Just notice that half of the LEDs are burned out on my driverside tailamp. My car is a 2010 bought new in Nov with just 10K miles of use. And yes you guessed it, the entire lamp has to be replaced.
Thank god I got a warranty, and the ext warranty but in my opinion it would suck to have to replace the entire taillamp if this was outside of warranty. The other stupid thing I took it to the dealer and they had to have the car a half day to determine the lamp is burned out.
Anyone else have an I2 with pre-mature burned out LED's in the taillamp housing?
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Either the LEDs are wired in series and one burned so they all go or the electronics to them(very simple) burned out, or the connection fried. How much would the LED lights have cost you without the warranty? Normally LEDs sets last pretty much forever as long as the electronics and the LEDs themselves don't get too hot or the electronics are of decent quality. You may have just had a dud, hopefully your responses will answer that question.
Wow. That's surprising. LED's are pretty much a forever sort of thing compared to traditional incandescent bulbs or even fluorescent bulbs unless you push too much current on them.
I suspect a shoddy soldering job that caused them to quit working.
Question: Did a BRAKE light come on as the result, or was it total chance you noticed?
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The only reason I knew it was out was because I hit the lock when I left the car, looked and thought "The pattern on the left looks different than the pattern on the right" I then turned the lights on and it was deffinately out. The section of LED's out were actually flickering slightly. If you look closely the Pattern should resemble this ( < ) when lit. There are no notifications inside the car stating the LED's have failed which in my opinion is dangerous.
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Last edited by Pool Runner; 06-25-2011 at 03:54 PM.
It failed, it's not a stupid design. It could probably be fixed with a soldering iron and some new LEDs. But why bother when the warranty will cover it?
Haha, maybe I should. I got to test drive a Chevy Volt at the Main Street in Motion this weekend at FedEx Field. Drove really nice, although the price is way over the top, and I'd have nowhere to plug in. Apparently the batteries in the car weigh 3100 lbs? That would definitely explains why it drives and rides like a much heavier and more substantial car.
Definitely LED taillights have some extra costs when they fail, but I bet you they don't fail as often as regular incandescent taillights do (wiring/sockets, etc.). Sounds like it was a manufacturing issue.
EDIT--Apparently my friend who told me the batteries weighed 3100 lbs is full of crap. The Volt weighs around 3300 lbs so there's no way the batteries weigh that much...
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LED tailight is a stupid design
