soooo after my wheel well light almost caught fire... and the car was in the shop for a week... thats fine and dandy now.. however, my front driver side fog lamp either..
A. Burned out
B. caught fire as well (i hope not)

Im thinking the bulb just went out...

soooo my question is, how does one change these lil buggers? I havent had a good chance to look unerneath the car to see if its easily accessable, do you think i should bring it to the dealership to have replaced or do it myself?

thanks!

 

Out of all the exterior lights, the front fog lights are the least accessable. It might be easier for the dealer to do it if the car is still under warranty! :smile:

 

I had it done under warranty. But ask first...some dealers may hem & haw about it.

 

dealer installed fog light blub should be covered by the dealer warranty

 

If anything goes wrong with the foglights (other than bulb replacement), MINI only calls them out as the entire assembly, so you (or the dealer) will have to order the fog light assembly (specific R & L). MINI does not have a part number for the foglight bulbs, but the dealer may stock the H11 bulbs anyway (not sure on that one).

I replaced both my foglights after the lenses cracked.

- You have to remove undo some connections in the wheel well liners to access the fog light mounting screws
- I found it helped to also remove the bumper cover to see a little better what you were aiming for (the screw)
- There are also some connectors that need to be undone.

The major pain is getting those three screws that hold each foglight undone and then getting the screw started again when you install the new assembly.

The new foglights will also need to be reaimed (not the case with bulb replacement).


Given all that, I would try to get the dealer to warrenty your foglights first, and only do the replacement on your own if you have to. Incidently, if you have to order the fog lights and replace them yourself, call the Classic MINI parts department.

Dave

 

It is very easy to replace those lights. Pull the front wheel and there are 4 screws to remove.If you need help you can email me. robgamber@comcast.net

 

You've already paid for the warranty. Why not let the dealer take care of it for you?

Plus, it might be something more serious than just a bad bulb, like a cracked connector or a bad wiring harness. If you mess with it yourself, the dealer will have an excuse not to cover it under warranty.

 

This would make an excellent how-to page like Randy has in performance mods, could be very usefull to many?!? Pictures worth millions of words n'stuff. :smile: Especially when I have to replace one of those and I am a long long long way from the dealer.

 

If you've already had an electrical fire, I'd make the dealer do it.

 

Give me less than 20,000 more miles and i'll do a whole bunch of howtos once my car starts falling apart (again)

For now i'll leave it up to the dealer to correct these problems.