Is Dealer Blowing Smoke Up My....?

[gooffeyguy]

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

 

[OR VietVet]

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?

 

[Joseph Garcia]

Definitely BS, IMO. Time to start tracing the electrical feed wire that is registering 1 volt.

 

[LarryGee]

I did not think to do that when I had everything apart.

I don’t need to tell you what a pain in the a&& it is to have to remove the air box to change the stupid bulb….

 

[OR VietVet]

I just edited my post. I meant to say "there isn't any module that cares about the housings".

 

[Coolman1987us]

I did not think to do that when I had everything apart.

I don’t need to tell you what a pain in the a&& it is to have to remove the air box to change the stupid bulb….

call me when you have to remove your inner fender and bumper cover to change a bulb...

 

[Doubeleive]

I just edited my post. I meant to say "there isn't any module that cares about the housings".

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

 

[OR VietVet]

I stand corrected. The manufacturer has figured out a way to do crap like that.