Help! Xenon Error

ooahomestar · 11-11-2010, 10:36 PM

Hey Guys,

I've did a Halogen to Xenons conversion a while ago, and I always had errors during the fall/winter (lights not turning on, or the stupid error tone going off every couple minutes). This year I decided to do something about it, and purchased an HID kit that has the correct 55w voltage. Everything installed fine, until... I drive for a more than 5 minutes...

After 5 minutes pass I get the RED SERVICE light... yea the one that's a picture of my car on a lift... The error code was CCID 231. I did some quick research and I am not the only member that had this problem after popping in a HID kit.

Does anybody have any solutions? I remember a while back people mentioned error cancelers, but I haven't seen those in the forums for a long time.

HELP! It gets dark so early, and I'd like to drive w/my lights on w/o the errors. Thanks!

bsamoul · 11-18-2010, 04:12 PM

bump, this just started on my car today

ooahomestar · 01-04-2011, 01:54 PM

Note: My battery was dying, and when I swapped out the battery, the error code stopped appearing (it appeared once after a changed the battery but since then it hasn't appeared again.)

I just swapped to an ******* HID kit, seems to have fixed the problem... Unfortunately this kit does not use the D1S bulbs, so the beam pattern seems a little bit off. I'm currently trying to find a solution where the I can use D1S bulbs with my ******* HID kit. Has anybody tried this?

The HID kit I have only has 2 wires for the bulb... D1S bulbs have 3 pins, requiring 3 wires... Does anybody have information related to which wire is +/- or ground? I cut the OEM D1S cable and noticed the 3 wires are the following colors:

Grey, Pink, and Yellow.

In retrospect... I sort of wish I kept my xenon swap w/OEM kit... too late now...

11-11-2010, 10:36 PM	#1
ooahomestar Private First Class 6 Rep 169 Posts Drives: M235i Estoril Blue Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: East Bay iTrader: (0)	Help! Xenon Error Hey Guys, I've did a Halogen to Xenons conversion a while ago, and I always had errors during the fall/winter (lights not turning on, or the stupid error tone going off every couple minutes). This year I decided to do something about it, and purchased an HID kit that has the correct 55w voltage. Everything installed fine, until... I drive for a more than 5 minutes... After 5 minutes pass I get the RED SERVICE light... yea the one that's a picture of my car on a lift... The error code was CCID 231. I did some quick research and I am not the only member that had this problem after popping in a HID kit. Does anybody have any solutions? I remember a while back people mentioned error cancelers, but I haven't seen those in the forums for a long time. HELP! It gets dark so early, and I'd like to drive w/my lights on w/o the errors. Thanks!
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11-18-2010, 04:12 PM	#2
bsamoul Major General 165 Rep 7,433 Posts Drives: E90 325i Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Walnut Creek, California iTrader: (2)	bump, this just started on my car today __________________ -Brian 2X 2006 BMW 325i [Electric Red & Mystic Blue] \| ZPP \| V1 \| Rear Fogs \| M3 Lip Spoiler \| EAS RemoteKey \| BMS Powerbox \| Projector90 Headlights w/ LED AE \| LED plate lights \| OEM Blacklines http://www.tech-shine.com
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01-04-2011, 01:54 PM	#3
ooahomestar Private First Class 6 Rep 169 Posts Drives: M235i Estoril Blue Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: East Bay iTrader: (0)	Note: My battery was dying, and when I swapped out the battery, the error code stopped appearing (it appeared once after a changed the battery but since then it hasn't appeared again.) I just swapped to an ***** HID kit, seems to have fixed the problem... Unfortunately this kit does not use the D1S bulbs, so the beam pattern seems a little bit off. I'm currently trying to find a solution where the I can use D1S bulbs with my ***** HID kit. Has anybody tried this? The HID kit I have only has 2 wires for the bulb... D1S bulbs have 3 pins, requiring 3 wires... Does anybody have information related to which wire is +/- or ground? I cut the OEM D1S cable and noticed the 3 wires are the following colors: Grey, Pink, and Yellow. In retrospect... I sort of wish I kept my xenon swap w/OEM kit... too late now...
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