I swear BMW planned it. It happened to me twice already.

My brake light came on just couple of weeks after manufacturer’s warranty expired, so their maintenance program is not going to cover the replacement. Previous time I managed to get extended warranty for one year from them. It was like $600 and brake job couple of weeks later was around $500. So warranty kind of paid off for itself.

So since I have the occasion I am going to do this job myself on 525i, take lots of pictures and post them here after the site update.