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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: RetroRaz on March 31, 2013, 03:06:39 pm

Title: Help with valeo led rears
Post by: RetroRaz on March 31, 2013, 03:06:39 pm

Hi all.

I bought some valeo led rear lights a few days ago off here and when hooked up the rear left is perfect.  However the rear right one has a problem with it. .

Heres what it does

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=599GIYOvnW8&feature=youtube_gdata_player (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=599GIYOvnW8&feature=youtube_gdata_player)


The 2 top leds which are not working sometimes flicker when indicating.  The other 4 near the bottom dont work.

The seller said they were working perfectly when taken off.

Could there be something like not enough voltage going to the unit ? Or has the led gave up?

Is there anyone in east london whos mk5 golf I can try it on just to make sure.

Thanks everyone

Raz

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Title: Re: Help with valeo led rears
Post by: SI-R32 on March 31, 2013, 03:26:59 pm

even though your video is currently unavailable to see, there will be no point rigging it up to another golf, there just susceptible to the circuits/resistors built into the lights to fail, this usually happens over winter when they get frosty.

your either stuck with it or return them, unfortunately you cannot repair this problem, unless you try and split the light apart, also it may start to work as some point as i have a cluster on the indicators that are intermittent 

Title: Re: Help with valeo led rears
Post by: edd666999 on March 31, 2013, 03:27:23 pm

seen this issue on a few. Its faulty. Seen a few with similar issues with brake lights too.

Try work something out with the seller or fingers crossed you paid via paypal

Title: Re: Re: Help with valeo led rears
Post by: RetroRaz on March 31, 2013, 03:39:58 pm

Thanks si and ed.

I did pay via paypal. I emailed the seller and he said it was working perfectly when removed.

Dont know what to do now



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Title: Re: Re: Help with valeo led rears
Post by: RetroRaz on March 31, 2013, 03:50:13 pm

Does this link work for you

&sns=em


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Title: Re: Help with valeo led rears
Post by: bacillus on March 31, 2013, 04:35:06 pm

Link working.  :happy2:

Let the seller have a look at your video then come to some arrangement as that ring is faulty.

Title: Re: Re: Help with valeo led rears
Post by: RetroRaz on March 31, 2013, 05:17:06 pm

Just managed to sort a refund out from the seller.

:)



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Title: Re: Re: Help with valeo led rears
Post by: bacillus on March 31, 2013, 08:29:46 pm

Quote from: vw55raz on March 31, 2013, 05:17:06 pm

Just managed to sort a refund out from the seller.

A result but now you have to start  searching again for the rear lights...