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matada34 · Jan 29th, 2006, 10:52 AM

Hi, I have recently purchased a 52 plate cooper s, lots of extras and seems in perfect condition.

Yesterday driving home i got an intermittent fault with the main beam, the main beam works but would not stay on automatically. Pulling the stalk back (for main beam) lit the lights but letting it go would just go back to normal. It was as if the relay was not latching on. Later on the problem did not re appear but has since!

Anyone have any ideas? Does it mean a good old trip to the dealer? I bought this car private and i think the warranty has not long run out. It has only 18,000miles on the clock. How do i stand to getting it sorted by BMW outside the warranty?

Another problem Ive noticed, it seemed abit jerky on pick up but i didn't really think much of it. Yesterday, first thing in the morning it did it with a concern from me, soon cleared but obviously not good. Any ideas??

Any help would be great, Matt

Jan 29th, 2006, 10:52 AM	#1
matada34 matada34 Join Date: Jan 2006 Local Time: 08:56 PM Posts: 4 Offline	Main Beam problems Hi, I have recently purchased a 52 plate cooper s, lots of extras and seems in perfect condition. Yesterday driving home i got an intermittent fault with the main beam, the main beam works but would not stay on automatically. Pulling the stalk back (for main beam) lit the lights but letting it go would just go back to normal. It was as if the relay was not latching on. Later on the problem did not re appear but has since! Anyone have any ideas? Does it mean a good old trip to the dealer? I bought this car private and i think the warranty has not long run out. It has only 18,000miles on the clock. How do i stand to getting it sorted by BMW outside the warranty? Another problem Ive noticed, it seemed abit jerky on pick up but i didn't really think much of it. Yesterday, first thing in the morning it did it with a concern from me, soon cleared but obviously not good. Any ideas?? Any help would be great, Matt