BMW F40 DRL TURNED YELLOW!!! BUT THIS IS HOW I SAVED THE CUSTOMER A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR BILL!!!!!

[@CharlieHarper-d4x]

After watching these videos im keeping my little 2010 1.4 fiat punto evo forever 😆 .

[@itswais77]

1.2 is better

[@CharlieHarper-d4x]

@itswais77 either one is so easy to fix and work on .

[@karp6130]

Yes me too. I have the Panda Lounge Mk3. Great for DIY mechanics.

[@CharlieHarper-d4x]

@karp6130 i priced up the timing belt and water pump , £80! and so easy anyone mechanically minded can do it themselves. Oil change and oil filter every year only costs me about £30.

[@tomcurran65]

Great save and great info, I never thought that would have worked, never would have thought to try it. Your customer needs to know how much you just saved for them!

[@bazmeredith]

I've been looking after his cars for many years, it's a instructor car

[@waynebrinkley6284]

Great work mate, saving people money rather than throwing parts at it.🤙

[@markconnor269]

Well done mate 👏 love your calm attitude 👍 I'd of been stress city 🤦🤣

[@bazmeredith]

I've spent years of throwing Paddy's when things don't go to plan and it don't get you anywhere, all you can do is just shrug it off and carry on

[@markrodgers395]

Nice one baz great repair, I changed the angel eye bulb on my 06 730d 4hrs later and I’d wish I’d left it not working…gotta love the bm’s

[@kevwatson3661]

Dedication 8am on a Saturday morning, and well before anyone else arrives 👏

[@oscarcat80]

Top job customer should be delighted. I paid about £500 a few years ago for a rear light on my F30 so that’s a nice saving

[@OneLarz]

I've been watching a few videos on this particular repair on multiple different models and years. But I think this is one of the newest years I've seen and it's the absolute worst position for that outer DRL LED controller. On my 2016 x1 mSport all for are easy to see and work with, right on top at the rear of the headlight assembly. But I just had to say. Kudos. And the dremel polish bit was the best fix I'd seen. Usually it ends up being too charred to save. At first I thought you had an electric toothbrush and ultra whitening toothpaste and I was thinking wow, that could actually work. Lol But I'm replacing both sides in my x1 this weekend and I'm hoping I don't have to do much with the tube.

[@cmac5110]

I've got this problem on my f45 I'm going to give it a go, thanks buddy 👍

[@alanpatterson2759]

Well impressed with that repair!

[@roadmasterboston]

Just come across your channel. Great vids and camera work. Just over a year ago my fiesta had same problem with drl. The circuit board has heat sink paste between it an the alloy mounting which had dried out and cracked causing the unit to get too hot and burn the light tube. I reassembled with new heat sink paste and trimmed & polished the end of the light tube and bingo. Should think thks will be a common problem with all these type of lights. Keep up the good work.

[@bazmeredith]

Thank you appreciate this 🤙

[@sahilsambyal4968]

What a timely video for me. I have same issue with my BMW (same model as in your video). I am in London and I wish if I could drive to you for the repair but its quite far. However, I am surely going to share your video with the garage where I am going for repairs. Thanks mate.

[@SoloSurvior]

There is a guy in london i believe its called home of headlights who does these repairs if still require it

[@davidmehlhorn726]

I remember my first car back in the 80’s where there was almost enough room in the engine bay to step in and work on the engine. Crazy how you have to spend ages stripping a car down just to change a small module.

[@alperdb]

I have the same problem and the bmw repair shop offered me today 75 thousand turkish lira (about 1700 gbp today’s rate). I can't buy modules because our leaders have limited the price of orders from outside the country, so it means I can only order products up to 30 euros with shipping. They send a mail want a discount to the BMW center (Germany) under the goodwill guarantee because all repairs of my vehicles, oil changes, etc. were made by the BMW service. I am waiting for news about what percentage the discount will be, this country has really tired me.

[@ArronMurray]

I swear BMW designers all sit around the computer and challenge each other on how many steps they can add to a process that use to be "flip, pop, close, done". Pretty much all German vehicles now.

[@jimduk]

Germans! they over complicate everything whether it be mechanical engineers or software/electronics. the master engineers in my view ? Japanese - the refine until it works and keep things simple.

