stretch4660 Member 122 Member For: 12y 19d Posted 16/01/16 07:58 AM Share Posted 16/01/16 07:58 AM Hey guys, changed my brake light bulbs to LED units in my 09 6t ute, since then the 'DSC Fault' is displaying on the dash upon start up and in the message centre.I'm thinking it's because of the clearly reduced current draw in the brake light circuit now with the LED's.? Thus the vehicle is now having a sh*t fit.Would I be correct in saying if I added a small resistor to the positive side or negative side just near the brake bulb this will solve the drama.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTR_NITRO_FG Donating Members 3,214 Member For: 11y 7m 16d Gender: Male Location: NOR Perth Posted 16/01/16 11:05 AM Share Posted 16/01/16 11:05 AM (edited) If its those mars type tail lights, it might be something to do with the wiring. I remember for my sedan that there was 2 wires to choose to plug in, and if it was around the wrong way it would throw out the dsc error.Double check whether supplier knows anything about this, as it was the first question he asked me. Think it was the right side one...but not sure if different for ute? But they are ghey anyways so return to stock Edited 16/01/16 11:08 AM by PTR_NITRO_FG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch4660 Member 122 Member For: 12y 19d Posted 16/01/16 11:28 AM Author Share Posted 16/01/16 11:28 AM Nah just the LED brake light bulb conversion, not the whole tail light assembly itself. I'll throw the old bulbs back in tomorrow and see if it goes back to normal, I'm guessing it will seeing that it come straight up after replacing the bulbs.I think the LED bulbs don't draw enough current for the body computer to recognise that the circuit is complete so it throws the fault, also disables cruise control to, pain in the ass.! Haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch4660 Member 122 Member For: 12y 19d Posted 17/01/16 09:33 AM Author Share Posted 17/01/16 09:33 AM Put new regular gloves back in, hey presto everything working sweet again, pain in the ass much or what.? Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenDoCo I'm getten too old for this s**t Bronze Donating Members 4,509 Member For: 11y 9m 4d Gender: Male Location: A big bridge over a river in South Australia Posted 17/01/16 10:17 AM Share Posted 17/01/16 10:17 AM You can get inline resistors on ebay for under 20 bucks they'll fix it if you wanna stick with the led globes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 13y 1m 11d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 18/01/16 06:08 AM Share Posted 18/01/16 06:08 AM any links to where you bought the globes from?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch4660 Member 122 Member For: 12y 19d Posted 18/01/16 08:25 AM Author Share Posted 18/01/16 08:25 AM Yeah sweet cheers BenDoCo I'll check it out.Checked resistance across regular globes, about 3 ohms, checked resistance across LED globes and they're open loop, so not sure what's going on there, I'll check out the resistors though, thanks guys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 11y 10m 15d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 18/01/16 09:38 AM Share Posted 18/01/16 09:38 AM Need to use a meter that can test diodes for any useful reading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch4660 Member 122 Member For: 12y 19d Posted 18/01/16 10:11 AM Author Share Posted 18/01/16 10:11 AM I'll test the LED's tomorrow with diode test when I get home, does the resistor go on the negative side of the bulb or positive.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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