What's this icon mean??

[Rhys3295]

[Pica-Pica]

What does the handbook say? Do you have a downloadable e-brochure?
I have a handbook downloaded against my VIN.

[E-bmw]

If you mean the red "light" symbol in front of the pic of the car, do you think it could be a bulb out at the front of the car?

[Rhys3295]

All bulbs are working, that was my first check.

I also dont have the hand book :/

But its temperamental. Sometimes the warning comes on and stays on

Or sometimes it comes on then goes

Or it just isnt on when I start the engine...

Bit confused by it

[to3m]

I had this sometimes on my old E46 (facelift 330d saloon, halogen headlights). On mine there was a tiny little not-super-obvious bulb in the corner of the headlight unit that wasn't switching on - probably part 3 here, I assume: https://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showparts?id=ER92...

I figured there was probably a reason for this, and not a good one, but as it was occasional I never bothered actually doing anything about it...

[Eddieslofart]

There is a flare heading for your offside headlight, incoming !


Or get a fm and rtfm ffs.

[Ilovejapcrap]

Did you take the pic whilst doing 30 mph ?

[Rhys3295]

Ilovejapcrap said:

Did you take the pic whilst doing 30 mph ?

👏👏

[DickyC]

Poor earth on a bulb on that corner. Is one a bit dim?

[Locknut]

Looks like the symbol for the low-beam bulb to me. The fault is probably a bad connection.

[8Tech]

Looks like an offside dip or foglamp bulb failure.

[to3m]

It's the same icon for low beam, high beam, and parking lights.

(I assume the little light that was flaky on mine was the parking light, then? Don't think I ever used it. Though strictly speaking, I think you're supposed to, when parked the wrong way at night...)

[PurpleTurtle]

I’ve just had this fault on my E46 the other week. Exact same intermittent symptoms, slowly it got worse/more frequent.

I diagnosed it as a poor connection on my front right hand indicator bulb. Whilst my bulb was OK, there was scorching on the bulb holder and base of the bulb leading to a poor connection.

I fitted a new bulb for good measure and new holder (originals 14yrs old), all sorted for a few quid.

Tutorial here: https://youtu.be/V_a4l9fWbUI

[Sardonicus]

The function works on bulb resistance so any faulty connections or wrong rated bulbs or failing bulbs are a big No No