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 Posted: Sep 5, 2019 11:35AM
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Originally Posted by AustinPowersEdition
Here's my story - I added LED foglights to my 2012 Countryman - I immediately got the "Foglight Out" indicator which I fully expected and am OK with.  A day later the red "Car on a Lift" picture came on as well as the the red "Brake" word illuminated.  The car is running perfectly.   I replaced the ignition coils/plugs and did an oil filter/oil change about two weeks ago.

Any ideas?  Thanks. 
The computer probably needs to be reprogrammed...  Halogen bulbs draw a lot more current than the LED's, when you switched to LED without telling the computer, it thinks there is a problem with the Halogen bulbs and thus the errors....

 Posted: Sep 3, 2019 01:35PM
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That's my vote also.  

 Posted: Sep 3, 2019 11:57AM
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Best guess: The car KNOWS you have been messing with it and wants to visit a dealer.

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"Hang on a minute lads....I've got a great idea."

 Posted: Sep 3, 2019 10:59AM
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Here's my story - I added LED foglights to my 2012 Countryman - I immediately got the "Foglight Out" indicator which I fully expected and am OK with.  A day later the red "Car on a Lift" picture came on as well as the the red "Brake" word illuminated.  The car is running perfectly.   I replaced the ignition coils/plugs and did an oil filter/oil change about two weeks ago.

Any ideas?  Thanks.