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i got a 99 528 and it is showing that my rear light bulb is blown. I checked them all and they work (i've had 1 burned bulb before but once u replaced it, i didn't have the message anymore). Even thought it's not a big problem, it's somewhat annoying to have your dash all bright during the night (it's somewhat a distraction). Any ideas as to what can be causing it? Thanks
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could simply be the wrong bulb somewhere. My rear taillight light kept coming on right after i replaced the bulb, turns out the auto parts store sold me a bulb that would in fact light up, but wasn't the right bulb for the cars systems to say the bulb is good
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Originally posted by superdeadman@Jun 20 2005, 06:30 PM i got a 99 528 and it is showing that my rear light bulb is blown. I checked them all and they work (i've had 1 burned bulb before but once u replaced it, i didn't have the message anymore). Even thought it's not a big problem, it's somewhat annoying to have your dash all bright during the night (it's somewhat a distraction). Any ideas as to what can be causing it? Thanks
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There's a bit on the www.540i6.com "common problems and fixes" page about that. I tried his tips and then I think I ended up just replacing the (working) bulb with a new one, but I've not had any trouble since. It's kind of irritating, that's for sure.
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