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I have a 2015 1500 sport, i ordered a set from TRS of 4300k with the canbus adapters. Everything works. Driving this evening, my lights would turn off for a couple seconds and then back on... Happened a few times, anyone else encounter this issue, or have any ideas?
 

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Sounds like you need a capacitor or if there is one, it isn't wired correctly.
 
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Heres what came in my order thru TRS.

Ballasts: 2 x Morimoto XB35 (35W)
Igniters: 2 x Morimoto XB Igniter (AMP)
Bulbs: 2 x 9012: 3Five 4300K
Harness Type: 2 x Canbus

Looking on the site I'm now noticing they had a different order of Mopar specific, that includes an HD-relay and mentions nothing about using a canbus adapter instead.

**EDIT**
I actually talked to someone from the site before I purchased these even, and they mentioned the canbus adapters would work the same as the relays
 

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I just run cheap vvme $30 hids and code cancellers from vvme or ddm, never had a single issue on my 2013 quads or 2014 projectors.
 
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could this be possibly due to the ballasts not being properly/securely mounted? I don't think so, but i'm just trying to eliminate any possibilities

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Could this be due to using the AUTO setting? Should I be manually turning them on and off?
 

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Heres what came in my order thru TRS.

Ballasts: 2 x Morimoto XB35 (35W)
Igniters: 2 x Morimoto XB Igniter (AMP)
Bulbs: 2 x 9012: 3Five 4300K
Harness Type: 2 x Canbus

That's what I have and I've never had any problems. Well, I have the 50w ballasts.
 

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Sounds like a bad connection somewhere
 
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Sounds like a bad connection somewhere

I want to readjust the height of the lights (1 side is higher than the other). I'll have to recheck all the connections, but i'm pretty sure everything was CLICKED together... and not loose, maybe i'll play with wires and see if something is loose or a bad connection from TRS or something
 

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I have the same setup in my '14 and no problems. My ballasts, adapters and everything are all stuffed in the housing and I run mine on auto all the time. If your connections are all good I'd get a hold of TRS and see if they can help trouble shoot. Is it both lights or just one?
 
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I have the same setup in my '14 and no problems. My ballasts, adapters and everything are all stuffed in the housing and I run mine on auto all the time. If your connections are all good I'd get a hold of TRS and see if they can help trouble shoot. Is it both lights or just one?

You had the canbus adapter as well? Geez I couldn't even wrap my head around getting all that stuff in there! LOL I bow to you! But i'll check over all my connections and see. It looked like both lights went out, which to me seems weird if it was a connection, because only 1 should be going out, shouldn't it?
 

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I have the XB 35 ballasts and TRS bulbs, and the CANBUS adapters all stuff in my 14' projectors and everything works perfectly .
 

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You had the canbus adapter as well? Geez I couldn't even wrap my head around getting all that stuff in there! LOL I bow to you! But i'll check over all my connections and see. It looked like both lights went out, which to me seems weird if it was a connection, because only 1 should be going out, shouldn't it?

Lol! I played lots of Tetris as a kid. Yeah I'd think that if it was a connection issue it would only effect one side.
 

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Sounds like a loose connection to me.
If it was a missing cap/canbus adapter they'd be flickering like a mirror ball at a school dance not on and off for a few seconds each.
 

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Sounds like a loose connection or bad ground somewhere.
 

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I don't think it's a connection issue. Sounds like it could be a voltage issue if both drop out at the same time.
 

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No grounds in this system.........

Is it both doing it, at the same time? or different times?

As for the ballast mounting, no - that wont play into this.
 
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No grounds in this system.........

Is it both doing it, at the same time? or different times?

As for the ballast mounting, no - that wont play into this.

From what I can tell, they both do it at the same time. The first time, they stayed off (even when trying to turn it off and back on). It took turning the car off for a minute or two and then turning it back on for them to work again. This drive, they went off and back on themselves within a few seconds. Then a couple minutes went by, and they'd flick in the same manner again.
 

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Both at the same time is very odd......as........each side is isolated with its own canbus adapter. If both go at the same time, its something on the truck side of things.

I've gotta say, I've hundreds of this exact setup, and......I don't think I've heard of any doing it on both. Rare that I see it on a single side - which turns to a funky ballast or canbus adapter......but.....still odd. Heck......on the canbus adapters, I rarely see a warranty on those. Ballasts, few here and there - none of the new XB ballasts yet (other than 1 dead on arrival).
 
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Hmmm every vehicle i've had, i've had some kind of issues with HIDs.... so leave it to my luck to continue to have issues that no on else has really seen issues with lol.
 

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Rams are picky too.........to the point of being mildly annoying at times. LOL
 
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