e46 rear LED bulbs.

[cooky0709]

Afternoon all.
I recently purchased a prefacelift (2000) e46 coupe which has upgraded LED rear lights. One of the rear brake lights has gone this week. Does anyone know how to change the bulbs in these?
I took the light cluster off earlier but it doesn't look very easy to get in to where the bulbs are.
cheers.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

Have you actually seen that they're not working or it is purely an indicator light on the dashboard telling you they're not working?

The E46 has a fairly common fault where you get false warning for the rear light failure which is can be fixed by either a new rear unit or some soldering of the old unit. There's quite a lot on the web about this, try: http://www.e46fanatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=... for a starter.

If the LED bulbs are actually blown I think you have to buy a new part.

[cooky0709]

I first niticed that the light had come up on the dash to indicate the failure, and having checked the light it doesn't work. I assumed i would just need a replacement bulb but i can't see how to get in to the unit itself.