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F55/F56 Union Jack Taillight Issues

Old Oct 21, 2019 | 08:07 AM
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Union Jack Taillight Issues

Hi,
I just had the Union Jack taillights installed by a Mini authorized aftermarket place and noticed that when I start the car, they do this cycle for a few seconds. Is this normal?
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Old Oct 26, 2019 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by rphox2003
Hi,
I just had the Union Jack taillights installed by a Mini authorized aftermarket place and noticed that when I start the car, they do this cycle for a few seconds. Is this normal?
TIA.
Nope not normal. You need to check if hot/cold bulb monitoring is on since these are led and not incandescent.
You can achieve this with BimmerCode or Esys
 
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Old Dec 19, 2019 | 02:48 AM
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Originally Posted by 6FT6
Nope not normal. You need to check if hot/cold bulb monitoring is on since these are led and not incandescent.
You can achieve this with BimmerCode or Esys
I finally got an OBDII reader and Bimmercode. The warm and cold monitoring settings were already inactive. Any other ideas?

I also made the following code changes:
  1. Save Start/Stop Setting: This one worked so now I no longer need to disable this every time I start the car.
  2. Display Tire Temperature: This one also worked. I now see the tire pressure and temperature. Very cool.
  3. Add Lock/Unlock Chime Checkbox to Doors: This one didn't work. The checkbox now appears on the settings central display but I cannot select it.
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Old Dec 19, 2019 | 05:26 AM
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I suggest you go to You Tube and follow MiniVlog's procedures. He has detailed step by step procedures to code out flicker and such for the Union Jack taillights. I followed his steps and it works.
 
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Old Dec 19, 2019 | 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by ghstrdr
I suggest you go to You Tube and follow MiniVlog's procedures. He has detailed step by step procedures to code out flicker and such for the Union Jack taillights. I followed his steps and it works.
Thanks but I already tried it and it didn't work. He seems to have an older version of BimmerCode but I found the settings he referred to and they were already disabled - and still flickering.
 
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Old Dec 19, 2019 | 12:38 PM
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slightly off topic but which obd reader did you buy to use with bimmercode? i tried 1 but it didn't work :(

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Old Dec 20, 2019 | 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by robby71
slightly off topic but which obd reader did you buy to use with bimmercode?
OBDLink LX
 
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