gooffeyguy
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Do you still have your old housings? If so, plug one of them in and see if it works or not. It doesn't have to be the one that was cracked/corroded and didn't work, plug the good one in and see if the "control modual" recognizes it
Is Dealer Blowing Smoke Up My....?
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There isn't any module that cares about the housings. The dealer is saying BS because going off their recommendation and reasoning, every time you replace a bulb of any sort, it would then have to be mated thru the module. I call BS. Like for like, aftermarket or not, it should work. The problem here is two fold.......the voltage to the bulb and a thief at the dealership. Find a trusted reputable shop and get the voltage problem fixed. What happens when you do a shunt and supply 12 volts to the bulb?
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Joseph Garcia
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Definitely BS, IMO. Time to start tracing the electrical feed wire that is registering 1 volt.
I just edited my post. I meant to say "there isn't any module that cares about the housings".
Coolman1987us
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call me when you have to remove your inner fender and bumper cover to change a bulb...
that's not necessarily true anymore, these new housings on the 2015+ have there own module inside and the whole housing is a complete light system.
and there are at least 3 different types, some are led, some are hid, and some are incandescent/hid/led and so on
on my 18 the housings are $2000 each, used ones are $900-1k each. I was able to upgrade mine luckily with some adapters to a higher wattage HID, the stock HID is only 25w and the bulbs are not sold anywhere but at the dealer and a couple places have them online.
as such I bought a couple spare bulbs to have on hand if one happens to go out
I stand corrected. The manufacturer has figured out a way to do crap like that.
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My oem passenger headlight was beyond destroyed by the original owner and then cobbled back together and it was leaking and corroded both and worked for a few weeks then popped up an error for the front passenger turn indicator when it wasn't working and was specific about the error. It also hasn't cared in the slightest since I replaced the headlights with Morimotos.
mike singleton
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What year make and Model - Did I miss this? I've replaced by 2011 suburban ltz lights with led and had no problem.
