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      04-23-2023, 09:33 AM   #1
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2021 M2C pre purchase concern

About to pick up this M2 and I noticed the headlight markers are flickering. 11k miles and some bimmercode done to the car, but this definitely seems weird. The flickering is not just camera frame rate, it looked as it does in the video. Any ideas what this is? Warranty fix?

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What color is this car?
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About to pick up this M2 and I noticed the headlight markers are flickering. 11k miles and some bimmercode done to the car, but this definitely seems weird. The flickering is not just camera frame rate, it looked as it does in the video. Any ideas what this is? Warranty fix?

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Ask the selling dealer to figure it out
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It’s Long Beach Blue
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Lol it’s a private sale, was just wondering if anyone knew off their head what it was, if it was common, etc
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Lol it’s a private sale, was just wondering if anyone knew off their head what it was, if it was common, etc
It’s only so funny….have them figure it out

I would seriously walk
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Never seen that before, but maybe they installed some crappy LED turn signal bulbs? If they're the original bulbs I'd run away.
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Never seen that before, but maybe they installed some crappy LED turn signal bulbs? If they're the original bulbs I'd run away.
Nah they are original, they looked incandescent. Run away because warranty work wouldn’t fix it?
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Nah they are original, they looked incandescent. Run away because warranty work wouldn’t fix it?
A potential wiring/electrical problem would scare me, even if it's able to be fixed under warranty. There are plenty of M2s out there that don't have issues like this. But if you're still going to have a warranty for a while maybe you can use this issue to negotiate a lower price and it's worth it to you.
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I think you’re right to be concerned and this is not a common problem I’ve heard of.

Keep looking, there’s plenty of M2’s out there, you can find one with no issues.
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Well I bought it, stay tuned for the saga of the flickering amber markers!
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Congrats, good luck and hope it’s an easy fix.
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Congrats, good luck and hope it’s an easy fix.
Appreciate that, I hope so too. In any case being under warranty I’m not super worried. I’ll keep y’all posted
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Congrats! I'd get it in for a fix ASAP so you have as much time under warranty as you can in case it pops up again. Probably no big deal but let us know how it turns out.
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