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      01-19-2015, 02:12 PM   #1
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A couple of small niggles

When the car goes in for its 1,200 mile service I will ask the dealer, but...

1. Condensation in the headlights - I have Adaptive LED headlights? Whats the deal with that on a £65k+ car?

2. Roof rack locator strips. My pass side seems to stick up about 5mm on the pass rear side. I have tried to push it down but it doesn't seem to want to stay down - very annoying!

3. Front Parking sensors. Started on Sunday, for some reason even when nothing is in front of the car the bleeps and shows that something is right ton the front! I thought it was the salt build up off the roads, but I have wiped that off today and although not constant now it does seem to still happen for extended periods of time for no reason at all!

I love the car, but these little thinks are annoying!

I'm sure the dealer will sort them all but still....

Anyone else have the same?
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Not had any if these yet. I'm sure the dealer will sort them out.
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Condensation in lights is nothing to worry about, as long as there's no water droplets. It actually says this in the F30 manual:
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Condensation in lights is nothing to worry about, as long as there's no water droplets. It actually says this in the F30 manual:
Unfortunately I have full on droplets in both headlamps and in either corner. They run down the inside of the lamp glass like its raining inside.
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Unfortunately I have full on droplets in both headlamps and in either corner. They run down the inside of the lamp glass like its raining inside.
Oh!

That's defo needs sorting then!
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Unfortunately I have full on droplets in both headlamps and in either corner. They run down the inside of the lamp glass like its raining inside.
I was digging around last week, looking for horizontal and vertical adjustment for the headlights and realized that there is a large circular disc (cover) that twists right off for access to the headlight internals. May be possible that the cover is loose?

Open it up and throw a silica gel pack in?
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Imo take it to the dealers for them to replace the headlights.

If there's that much water in there it could have left water marks on the reflectors which will reduce their brightness. I had that happen on my E90's front fog lights.
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Imo take it to the dealers for them to replace the headlights.

If there's that much water in there it could have left water marks on the reflectors which will reduce their brightness. I had that happen on my E90's front fog lights.
Yes I will just leave it for now as the car is back with them in 2 weeks for the 1,200 mile service.

In this time I'm sure I will be able to gather a *small* list of items which need looking at, even the BEST cars have their teething problems.....
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Yes I will just leave it for now as the car is back with them in 2 weeks for the 1,200 mile service.

In this time I'm sure I will be able to gather a *small* list of items which need looking at, even the BEST cars have their teething problems.....
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It's a car produced on a factory assembly line. Each car is not going to be perfect, but as long as the issues are small and resolved by the dealer, then all is good
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Full circle fyi;

http://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1085577
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...mine has the same problem its done less than 1000mls
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