mookaloid
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| posted on 2/11/13 at 06:37 PM |
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LED brake light bulbs
Daughters MK4 Golf regularly blows brake light bulbs - I think they all do it.
Questions: can I use LED bulbs legally? will I get a bulb failure warning? any down sides?
Which are the best ones to get?
Cheers
M
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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owelly
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| posted on 2/11/13 at 08:05 PM |
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I fitted some cheapy LED replacements to swmbos Audi A4 (it loves to eat lamps!!) and they made the high-level brake light come on dim with the side
lights! I don't know if more expensive LED lamps would be any different.
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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mookaloid
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| posted on 2/11/13 at 08:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by owelly
I fitted some cheapy LED replacements to swmbos Audi A4 (it loves to eat lamps!!) and they made the high-level brake light come on dim with the side
lights! I don't know if more expensive LED lamps would be any different.
Weird.....
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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Dusty
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| posted on 2/11/13 at 11:14 PM |
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Same problem with brake light bulbs lasting weeks only but LED lights brought up faults and put the car into severe limp mode. Guessing the VW
software engineers put blown brake bulb under the brake failure heading and only 3 mph was permitted by the ECU in case I crashed due to having no
brakes and then I might sue!
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morcus
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| posted on 2/11/13 at 11:18 PM |
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Thats insane, it assumes because the bulb is blow you have no brakes?
I was gonna say don't worry about bulb warning lights as, as far as I'm aware, it's perfectly legal to drive around with the car
telling you the bulbs don't work if they actually work but from the other posts it seems theres more to it. My dads 407 frequently says the
headlights aren't working when they are and all kinds of other mental warnings, but it is french.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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