BMW lights module fault codes

The 145 fault codes the lights module can store, and what each one means. Some codes mean different things in different versions of the module; tap a code to see which applies to your car.

On: 5 Series (E60), 5 Series (E61), 6 Series (E63), 6 Series (E64), 7 Series (E65), 7 Series (E66), 7 Series (E67)

  • 9308 LM: High beam, left, faulty
  • 9309 LM: High beam, right, faulty
  • 930A LM: Low beam, left, faulty
  • 930B LM: Low beam, right, faulty
  • 930C LM: Clearance light, left (E60, E65), outer (E60 Halogen), faulty (and 2 other meanings)
  • 930D LM: Clearance light, right (E60, E65), outer (E60 Halogen), faulty (and 2 other meanings)
  • 930E LM: Front fog lamp, left, faulty (and 1 other meaning)
  • 930F LM: Front fog lamp, right, faulty
  • 9310 LM: Direction indicator, front left 1, faulty (and 2 other meanings)
  • 9311 LM: Direction indicator, front right 1, faulty (and 2 other meanings)
  • 9312 LM: Direction indicator, rear left, faulty (and 2 other meanings)
  • 9313 LM: Direction indicator, rear right, faulty (and 2 other meanings)
  • 9314 LM: Direction indicator, front left 2, faulty (and 2 other meanings)
  • 9315 LM: Direction indicator, front right 2, faulty (and 2 other meanings)
  • 9316 LM: Brake light, left, faulty
  • 9317 LM: Brake light, right, faulty
  • 9318 LM: Brake light, center, faulty
  • 9319 LM: Tail lamp/brake light, left, faulty
  • 931A LM: Tail lamp/brake light, right, faulty
  • 931B LM: Tail light (E65), clearance light (E60 Halogen), inside left, faulty (and 1 other meaning)
  • 931C LM: Tail light (E65), clearance light (E60 Halogen), inside right, faulty (and 1 other meaning)
  • 931D LM: License-plate light, left, faulty
  • 931E LM: License-plate light, right, faulty
  • 931F LM: Rear fog lamp, left, faulty
  • 9320 LM: Rear fog lamp, right, faulty
  • 9321 LM: Reversing light, left, faulty
  • 9322 LM: Reversing light, right, faulty
  • 9323 LM: Auxiliary direction indicator, left, faulty (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9324 LM: Auxiliary direction indicator, right, faulty (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9325 LM: Side marker light, front, faulty (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9327 LM: Side marker lamp, rear, faulty
  • 932D LM: AHL system fault
  • 932E LM: AHL system fault (and 1 other meaning)
  • 932F LM: AHL system: LB left deactivated (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9330 LM: ALC system: dipped-beam headlight, right, deactivated
  • 9331 LM: AHL signals fault to light module
  • 9CA8 LM: Control-module fault (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9CA9 LM: Terminal 30A connection faulty (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9CAA LM: Terminal 30B connection faulty (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9CAB LM: One terminal 15 missing
  • 9CAC LM: Brake-light switch faulty
  • 9CAD LM: AHM communication disturbed (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9CAE LM: Control-panel fault
  • 9CAF LM: Light switch faulty (position 1)
  • 9CB0 LM: Light switch faulty (position 2)
  • 9CB1 LM: Potentiometer, dimmer, faulty
  • 9CB2 LM: HVAC potentiometer faulty (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9CB3 LM: Ride-height sensor, front, faulty (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9CB4 LM: Ride-height sensor, rear, faulty (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9CB5 LM: Transport mode active (and 2 other meanings)
  • 9CB6 LM: HVAC coil chopping (and 2 other meanings)
  • 9CB7 LM: HVAC driver fault (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9CB8 LM: Dimming of lamps faulty (and 3 other meanings)
  • 9CB9 LM: Short circuit in a lamp circuit (and 2 other meanings)
  • 9CBA LM: Battery exhaustive-discharge protection: deactivation, side light (and 2 other meanings)
  • 9CBB LM: Battery exhaustive-discharge protection: deactivation, parking light (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9CBC LM: Communication with SMC, left, disrupted (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9CBD LM: Communication with SMC, right, disrupted (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9CBE LM: SMC, left, signaling fault (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9CBF LM: SMC, right, signaling fault (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9CC0 LM: Vehicle identification numbers in LM and SMC, left, different (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9CC1 LM: Vehicle identification numbers in LM and SMC, right, different
  • 9CC2 LM: No hardware cable to SZL
  • 9CC3 LM: Battery exhausted (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9CC4 LM: Software status and coding index do not match (and 1 other meaning)
  • 9CC5 LM: No LIN message (RLS)
  • 9CC6 LM: No alive signal from AHL system
  • 9CC7 LM: Daytime driving-light lock active
  • 9CC8 LED main light module (LHM), left: Control unit-internal fault
  • 9CC9 LED main light module (LHM) right: Control unit-internal fault
  • 9CCA LED main light module (LHM), left: Faulty LED low-beam headlight
