300 Sport
I had a similar issue. took it to the dealershp and they found not only my rear light bulbs burned but the cabling as well!! They changed everything and today, I had the parking lights, license plate, and other one bulb out! WTF?
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This and that.
Similar stuff is happening to me. Couple weekends ago left rear brake error popped up. I called the dealership and took it in and he showed me how to do it myself and two of the bulbs were burn which he replaced.
Half hour after, I started getting the error for the right rear brake and I went to a shop got a bulb myself and replaced the one that looked like was burnt. It was all fine for a week until this weekend I get error for right reverse light. Which I replaced myself with the one bulb I had left over from the package.
The error is gone for now...but let's see. Just seems weird that these bulbs keep going out so often...
Half hour after, I started getting the error for the right rear brake and I went to a shop got a bulb myself and replaced the one that looked like was burnt. It was all fine for a week until this weekend I get error for right reverse light. Which I replaced myself with the one bulb I had left over from the package.
The error is gone for now...but let's see. Just seems weird that these bulbs keep going out so often...
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2016 C450 AMG, 2009 C300, 2001 C320 2001 CLK430, 95 E500
Yeah, happened to me today. and ONE day after warranty expired. Maybe it's just the lights, could be something more. Can't figure out how to get the harnass off.?
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2016 C450 AMG, 2009 C300, 2001 C320 2001 CLK430, 95 E500
Now that I look at the rear lamps. they are FINE, it appears that one of the cable harnasses from the car to the lamp cluster seems to have burned up a bit, some wires seems a little striped of their coatings and the grey lamp cluster has some brown spots on the opposite side of the harnass. Clearly, the dealer is going to need to replace, but bummer it's one day (now three days) out of factory warranty. think they'll fix it for me, good customer.?
