ONE LED light bad in wing

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Ok, so I have a bad LED in the wing. Is this serviceable? Has anyone fixed these when they go bad?
 
Yes, they are repairable. I little tricky to disassemble, you have to be careful not to break the plastic. The individual LED's are ganged in groups of four, and most likely one LED is burned out, resulting is a segment of four not being lit.

HTH,
LarryB
 
Yes, they are repairable. I little tricky to disassemble, you have to be careful not to break the plastic. The individual LED's are ganged in groups of four, and most likely one LED is burned out, resulting is a segment of four not being lit.

HTH,
LarryB
Actually, only one LED is not lit. The others around it are all fine. Perhaps the LED isn't bad, it's a bad resistor or resistor connection? Is there a "How to" process written up somewhere on this?
 
Actually, only one LED is not lit. The others around it are all fine. Perhaps the LED isn't bad, it's a bad resistor or resistor connection? Is there a "How to" process written up somewhere on this?

In this case I am thinking it is a bad LED, that is shorted, so the other three are still lit. No DIY that I know of, I have had one occasion to repair this failure.

Regards,
LarryB
 
I had a similar situation with an LED bulb on my spoiler and was about to head down the route of replacing the LED (as prescribed by other earlier posts).

However, after double checking the wiring, it turned out that I just had a poor connection. I ended up re-splicing the wires and reconnected the wires.

Problem solved and avoided having to crack open the LED casing.

As mentioned above, you may want to check the wiring first before making a trip to Radio Shack. This is especially the case since it may be difficult to get an exact bulb match.
 
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I had a similar situation with an LED bulb on my spoiler and was about to head down the route of replacing the LED (as prescribed by other earlier posts).

However, after double checking the wiring, it turned out that I just had a poor connection. I ended up re-splicing the wires and reconnected the wires.

Problem solved and avoided having to crack open the LED casing.

As mentioned above, you may want to check the wiring first before making a trip to Radio Shack. This is especially the case since it may be difficult to get an exact bulb match.

A poor connection could cause one bulb to go out? Where is this connection?
 
A poor connection could cause one bulb to go out? Where is this connection?

In my case, the connection issue was located at the point where the spoiler met the trunk.

When I removed the spoiler to examine the LED housing, I noticed that the wiring that threaded through the spoiler had been "patched" (probably from having an aftermarket spoiler attached to the trunk). Tracing the wiring, I noticed that there was a loose connection and decided to re-connect the wires to test it. That solved my issue.

While I'm sure that each owner's case could be different, I would just recommend checking this location first.
 
If you do find out that one LED blew, hopefully more won't blow later on. If you have the means and time, I would replace all of them, just to reassure yourself in that they won't blow for a while.
 
I just pulled the assembly out and OMG... I have no idea how to separate the lens from the housing! it seems like it's epoxied together! If I have the guts to start on it, what should I use?
 
I'd try heating it up first and see if it comes out that way. If that doesn't work, you might have to cut it open with a dremel.
I just pulled the assembly out and OMG... I have no idea how to separate the lens from the housing! it seems like it's epoxied together! If I have the guts to start on it, what should I use?
 
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