Headlights - United Bimmer Community

**digismack** · 10-07-2007, 06:36 PM

I got in my 1997 BMW 318i tonight, turned the headlights switch over and my low beams wouldn't come on. I can flick on the high-beams, but the low-beams will not come on. If I pull the lever back to leave the high-beams on, they don't come on. I can only push the lever forward to flick them on. My right side fog light works, but not the left. I don't know that it's related, as I never use my fog lights so I don't know if it was working before or not.

On a possibly unrelated note, my brake lights stopped working a few days ago as well. I replaced the fuse but they still don't work. I'm guessing it's a wiring issue, but I'm not sure.

Any help here?

witeshark · 10-07-2007, 06:46 PM

That looks like a wiring issue. Has the brake light switch been checked?

**Dudesky** · 10-08-2007, 08:20 AM

Could be a defective switch at the dashboard. If all your fuses are okay, I would check that, since everything pretty much runs through that switch.

**zeit00** · 10-11-2007, 12:08 PM

Check the wiring loom that goes to the trunk itself. Often times those will break or get frayed and will cause issues with lights, brakes, etc..