07-04-2013, 10:14 AM | #1 |
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my 3rd brake light is really dim now? need help think its going out
Its barely visible when i press on brake, the regular brake lights are brighf but the 3rd brake light in rear windshield looks like bulbs are bad? Is it a led thats in their or just bulbs and how hard is it to change
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07-04-2013, 10:25 AM | #2 |
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If you're still under warranty let the dealer handle that
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07-04-2013, 10:35 AM | #3 |
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I have 3rd party warranty $200 deductible, i have rear tint but its only 35% so it should be way brighter than this
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07-04-2013, 12:08 PM | #4 |
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What do you guys think is wrong? Bad led
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07-04-2013, 02:23 PM | #5 |
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Could be, although I rarely see entire strips of LEDs go bad, it's not unusual to see an LED go dim before it completely fails. What I'm saying is this is not a single LED, it is a strip with multiple LEDs on it. So, your whole strip is dim, could be an easy fix, grounding problem maybe or corroded connection. You need to get your multimeter out and make sure it has the proper voltage going to it and it has a good ground. LED do not require very much current to illuminate, but they must have the full voltage required or they will be dimmer just like a regular bulb. In this case it's 12 volts.
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07-04-2013, 03:30 PM | #6 |
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Thanks fof replying ill take it to dealer tomm see whats up
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07-04-2013, 04:03 PM | #7 | |
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The lamp assembly is 86 dollars MSRP and you would probably have to remove a bunch of panels to track down the wiring to diagnose it. So you may be better off just paying the 200.
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07-29-2013, 12:56 PM | #8 |
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mine is doing the same thing .... what did it turn out to be?
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07-30-2013, 10:18 PM | #9 |
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Mine started working again for some reason
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07-31-2013, 07:37 AM | #10 |
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01-02-2014, 07:20 AM | #11 |
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mine is doing this now, when i first start the car and press on the break everything is fine, but after like 5 minutes it dimms. im planing on taking it to the dealer and see whats the deal is.
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01-02-2014, 07:53 AM | #12 |
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if it were a short it wouldn't work at all, moo.
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01-02-2014, 08:00 AM | #13 |
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Probably not check brake switch we have simaliar problem sometimes at acura
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The dealer did not find any shorts or bad connections. They replaced it with a new one and I haven't had any problems since.
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