Bulb failure light on with new LED's installed
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Bulb failure light on with new LED's installed
I recently bought a bunch of 2825 LED bulbs off of amazon and was left with several spares so I installed some of them in the tail lights. Now whenever I turn my headlights on the bulb failure light turns on despite the bulbs functioning properly. I figure that the LED bulbs are not throwing the right resistance and triggering the cluster light. Is there a way to make this go away or am I gonna have to live with it or swap back to regular bulbs? Or perhaps the 2825 bulbs are the incorrect type and I need to put in 7440's since both fit but these are triggering the light?
I was also planning on upgrading the rest of the bulbs (blinkers, brake lights) since i was very satisfied with the behavior and characteristics of the LED's but i'm not sure now if it's gonna cause issues like this is. Would upgrading the rest of the bulbs cause issues like hyperblink or would it be fine?
wasn't entirely sure where to post this, mods if you feel like this belongs in lighting move it there, I figured this is specific to the SC so i'd post it here.
I was also planning on upgrading the rest of the bulbs (blinkers, brake lights) since i was very satisfied with the behavior and characteristics of the LED's but i'm not sure now if it's gonna cause issues like this is. Would upgrading the rest of the bulbs cause issues like hyperblink or would it be fine?
wasn't entirely sure where to post this, mods if you feel like this belongs in lighting move it there, I figured this is specific to the SC so i'd post it here.
That's what typically happens... The only exterior lights I know of that can use LEDs without triggering the dash light are the parking and license plate lights. The tail lights will definitely trigger it. I haven't tested the side markers, turn signals, or reverse lights. I recall seeing that the first two are problematic.
I've seen some more expensive LEDs advertised as matching incandescent resistance, but I don't recall the brand offhand.
I've seen some more expensive LEDs advertised as matching incandescent resistance, but I don't recall the brand offhand.
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Shame, i guess i'll get used to it. Another problem also arose, the high beams no longer run as DRL's when the headlights are off. Again, probably resistance tripping the kill circuit. Not too concerning, I always turn my lights on when it's foggy/raining/dark so not too concerned.
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