ONLY One Hella Angel Eye out...

On my 2001 530i I have aftermarket Hella headlights and ONLY the driver side Inside angel eye is out. The outer one is working and they are both connected to one power connection(the park lights). They are leds. Can one of them go bad entirely with leds or is there something else I need to look at?

Both on the passenger side is perfect add well.

Any advise.. Thx.

check for voltage at the angel eye that is out and/or verify connection. It is not common for just one LED to go out as they have such a reported long life, but I have had several aftermarket LEDS go out on my car. Had a license plate LED burn-up and one other. I suspect it is not typical of an LED, but likely the circuitry they employ with the LED that tries to fool the LCM into accepting a much smaller current draw and accept that draw as satisfying the LCM so the "check headlight" message does not come on.

The cheaper LED bulbs that are brighter and whiter do not have a great life expectancy. Some of the better ones last a long time. Would not surprise me that you have lost one. Move the right side to the left and see. Takes all of what a minute? Less time than it took us to write this.

How can you move it to the other side because it only has 1 connection for both angel eyes, and the wire for them goes directly into the headlight. The only way to switch them is to open up the headlights unless I'm missing something.

Sounds like you may need to open or peek thru the backside and see if they the dead one is wired correctly

Originally Posted by Neils528iM5

How can you move it to the other side because it only has 1 connection for both angel eyes, and the wire for them goes directly into the headlight. The only way to switch them is to open up the headlights unless I'm missing something.

The angel eyes work on the fiber optic principal. Light from the bulb or LED is routed with optical "tubes" to each of the rings around the headlights. When I replaced my adjusters, I found that a fair bit of the fiber optic guides were visible through the access/mounting holes for the two headlights and the angel eye bulbs. Removing the headlight for a look-see is less than a 10 minute job with simple tools. Check best links for a DIY.

From your symptoms, it is probable that the tube has detached from the junction block that the bulb shines into, or it has broken. Repairs may well be possible, especially if it has simply detached.

Originally Posted by rdl

The angel eyes work on the fiber optic principal. Light from the bulb or LED is routed with optical "tubes" to each of the rings around the headlights. When I replaced my adjusters, I found that a fair bit of the fiber optic guides were visible through the access/mounting holes for the two headlights and the angel eye bulbs. Removing the headlight for a look-see is less than a 10 minute job with simple tools. Check best links for a DIY.

From your symptoms, it is probable that the tube has detached from the junction block that the bulb shines into, or it has broken. Repairs may well be possible, especially if it has simply detached.

^ the OP mentioned he had aftermarket lamps with LED rings

Originally Posted by z168

^ the OP mentioned he had aftermarket lamps with LED rings

Oops, good point. I read too quickly and jumped to the assumption that he had LED replacements for the original halogen bulbs.

I took the driver headlight out and plugged in the angel eyes to the passenger side to see if it is a car problem or headlight problem and same results. I even tried taking the headlight apart to see if there's any problem inside but I couldn't get it open... I believe in order to open these headlights they have clips and silicone and need to be heated.