[@ANDY-we7mr]

Good video that baz nice car as well 👍 thanks for sharing that information 😊

[@ginobragoli1448]

These modern headlights now cost an absolute fortune and I can't see how they can justify some of these prices £1000+.

[@jopatice6631]

I currently have the same DRL out for my F44 which has the same setup. I have not taken the DRL off yet, but starting to think mine has the same issue.

[@simonbailey2151]

Very ingenious work there, Baz, no idea how you work out these improvised fixes.

[@bazmeredith]

Spending many many years with somebody with an attitude of if it's broke why can't we fix it.... And his favourite saying is if you were stuck in the desert what would you do, it's changed my mindset on how I look at things, if it can be fixed we'll fix it

[@Wilbur2302]

I’m absolutely made up with the repair Baz!!! I worked in the trade for quite a few years & you sir are the best tech I’ve met!! Thanks again buddy

[@bazmeredith]

​@@Wilbur2302 Cheers buddy appreciate it

[@mikeberry304]

It'll be all white on the night Baz 😂, well done , happy punter , dealer cockup 🙈

[@jimduk]

LEDs should last (pretty much) for ever ASSUMING the current/voltage circuit is designed correctly AND a suitable heatsink is designed into the device. Coincidently only yesterday my 81 year father was complaining about his 1 year 2 month old Ford Kuga indicator (LED) bulb(S) had failed!! I looked closely at the LED circuit and general build and as an experienced electronics engineer I can conclude they are junk! and looking at the scorch marks on your example BMW PCB - again junk! the manufactures are pouring out complex junk at the moment! Give me a simple old fashioned Halogen/incandescent bulbs, yup current draw is a lot higher versus LED, but simple and cheap!

[@bazmeredith]

100%

[@SoloSurvior]

I had this with my f34 that has the angel eyes, my issue was everytime i plugged a new drl module the led chips would instantly explode - 3 modules later and a new headlight the bill was just shy of £4500 (warranty covered luckily) the issue i have now is the other set as they are a few years older look abit off in terms of brightness 😢 now that im out of warranty im leaving it alone !

[@mickpursell]

nice job baz

[@MX5MAN4]

great work baz!!! do most manufacturers do these led strips separate for headlamps or is it complete units if it fails?

[@bazmeredith]

I'm unsure buddy it's hard to keep up with product information. Probably most are all on one

[@MX5MAN4]

@@bazmeredith cheers baz yes i was told when i had my cx5 and 1 went it was headlamp assy -just glad it was under warranty as it would have cost over £1000

[@realmusicreallife]

I would of thought this mini would of been under warranty for that failed light thingy.

[@bazmeredith]

It's a 1 series and it's out of warranty

[@shaunblakemore7150]

Awesome 👍

[@simoneoccoffer9558]

After the replacement of the module you need to programming the car?

[@aminemebarki9280]

hello man, did you also change the module ?

[@pasdaymon680]

They don't make anything easy do they,it's a tough gig being a mechanic now a days

[@-sargntclashroyaleandmore-491]

You have a jungle growing in your workshop... or are you going for the natural look 😂

[@bazmeredith]

It's called ivy and its not on our property but it grows wild this time of year, it's hard to juggle fixing cars and doing gardening stuff

[@oj4249]

What causes this? Aren’t LED lights used to last really long ? Weird that it broke so early in its life.

[@modyxxx1930]

Greetings from Poland 😊 good job !!

[@Milosz9]

are you working every Saturday?

[@bazmeredith]

1 in 4 off buddy

[@mikeprada1677]

What tool trolley have you got?​@@bazmeredith

[@bazmeredith]

@@mikeprada1677 bluepoint one buddy

[@Milosz9]

@@bazmeredith gotta love your job than. Great work great content.

[@adriancarey7848]

Who designs BMWs? Imagine thinking, oh lights never need to be removed🤬

[@ionutgeambasu6491]

👌

[@-DC-]

What an absolute dog 💩 design, Modern Cars are Mental all that for essentially a bulb.

[@liam5786]

The DLA special car never liked the 2 series should of never came out

[@rasonline]

Thanks, useful video. Hoping to do the same on my F48. One suggestion - add timestamps to the main parts (you literally just type the mm:ss in the video description). Otherwise edit out the stuff we really don't need watch. That bit about the the wrong part being delivered can be covered in 1 sentence, instead of adding on precious seconds to the video. +baz meredith