Parking light out warning on dash

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2015 lone star halogen lights all around all bulbs are in working order, brand new 3rd brake light and im still getting a parking light warning on my dash when i hit the brakes or use my blinker BUT, its only when the lights are on or on auto. Ive searched and searched but cannot narrow this down. All i could find was adding resistors for LEDs but i have halogen bulbs. I do have aftermarket sport style headlights, could this be the problem? Any help is greatly appreciated as this is terribly annoying.
 

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It’s probably that you need resistor for the LED turn signal. Lights usually come with one. You probably have hyper flash issues as well?
 

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He doesn't have LEDs, he said all bulbs are halogen.
If he has sport headlights as he stated, the turn signal/drl is infact LED and is what requires a resistor. I ran halogens in mine for awhile, mine came with a resistor. Without it I got the parking light out message. Sport headlights are projectors. View my avatar to see what I’m talking about.
 

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Interested and Following !
Could the New Third Brake Light be LED and causing the issue ?
 
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Third brake light is oem with halogen bulbs. No hyper flash. Would the led turn signal really cause issues while braking? I understand it causing issues while using the blinker
 

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Third brake light is oem with halogen bulbs. No hyper flash. Would the led turn signal really cause issues while braking? I understand it causing issues while using the blinker
Mine gave me the same error message you’re receiving , which is why I think it’s related. Could be totally wrong but it’s a thought. What brand headlights? Just a thought, but do you have LED tag lights?
 
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Mine gave me the same error message you’re receiving , which is why I think it’s related. Could be totally wrong but it’s a thought. What brand headlights? Just a thought, but do you have LED tag lights?

no. Oem halogen tail lights. Heads are an amazon brand sport style headlight. Only thing led is the blinker. Maybe ill try buying a non led quad style housing to see if that solves my problems.
 

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Tag not tail, lol. Maybe so. Did yours not have a resistor at all with them?
 
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Tag not tail, lol. Maybe so. Did yours not have a resistor at all with them?

lol whoops mis read that. But nah no LED tag lights. I have Acanii lights. It doesnt advertise resistors. I bought the truck with these lights and problem so im not 100% sure what the previous owner did which makes it harder
 

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lol whoops mis read that. But nah no LED tag lights. I have Acanii lights. It doesnt advertise resistors. I bought the truck with these lights and problem so im not 100% sure what the previous owner did which makes it harder
I understand. When I first installed mine with the halogens, I did get the error message. Contacted the company and received a resistor for each housing. Solved my issues. They were large and had 3m tape on the backs so I mounted them on the frame by the headlight buckets. Maybe there’s a wiring issue with yours. Have you taken them out or looked around for wires?
 

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I have a 2013 mega cab 2500 and the same issue of parking light out popping up all of the time. All lights are stock and all are on every time I stop get out and check periodically when this warning pops up
 

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if the turn is led so is the parking light. probably not seeing the resistance it wants. plug a bulb in and see. ALFA obd can program the truck for LED bulbs. I did mine, works perfect. I changed all lights to LED. Brake/parking, turn/parking. led backup/ 3rd brake, cargo, license plate and dome.
 

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I had a similar issue about a month ago. The light came on in the dash but everything worked with the bulb. :O I changed the bulb which looked good and no problem since ! FYI All stock bulbs
 
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