OEM LED Taillight issue

[kad]

I'm pretty certain of my diagnosis that this taillight itself is has gone bad, but I figured I'd throw it up here and see if the hive mind agrees.

• Truck has OEM LED taillights from the factory.
  
• No mods have been made to them.
• Nothing additional is tapped into them.
  
• This started happening about a month ago and was intermittent, but steadaly getting more frequent and now has gone to seemingly permanent.
  
• It's setting off the "Left rear turn signal out" message on the EVIC.
  
• All connections have been checked and are good, voltage is good as well.
  
• There is only one positive wire for the Brake/Turn portion of the light, so it's not a bad wire or connector.

-K

Please excuse the goofy music, I'm learning how to use a new video editing package and wanted to play with adding soundtracks.

 

[AE5548]

Looks like a failing LED array. It happens. Doubtful you can repair it. I'd look for a replacement.

 

[kad]

Looks like a failing LED array. It happens. Doubtful you can repair it. I'd look for a replacement.

Yeah, that I knew. I've got a post over in the Wanted section. Brand new from Benny here is about $225, car-part.com ranges from $130 to $300 (?!?) for a salvage unit. And aftermarket OEM style is almost as much as OEM. I haven't seen an aftermarket non-OEM style I liked. I seem to be one of the few people who like the 4th Gen factory lighting...

-K

 

[RedSRT4Me]

I'm pretty certain of my diagnosis that this taillight itself is has gone bad, but I figured I'd throw it up here and see if the hive mind agrees.

• Truck has OEM LED taillights from the factory.
  
• No mods have been made to them.
• Nothing additional is tapped into them.
  
• This started happening about a month ago and was intermittent, but steadaly getting more frequent and now has gone to seemingly permanent.
  
• It's setting off the "Left rear turn signal out" message on the EVIC.
  
• All connections have been checked and are good, voltage is good as well.
  
• There is only one positive wire for the Brake/Turn portion of the light, so it's not a bad wire or connector.

-K

Please excuse the goofy music, I'm learning how to use a new video editing package and wanted to play with adding soundtracks.

That's the new 2019 tail light update to mimic the new truck tail lights

In all honesty report what you end up doing. I have a feeling ill be having to cross this bridge when my stock LED tails fail. Maybe I'll get the new 19 oem tails as an upgrade!

 

[kad]

In all honesty report what you end up doing. I have a feeling ill be having to cross this bridge when my stock LED tails fail. Maybe I'll get the new 19 oem tails as an upgrade!

Unfortunately, from what I've read, they don't fit. The shape is a little different in the corners.

-K

 

[stimpy433]

Unfortunately, from what I've read, they don't fit. The shape is a little different in the corners.

-K

You have to use the HD taillights.

http://shop.retroshop.us/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=5GHD.Harn

 

[kad]

Well, it seems that the very expensive "covers all major components" extended warranty I bought from FCA when I bought the truck doesn't cover any of the very expensive LED lighting. So much for that. And a call to @RamCares proved useless once again ("We're sorry, but we can't help you with that taillight"). So, anyone got a driver's side LED tailight (sport style, no chrome) they want to sell cheap?

-K

 

[kad]

For anyone interested, I ended up replacing the taillight with a Depo OEM Replica purchased from car-parts.com. A big Thanks! to @OnSale for pointed them out to me.

I can recommend the Depo brand, it's visually identical to the OEM and the brightness appears to be spot on as well so far.

The one thing I can't recommend is car-parts.com themselves. They marked my order as shipped, but FedEx didn't receive it from them until 5 days later. (Then another 6 days for FedEx Ground to get it to me)

-K

 

[OnSale]

For anyone interested, I ended up replacing the taillight with a Depo OEM Replica purchased from car-parts.com. A big Thanks! to @OnSale for pointed them out to me.

I can recommend the Depo brand, it's visually identical to the OEM and the brightness appears to be spot on as well so far.

The one thing I can't recommend is car-parts.com themselves. They marked my order as shipped, but FedEx didn't receive it from them until 5 days later. (Then another 6 days for FedEx Ground to get it to me)

-K

Your welcome bud and wow, that’s insane about the shipping. I bought the pair, not one, and on their website they were around $335 + shipping so they were $370 ish, but their eBay store (car-parts-wholesale) which is their websites ebay department had them listed for $303 + free shipping so I bought them through their eBay store and I had them 5 days after I paid for the listing.


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