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| Oct 1, 2019 08:04AM | kaelanfrost | |
| Oct 1, 2019 03:58AM | kenatminimania | Edited: Oct 2, 2019 03:24AM |
| Sep 30, 2019 08:54PM | kaelanfrost |
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Originally Posted by kaelanfrost
Hello,
My passenger low-beam went out recently on my 2006 R53, and while I was checking fuses associated with the non working headlamp, I noticed an audible noise coming from the interior fusebox. The noise was no longer there after the keys went into the first, second and third position (engine running) in the ignition. I figured it might be a loose fuse or one on its way out, but after close inspection I found no faulty fuses. I put my ear right up to the panel to isolate the sound and I found it to be coming from the "RL8" spot, (which isn't actually a fuse or a relay it's just a couple slits in the plastic) by covering the plastic slits with my finger and found the noise level to decrease when I did so. The sound could be coming from anywhere behind the fusebox itself with the sound just coming out the few slits too, but I have no way of knowing.
Although I never noticed it before, I'm sure the noise has been present for at least a little while, so I wouldn't classify it as an emergency. I just want to make sure nothing bad is going to happen down the road. I would describe the noise as halfway between a clicking and a buzzing, too slow to be a buzz and too fast to be a click, if that helps.
On a side note.... If I can't hear the Ballast / Control unit's high-pitched buzzing from behind the non-working headlamp, does that mean it's the control unit that's the problem? Or does the buzzing stop if you have a bad bulb too? (Xenon lights)
Thanks a ton,
Kaelan
My passenger low-beam went out recently on my 2006 R53, and while I was checking fuses associated with the non working headlamp, I noticed an audible noise coming from the interior fusebox. The noise was no longer there after the keys went into the first, second and third position (engine running) in the ignition. I figured it might be a loose fuse or one on its way out, but after close inspection I found no faulty fuses. I put my ear right up to the panel to isolate the sound and I found it to be coming from the "RL8" spot, (which isn't actually a fuse or a relay it's just a couple slits in the plastic) by covering the plastic slits with my finger and found the noise level to decrease when I did so. The sound could be coming from anywhere behind the fusebox itself with the sound just coming out the few slits too, but I have no way of knowing.
Although I never noticed it before, I'm sure the noise has been present for at least a little while, so I wouldn't classify it as an emergency. I just want to make sure nothing bad is going to happen down the road. I would describe the noise as halfway between a clicking and a buzzing, too slow to be a buzz and too fast to be a click, if that helps.
On a side note.... If I can't hear the Ballast / Control unit's high-pitched buzzing from behind the non-working headlamp, does that mean it's the control unit that's the problem? Or does the buzzing stop if you have a bad bulb too? (Xenon lights)
Thanks a ton,
Kaelan
As for the sound from the fuse box - that is new to me. The only think I can think of that might make noise would be a relay so I would suspect a relay on the back side of the fuse box..... but that is only a guess....
-Kaelan
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Originally Posted by kaelanfrost
Hello,
My passenger low-beam went out recently on my 2006 R53, and while I was checking fuses associated with the non working headlamp, I noticed an audible noise coming from the interior fusebox. The noise was no longer there after the keys went into the first, second and third position (engine running) in the ignition. I figured it might be a loose fuse or one on its way out, but after close inspection I found no faulty fuses. I put my ear right up to the panel to isolate the sound and I found it to be coming from the "RL8" spot, (which isn't actually a fuse or a relay it's just a couple slits in the plastic) by covering the plastic slits with my finger and found the noise level to decrease when I did so. The sound could be coming from anywhere behind the fusebox itself with the sound just coming out the few slits too, but I have no way of knowing.
Although I never noticed it before, I'm sure the noise has been present for at least a little while, so I wouldn't classify it as an emergency. I just want to make sure nothing bad is going to happen down the road. I would describe the noise as halfway between a clicking and a buzzing, too slow to be a buzz and too fast to be a click, if that helps.
