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So I converted my halogen head lights to led bulbs used to obd scanner to switch the computer to led lighting and i lost my low beams. There on bit they don't project any light. My high beam and fog lights work fine but low beam not working? Can anyone please help me with this issue? Do I still need resistors even though I switched the computer to led lighting.
 

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Try turning on the settings for High Intensity Discharge lighting.
You may still need to use resistors as the '15 model year can be particular about the type of lighting.
 
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Ok so still having issues with my low beam head lights. As i explained before I converted over to led lighting all the lights used the obd to switch it all over to led in the software and my low beam quit working. The led bulbs are lit but they're not projecting light.im bought my bulbs through sea light there suppose to have built in resistors but I went ahead and bought resistors and tried those and still the same issue. It's a 2015 ram 1500 express with the hemi. I know the 15 model is stubborn with the lighting but this got me boggled so if anyone could please give me any info on it maybe I'm overlooking something but I can't think anything else I can do other than order different brand bulbs and try. I've switched everything I've been told to do with the obd with my software and still same issue.
 

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Ok so still having issues with my low beam head lights. As i explained before I converted over to led lighting all the lights used the obd to switch it all over to led in the software and my low beam quit working. The led bulbs are lit but they're not projecting light.

Please clarify "my low beams quit working."
Did they ever function after upgrading to LED, and then failed a short time after?
Or, never functioned with the LED bulbs?

im bought my bulbs through sea light there suppose to have built in resistors but I went ahead and bought resistors and tried those and still the same issue.

End-of-line resistors are primarily used to combat the lower current draw of LED bulbs versus incandescent bulbs, which creates a bulb-out error on the dash.
Adding the resistor packs fools the BCM.


It's a 2015 ram 1500 express with the hemi. I know the 15 model is stubborn with the lighting but this got me boggled so if anyone could please give me any info on it maybe I'm overlooking something but I can't think anything else I can do other than order different brand bulbs and try. I've switched everything I've been told to do with the obd with my software and still same issue.

As far as I know, many members have had success with the low-profile Fahren LED bulbs.
The SeaLight appear to have a mixed success/failure on earlier model trucks.

Do you use AlfaOBD for BCM adjustments or another app?

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I converted my 2016 from halogen over to leds without any issues. I purchased the Farhen brand leds with the can bus adapter built in, no flicker, no light out indicator. I have been running them since 2023, so far all is working fine.
When I converted over I did low beam and high beam bulbs, and fog lights all at the same time
 
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Sorry for the delayed response but issues with my low beams still continue. What's crazy is when I put all led lighting in i had my low beam and not my hi beam. Then when I switched the software over to led with the alpha obd I gained my hi beam and lost my low beam. So I went back in the software to switch the low beam back to original setting when I had low beam and no the high beam it's not doing anything so I can't figure it out I'm gonna oder different led low beam bulbs and hopefully that fixes it.
 
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