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      11-01-2015, 09:01 PM   #7
AussieSimon
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The rear cluster of a 1 Series with Xenon headlights is red LED tail lamps, and regular incandescent bulbs for brakes, turn, reverse and rear fog.

From your photograph, it appears that the brake light has blown. If so, then the whole light assembly won't need replacing. We're talking about a regular, commodity P21W incandescent bulb that can be bought at low cost from any automotive parts shop. You can even replace it yourself if you're handy with a socket wrench.

You can buy aftermarket LED bulbs that fit the incandescent socket. However you will need to perform some coding to suppress the bulb failure checks. I have done this on my F20 for the turn signals, mainly because I like them to be as bright as possible.
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