On a side note.... If I can't hear the Ballast / Control unit's high-pitched buzzing from behind the non-working headlamp, does that mean it's the control unit that's the problem? Or does the buzzing stop if you have a bad bulb too? (Xenon lights)
Thanks a ton,
Kaelan
My passenger low-beam went out recently on my 2006 R53, and while I was checking fuses associated with the non working headlamp, I noticed an audible noise coming from the interior fusebox. The noise was no longer there after the keys went into the first, second and third position (engine running) in the ignition. I figured it might be a loose fuse or one on its way out, but after close inspection I found no faulty fuses. I put my ear right up to the panel to isolate the sound and I found it to be coming from the "RL8" spot, (which isn't actually a fuse or a relay it's just a couple slits in the plastic) by covering the plastic slits with my finger and found the noise level to decrease when I did so. The sound could be coming from anywhere behind the fusebox itself with the sound just coming out the few slits too, but I have no way of knowing.
Although I never noticed it before, I'm sure the noise has been present for at least a little while, so I wouldn't classify it as an emergency. I just want to make sure nothing bad is going to happen down the road. I would describe the noise as halfway between a clicking and a buzzing, too slow to be a buzz and too fast to be a click, if that helps.
On a side note.... If I can't hear the Ballast / Control unit's high-pitched buzzing from behind the non-working headlamp, does that mean it's the control unit that's the problem? Or does the buzzing stop if you have a bad bulb too? (Xenon lights)
Thanks a ton,
Kaelan
As for the sound from the fuse box - that is new to me. The only think I can think of that might make noise would be a relay so I would suspect a relay on the back side of the fuse box..... but that is only a guess....
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Hello,
My passenger low-beam went out recently on my 2006 R53, and while I was checking fuses associated with the non working headlamp, I noticed an audible noise coming from the interior fusebox. The noise was no longer there after the keys went into the first, second and third position (engine running) in the ignition. I figured it might be a loose fuse or one on its way out, but after close inspection I found no faulty fuses. I put my ear right up to the panel to isolate the sound and I found it to be coming from the "RL8" spot, (which isn't actually a fuse or a relay it's just a couple slits in the plastic) by covering the plastic slits with my finger and found the noise level to decrease when I did so. The sound could be coming from anywhere behind the fusebox itself with the sound just coming out the few slits too, but I have no way of knowing.
Although I never noticed it before, I'm sure the noise has been present for at least a little while, so I wouldn't classify it as an emergency. I just want to make sure nothing bad is going to happen down the road. I would describe the noise as halfway between a clicking and a buzzing, too slow to be a buzz and too fast to be a click, if that helps.
On a side note.... If I can't hear the Ballast / Control unit's high-pitched buzzing from behind the non-working headlamp, does that mean it's the control unit that's the problem? Or does the buzzing stop if you have a bad bulb too? (Xenon lights)
Thanks a ton,
Kaelan
My passenger low-beam went out recently on my 2006 R53, and while I was checking fuses associated with the non working headlamp, I noticed an audible noise coming from the interior fusebox. The noise was no longer there after the keys went into the first, second and third position (engine running) in the ignition. I figured it might be a loose fuse or one on its way out, but after close inspection I found no faulty fuses. I put my ear right up to the panel to isolate the sound and I found it to be coming from the "RL8" spot, (which isn't actually a fuse or a relay it's just a couple slits in the plastic) by covering the plastic slits with my finger and found the noise level to decrease when I did so. The sound could be coming from anywhere behind the fusebox itself with the sound just coming out the few slits too, but I have no way of knowing.
Although I never noticed it before, I'm sure the noise has been present for at least a little while, so I wouldn't classify it as an emergency. I just want to make sure nothing bad is going to happen down the road. I would describe the noise as halfway between a clicking and a buzzing, too slow to be a buzz and too fast to be a click, if that helps.
On a side note.... If I can't hear the Ballast / Control unit's high-pitched buzzing from behind the non-working headlamp, does that mean it's the control unit that's the problem? Or does the buzzing stop if you have a bad bulb too? (Xenon lights)
Thanks a ton,
Kaelan
