LED Reverse lights????? Help
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LED Reverse lights????? Help
Hello, I'm looking for a pair of LED Error Free Reverse lights. I got a pair from (Blank) I will not say sellers name because he was nice about the process. But when both LED's where plugged in to the tail light they both would not work. If I had one Halogen OEM bulb plugged the other would work, but I still had an error code. Anyone know where I can get a pair of Error Free LED Reverse lights that'll work? LOL.
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I don't know about just the reverse lights, but I bought a whole set of tail-lights that are led and they work just fine with no errors. So are you trying to just replace the existing bulb in the lens with an led bulb? There are tons of them on eBay but no idea which ones work well.
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The Can-bus system is kicking in and shutting down the circuit because it thinks the bulb has blown. You'll need to wire in some resistors. I never had any success with the 'error free' LED bulbs on my 2005 Audi A4, the only way was to wire in a resistor but they generate a lot of heat so it might be tricky to wire one in without melting something
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I am open to trying new bulbs from different places though.
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The Can-bus system is kicking in and shutting down the circuit because it thinks the bulb has blown. You'll need to wire in some resistors. I never had any success with the 'error free' LED bulbs on my 2005 Audi A4, the only way was to wire in a resistor but they generate a lot of heat so it might be tricky to wire one in without melting something
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I don't know about just the reverse lights, but I bought a whole set of tail-lights that are led and they work just fine with no errors. So are you trying to just replace the existing bulb in the lens with an led bulb? There are tons of them on eBay but no idea which ones work well.
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http://mtqinc.com/nokyausa/led_acces...se/license.php
Theses are discontinued but maybe you can source some used ones. I have them on my W211 E500 - NO errors & bright as f*@k.
Theses are discontinued but maybe you can source some used ones. I have them on my W211 E500 - NO errors & bright as f*@k.
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http://mtqinc.com/nokyausa/led_acces...se/license.php
Theses are discontinued but maybe you can source some used ones. I have them on my W211 E500 - NO errors & bright as f*@k.
Theses are discontinued but maybe you can source some used ones. I have them on my W211 E500 - NO errors & bright as f*@k.
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The A4 B8/B8.5 can-bus system can be coded with VCDS to remove the errors from the bulbs, some cars had it coded out from the factory and some didn't (not sure why). I had a 2013 B8.5 for about 5 months and I fitted LED reverse bulbs on that but I had to change the coding with VCDS to stop the error.
