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Ive recently changed all my interior lights to led bright white bulbs with the anti cambus built in but i thought my mind was playing tricks on me but even passengers has said there occasionally very dimley flickering why is this :(

Hi Mate,

I may be right on this, or it could be as LEDs use little power, so would light up alot easier than a filament bulb. But, what I think is that If your car is a later model, it will have canbus, well atleast a bulb failure. Sometimes when the car "checks" bulbs, it pulses small bursts of current. Which could be why your seeing the flickering.

My Dads E90 has a real "anal" canbus system, and when he starts the car, you can see the LED sidelights flickering as the car "checks." Shame they're not brighter... could pose as a copper :p

Yeah they do glow/flash dimly. It's because they are part of the comfort control module circuit and they use very little power to light up so small pulses such as wipers working make them flash and residual power makes them glow slightly. Easiest way to sort it is to add a resistor to the bulb connections.

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Cheers guys how would i fit a resistor

All my interior LED,s flicker in my Octy too but only just noticeable.

Cheers guys how would i fit a resistor

Solder then to each connector on the led bulbs.

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