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Old May 3, 2011 | 07:21 PM
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LED tails flickering

Hey everyone, so I have an 06 sedan with those nice looking LED tails. Anyways, went to get my summer tires on and when I got home I noticed both tails flickered on and off as my car was idle. Pushing on the brakes made them bright and solid with no flickering so I assume it's a wiring problem. I checked connections and it all seemed ok, I also changed the parking lights fuse which didn't help.


Anyone have any ideas? Any wires pinched in my car somewhere?
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Old May 3, 2011 | 07:23 PM
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first thing to me sounds like a loose connection. but seeing as you checked that out, see if you can find any resistance in any of the wiring. that would cause flickering
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Old May 3, 2011 | 07:29 PM
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my dash lights also dont seem to light up despite turning the dial, is this all on the same wiring?
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Old May 3, 2011 | 07:31 PM
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Sounds like you are grounding something out there.
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Old May 3, 2011 | 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by kydon1328
my dash lights also dont seem to light up despite turning the dial, is this all on the same wiring?
wires are touching and short circuiting on that one or grounded out.
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Old May 3, 2011 | 08:38 PM
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Agreed. Check your ground.
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Old May 3, 2011 | 08:46 PM
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Agreed. Check your ground.
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Old May 3, 2011 | 10:44 PM
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was messing around and saw my battery was missing a screw, could this be a problem?



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Old May 4, 2011 | 05:30 PM
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any more help? i've checked grounds etc and no luck, the weird thing is it only sometimes does it
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Old May 5, 2011 | 06:35 AM
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What up Nate!!??



Check your battery charge. If it dips much below 12v then you'll have issues with the leds. Other than that idk.
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Old May 5, 2011 | 09:56 PM
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still no luck ): looks like i'll head to GM tomorrow ):
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