DRL out

[Boomerdw]

So the shop troubleshoot the DRL. After swapping parts etc the headlight housing needs to be replaced. I was hoping for a module unit fault, no such luck. Not sure what failed in the sealed assembly housing. $440 to find out I need to spend another $3200. Not going there. Gues I turmmthe DRL’s off via MMI. I can clear the two warnings on the dash but they come back on each ignition being turned on. They didn’t want to try to track down the code to permanently delete. Or did ai want to chase that rabbit with more $$. $3700 just craz for a DRL being out. Blinker still functions. They weren’t excited about going used, so I didn't push it.

Miss the simple bulb fix in my muscle cars back in the day.

Thanks for the help

[PassionForAudi]

So the shop troubleshoot the DRL. After swapping parts etc the headlight housing needs to be replaced. I was hoping for a module unit fault, no such luck. Not sure what failed in the sealed assembly housing. $440 to find out I need to spend another $3200. Not going there. Gues I turmmthe DRL’s off via MMI. I can clear the two warnings on the dash but they come back on each ignition being turned on. They didn’t want to try to track down the code to permanently delete. Or did ai want to chase that rabbit with more $$. $3700 just craz for a DRL being out. Blinker still functions. They weren’t excited about going used, so I didn't push it.

Miss the simple bulb fix in my muscle cars back in the day.

Thanks for the help

Damn, bro’, that’s definitely a nice amount of change just to get a DRL back up. I’d definitely go with a used one and just get things squared away via that route. Definitely not cheap on this end but I’m totally not spending such an amount on that. Personally, I’d shut that other side down via the MMI and toss that $3,700.00 toward a family trip to Hawaii!


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[XMetal]

So the shop troubleshoot the DRL. After swapping parts etc the headlight housing needs to be replaced. I was hoping for a module unit fault, no such luck. Not sure what failed in the sealed assembly housing. $440 to find out I need to spend another $3200. Not going there. Gues I turmmthe DRL’s off via MMI. I can clear the two warnings on the dash but they come back on each ignition being turned on. They didn’t want to try to track down the code to permanently delete. Or did ai want to chase that rabbit with more $$. $3700 just craz for a DRL being out. Blinker still functions. They weren’t excited about going used, so I didn't push it.

Miss the simple bulb fix in my muscle cars back in the day.

Thanks for the help

Bummer. I, too hate that almost all, if not all of the newer cars that have these LED lights, especially DRLs which will eventually fail. Instead of a $1 bulb, we are faced with a $3k to $4k light assembly. The same goes for the tail lights! I guessed everyone is making throw-away cars now when anything that fails will make it out cost the value of the vehicle and makes you scrap the car. Planned obsolescence?