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      08-18-2017, 04:58 AM   #23
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Is there a guide to dismantling the tail lights to change the bulbs?

I think I prefer the pre LCI lights with LED to the LCI LED
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      08-18-2017, 07:15 AM   #24
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Is there a guide to dismantling the tail lights to change the bulbs?

I think I prefer the pre LCI lights with LED to the LCI LED
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The instructions are in the manual, but take a look at this thread: http://www.2addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1292702
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      08-18-2017, 12:08 PM   #25
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I coded the cold checks to nonactive and the bulbs to led and I'm still getting the errors.
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I coded the cold checks to nonactive and the bulbs to led and I'm still getting the errors.
I also coded the warm checks to: Not Active
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      08-18-2017, 12:53 PM   #27
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I coded the cold checks to nonactive and the bulbs to led and I'm still getting the errors.
I also coded the warm checks to: Not Active
They are as well
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They are as well
Strange. Can you post a screen shot of the error?
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      08-19-2017, 10:44 AM   #29
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They are as well
Strange. Can you post a screen shot of the error?
Here are the errors. They go away as soon as I step on the brakes. Both cold and warm monitoring is turned off
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      08-19-2017, 10:47 AM   #30
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They are as well
Strange. Can you post a screen shot of the error?
It's odd that I would be getting this error message with both monitoring turned off. Wouldn't you agree?
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Chris is driving a 2017 model. Is yours?
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      08-19-2017, 06:33 PM   #32
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They are as well
Strange. Can you post a screen shot of the error?
Here are the errors. They go away as soon as I step on the brakes. Both cold and warm monitoring is turned off
Very weird. Maybe your car didn?t take the programming. Are you running the latest version?
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      08-20-2017, 11:16 AM   #33
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So the rear signals are red. Not amber?
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So the rear signals are red. Not amber?
Depends on your country I imagine.

Im from the UK so swapped two of the eight reds for amber. Amber is what is used for turn signals in the UK.
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So the rear signals are red. Not amber?
US are red.
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They are as well
Strange. Can you post a screen shot of the error?
Here are the errors. They go away as soon as I step on the brakes. Both cold and warm monitoring is turned off
Very weird. Maybe your car didn?t take the programming. Are you running the latest version?
Yes on the latest version and yes it took the coding. I wonder if this is something that has to be done in expert mode.
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They are as well
Strange. Can you post a screen shot of the error?
Here are the errors. They go away as soon as I step on the brakes. Both cold and warm monitoring is turned off
Very weird. Maybe your car didn?t take the programming. Are you running the latest version?
Yes on the latest version and yes it took the coding. I wonder if this is something that has to be done in expert mode.
I didn?t use expert mode for this.
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      08-29-2017, 03:19 PM   #38
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It works

Well guys and gals the Phillips led 1156 bulbs were the problem. I used the bulbs the creator of this thread used and problem solved.

Thanks again
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Well guys and gals the Phillips led 1156 bulbs were the problem. I used the bulbs the creator of this thread used and problem solved.

Thanks again
I missed the fact that you choose the Phillips led's. As you now know, those are problematic.
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how are they holding up?
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how are they holding up?
Zero issues.
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I'm afraid I cant recommend SiriusLED. One out of the 10 LED bulbs that they sent me is not the correct type, and another one is faulty.

One of the red brake light LED bulbs is flickering. At first I thought it was down to the coding, but the coding was checked and triple checked, coding is spot on. But still only one of the brake light bulbs would always flicker. I moved the flickering bulb to a different bulb holder in the cluster, but the same bulb still flickered while the others are all fine.

I will say that the bulbs that are working seem to be fairly good quality, but in future I will stick to UK suppliers as I also got hit with a £23.50 customs charge!
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I'm afraid I cant recommend SiriusLED. One out of the 10 LED bulbs that they sent me is not the correct type, and another one is faulty.

One of the red brake light LED bulbs is flickering. At first I thought it was down to the coding, but the coding was checked and triple checked, coding is spot on. But still only one of the brake light bulbs would always flicker. I moved the flickering bulb to a different bulb holder in the cluster, but the same bulb still flickered while the others are all fine.

I will say that the bulbs that are working seem to be fairly good quality, but in future I will stick to UK suppliers as I also got hit with a £23.50 customs charge!
Where did you purchase your LED's? Amazon?
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Where did you purchase your LED's? Amazon?
Direct from SiriusLED website.
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