  • 9CCB LED main light module (LHM) right: Faulty LED low-beam headlight
  • 9CCC LED main light module (LHM), left: LED high-beam headlight fault
  • 9CCD LED main light module (LHM) right: LED high-beam headlight fault
  • 9CCE LED main light module (LHM), left: Fault, hardware coding, classification resistors
  • 9CCF LED main light module (LHM) right: Fault, hardware coding, classification resistors
  • 9CD0 LED main light module (LHM), left: Communication fault thermal management
  • 9CD1 LED main light module (LHM) right: Communication fault thermal management
  • 9CD2 LED main light module (LHM), left: Excess temperature, left headlight
  • 9CD3 LED main light module (LHM) right: Excess temperature, right headlight
  • 9CD4 LED main light module (LHM), left: Inside fan faulty
  • 9CD5 LED main light module (LHM) right: Inside fan faulty
  • 9CD6 LED main light module (LHM), left: Outer fan defective
  • 9CD7 LED main light module (LHM) right: Outer fan defective
  • 9CD8 LED main light module (LHM), left: Faulty temperature sensor
  • 9CD9 LED main light module (LHM) right: Faulty temperature sensor
  • 9CDA LED main light module (LHM), left: Undervoltage, LHM, left
  • 9CDB LED main light module (LHM) right: Undervoltage, LHM, right
  • 9CDC LED main light module (LHM), left: Fault, terminal 30b on LHM, left
  • 9CDD LED main light module (LHM) right: Fault, terminal 30b on LHM, right
  • 9CDE LED main light module (LHM), left: Timeout LIN status message
  • 9CDF LED main light module (LHM) right: Timeout LIN status message
  • 9CE0 LED main light module (LHM), left: Overvoltage LHM, left
  • 9CE1 LED main light module (LHM), left: Overvoltage LHM, right
  • 9CE2 TMS left reporting fault
  • 9CE3 TMS right reporting fault
  • A8A8 LM: High beam/turn-off light, left, faulty
  • A8A9 LM: High beam/turn-off light, right, faulty
  • A8AA LM: Low beam, left, faulty
  • A8AB LM: Low beam, right, faulty
  • A8AC LM: E60/E61/E65/RR01: left clearance light faulty; E63/E64/RR02: left supplementary direction indicator faulty
  • A8AD LM: E60/E61/E65/RR01: right clearance light faulty; E63/E64/RR02: right supplementary direction indicator faulty
  • A8AE LM: Left fog lamp faulty; RR02: changeover left headlight assembly faulty
  • A8AF LM: Right fog lamp faulty; RR02: changeover right headlight assembly faulty
  • A8B0 LM: Direction indicator, front left, faulty
  • A8B1 LM: Direction indicator, front right, faulty
  • A8B2 LM: Direction indicator, rear left, faulty
  • A8B3 LM: Direction indicator, rear right, faulty
  • A8B4 LM: Side-marker light faulty
  • A8B5 LM: Brake light, left, faulty
  • A8B6 LM: Brake light, right, faulty
  • A8B7 LM: Brake light, center, faulty
  • A8B8 LM: Tail lamp/brake light, left, faulty
  • A8B9 LM: Tail lamp/brake light, right, faulty
  • A8BA LM: E61/E65/RR: left tail light faulty; E60: left clearance light faulty; E63/E64: power supply, front left direction indicator, faulty
  • A8BB LM: E61/E65/RR: right tail light faulty; E60: right clearance light faulty; E63/E64: power supply, front right direction indicator, faulty
  • A8BC LM: License-plate light, left, faulty
  • A8BD LM: License-plate light, right, faulty
  • A8BE LM: Not US: rear fog light, left, faulty; US: Break Force Display, left, faulty
  • A8BF LM: Not US: rear fog light, right, faulty; US: Break Force Display, right, faulty
  • A8C0 LM: Reversing light, left, faulty
  • A8C1 LM: Reversing light, right, faulty
  • A8C2 LM: E63/E64/E65: front left direction indicator 2 faulty; E60/E61: left brake light 2 faulty; RR US: rear left direction indicator 2 faulty
  • A8C3 LM: E63/E64/E65: front right direction indicator 2 faulty; E60/E61: right brake light 2 faulty; RR US: rear right direction indicator 2 faulty
  • A8C4 LM: Left daytime driving light faulty; RR02: left clearance light faulty
  • A8C5 LM: Right daytime driving light faulty; RR02: right clearance light faulty
  • A8C6 LM: Terminal 58g faulty
  • A8C7 LM: Bi-xenon, shield, faulty
  • E504 LM: K-CAN line fault
  • E505 CAN high, short circuit VB (and 1 other meaning)
  • E506 Ground shift, too high (and 1 other meaning)
  • E507 LM: K-CAN communication fault
  • E508 LM: PT-CAN communication fault
  • E50B LM: PT-CAN communication fault
  • E514 Steering angle telegram timeout or invalid (and 2 other meanings)
  • E515 No message (status of trailer, 0x2E4), receiver LM, transmitter AHM (and 1 other meaning)
  • E516 No message (steering column switch signal, 0x1EE), receiver LM, transmitter SZL (and 1 other meaning)
  • E517 No message (status of DSC, 0x19E), receiver LM, transmitter DSC (and 1 other meaning)
  • E518 No message (status driving light, 0x314), receiver LM, transmitter RLS (and 1 other meaning)
  • E519 No message (speed, 0x1A0), receiver LM, transmitter DSC (and 1 other meaning)
  • E51A No message (yaw rate) from DSC, receiver LM, transmitter DSC (and 1 other meaning)
  • E51B No message (terminal status, 0x130), receiver LM, transmitter CAS
  • E51C No message (High beam assistance), receiver LM
  • E51D No message (steering angle), receiver LM, transmitter SZL/DSC
  • E53E Telegram timeout on reception

Every BMW module's fault codes