At least thats what i think it is, on my 01 525i the light in the dash came on the red rear right light came on no idea if that means is burn or not but i have someone check it for me my reverse light, brake, stop all of them are working fine any ideas? :eyecrazy

might possibly be the wrong bulb in there and it just happens to fit.

it is probably the bulb with a dual filament, it has one filament for when your lights are on and another that is brighter for when you brake, check your lights without the brakes on and if you look closely you should see two bulbs lit in the tail lights. At least thats what happened on my car.

Odd i changed the right bulb to the left (driver side) and the light turn off but is back on today.

i changed my brake bulbs nothing i took a look none had 2 fills on them i wonders whats up, anyone else had that problem, it sucks to have a light on while i drive telling me my passanger light is out.:confused

I had a similar problem, the bulb was working but the indicator for a bulb out kept coming on. Finally after working with it the bulb went out. I think it might be indicating that the filament is close to failing even though it is still working. Just a guess.

When I could clearly see that the bulb had gone out I replaced it and all was fine.

Change all the bulbs, or at least the ones with visible "crusting" on the filament. Do not use bulbs with the brass housings, instead get the silver housing ones.