I have a basic understanding of automotive electricity but it is certainly not my speciality. Long story short. I have a 2019 Chevy Malibu that needed all new tail lights. They are the newer LED tails. I replaced them with ones off a pre-facelift Malibu which are halogen units. The LED tails cost 5x what the halogen ones cost, which is why I didn’t buy LEDs to replace them.
Issue I’m having now is after a few seconds the turn signal rapid flashes and the car detects the rear turn signal is out. Everything works fine but the computer keeps thinking it’s out.
usually people go halogen to LED not the other way around. Adding a resistor mimics a halogen bulb and all is good.
But what about LED to halogen? Assuming there is now MORE current draw than what the system is set to detect, why would the error message show up? Wouldn’t a dead LED cause it to not complete circuit and cause the warning light? Why would a complete circuit set it off at this point?
I was thinking of throwing in cheap LED bulbs without resistors to see if it does the trick. If that doesn’t work, would swapping the tail light fuse for a higher amp rating be beneficial? Any other possible solutions?
Issue I’m having now is after a few seconds the turn signal rapid flashes and the car detects the rear turn signal is out. Everything works fine but the computer keeps thinking it’s out.
usually people go halogen to LED not the other way around. Adding a resistor mimics a halogen bulb and all is good.
But what about LED to halogen? Assuming there is now MORE current draw than what the system is set to detect, why would the error message show up? Wouldn’t a dead LED cause it to not complete circuit and cause the warning light? Why would a complete circuit set it off at this point?
I was thinking of throwing in cheap LED bulbs without resistors to see if it does the trick. If that doesn’t work, would swapping the tail light fuse for a higher amp rating be beneficial? Any other possible solutions?