Replacing Tail/Stop/turn lights with LED bulbs 2019 1500 Classic

[RonMorris]

Ok, so I replaced my Tail light(3157) bulbs with After market LED. I immediately started getting errors stating that the bulbs were out despite working fine. Turn signals would rapid flash and I got bulb out errors for Stop light, Tail lights, and both sides turn signals. What idiot at Dodge thought this was a good idea? It cost me less than $20 for the new bulbs, and about $230CAD to fix the problem after buying the OBDLink MX+ and the AlfaOBD software. It shouldn't cost $250 for new LED bulbs. This is supposed to be a user serviceable part. And I'll be damned if I'm going to pay Mopar service for an hour in the shop for 5 minutes of work to fix the program. On a side note, thanks to the extra expenses I have access to turn on features that were available to me but disable from the factory for my truck. I now have automatic High beams that I didn't have prior.

 

[crash68]

Ok, so I replaced my Tail light(3157) bulbs with After market LED. I immediately started getting errors stating that the bulbs were out despite working fine. Turn signals would rapid flash and I got bulb out errors for Stop light, Tail lights, and both sides turn signals. What idiot at Dodge thought this was a good idea?

So you change the light bulbs from the specified part that works with the bulb out detection thinking there wouldn't be problems? I think the "idiot" at Dodge was smart enough to use a BCM that's programmable for both incandescent and LED type bulbs for the one who don't think there would be problems.

 

[NJMOPAR]

If you bought CANBUS-safe bulbs the first time you wouldn't have needed AlfaOBD.

 

[Rado]

What LED 3157 bulb does not Hyper Flash, I have read some even with Canbus Hyper flash ! Inquiring minds want to know

 

[Ramagain]

LED change requires BCM programming unless there's some way the plug amplifies the current draw

Ok, so I replaced my Tail light(3157) bulbs with After market LED. I immediately started getting errors stating that the bulbs were out despite working fine. Turn signals would rapid flash and I got bulb out errors for Stop light, Tail lights, and both sides turn signals. What idiot at Dodge thought this was a good idea? It cost me less than $20 for the new bulbs, and about $230CAD to fix the problem after buying the OBDLink MX+ and the AlfaOBD software. It shouldn't cost $250 for new LED bulbs. This is supposed to be a user serviceable part. And I'll be damned if I'm going to pay Mopar service for an hour in the shop for 5 minutes of work to fix the program. On a side note, thanks to the extra expenses I have access to turn on features that were available to me but disable from the factory for my truck. I now have automatic High beams that I didn't have prior.

You do realize the LEDs draw less amperage, right?

 

[crazykid1994]

So in the fine print of some bulbs it’s listed that ram trucks don’t like the canbus compatible bulbs either no matter what and will require resistors.