hi all hope everyone had great new years. as you can see i have a 16 coronada so i changed out my front blinker light bulbs to led ones and it makes all the lights on the truck flash i mean visor lights and the lights on side of the truck any ideas what could be causing this? when i swap them back to the old bulbs they work fine had the same problem when i tried to change out the fairing blinker lights also
i did change the relay to a led one also no change
thanks in advance
16 freightliner coronado led blinker problems
Discussion in 'Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanics Forum' started by sloskittle03, Jan 3, 2020.
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You need to see if can bus designated LEDs will work, they still may not. Regular leds will not work properly on these trucks with can bus systems.
No such thing as an led relay AFAIK.sloskittle03 Thanks this. -
The flash signal (pulse) comes from the dash ICU and then routes through your turn switch then controls relays. It might be able to be programmed differently, but I’m not for sure. I work on a fleet of coronado’s, every one has a standard the bulb for blinkers/clearance in the headlight and one behind the cab. (The tail lights are on a separate circuit.) I’ve found that one or the other can be changed to LED but not both. So if you only have one amber clearance/turn on your unit then you can’t change it out.
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ok thanks for the reply i did not know they did can bus on big trucks i guess they do i will try that thanks again
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On older vehicles the flash (power pulse) for the turn signal was created by a flasher relay. It was an actual part that could be removed and replaced. Freightliner creates it’s pulse from the computer in the Instrument panel module. So it can’t be physically changed with another part, but it might be able to be programmed to use lighter loads (LED’s vs incandescent bulbs).sloskittle03 Thanks this.
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oh ok i got it thanks for the help i will check with freightliner and see what they say if its able to be programmed or not.Working2party Thanks this.
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