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TRUCK-LITE led headlight issue in one of the headlight , posted video to see , help !

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Old 11-06-2015, 09:32 PM
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Default TRUCK-LITE led headlight issue in one of the headlight , posted video to see , help !

Hey guys I've had these for a year , but as of yesterday one of the lights has been acting funny , it has a flicker and it almost seems as though its ready to die , lighting has been cut by over 50%
Any ideas ?? these are pretty costly so I'm trying to see if it might be wiring or something before buying another bulb , they are truck-lite 27270c ,, one of those links will work

https://youtu.be/Y87JWYqf_WQ
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I had a very similar issue, intermittent flickering on my passenger side. I swapped anti flicker harnesses and still had it show up on the passenger side, and eventually had that light replaced by truck-lite.

Funny thing is, I still had the flickering issue until I zip tied the hell out of the wiring, to include zipping to two wires coming out of the anti flicker harness together tightly. I haven't had the issue for a few months now.
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I had to slightly bend the tabs on my harnesses then zip-tie them together for a better electrical contact. That fixed the issue with one of mine.
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trucklite has very good customer service if you give them a call or email they will help. They replaced mine with no hassle.
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If it is just a bad connection, make sure to use plenty of dielectric grease on the connector, and then wrap tightly with electrical tape or zip tie.
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I had issues with the connection from the jeep, to the anti flicker...so I said, **** it. I am never taking them out again and cut the two connectors off and soldered the wires together permanently. Works great, no issues since.
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Had to zip tie the harness as well. No problems noted in the last yr.
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Originally Posted by ddhowel
I had a very similar issue, intermittent flickering on my passenger side. I swapped anti flicker harnesses and still had it show up on the passenger side, and eventually had that light replaced by truck-lite.

Funny thing is, I still had the flickering issue until I zip tied the hell out of the wiring, to include zipping to two wires coming out of the anti flicker harness together tightly. I haven't had the issue for a few months now.
The plastic on the anti flicker harness that plugs into the factory connector has to be trimmed or shaved sometimes. I had mine zip tied for months until the gate guard told me I had a headlight out. I wiggled the connector and it would either flicker or not work at times. I shaved a little under 1/8 inch off of the end of the plastic so it could lock firmly in place and haven't had any problems since.
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I didn't have a flicker problem but did have a dim headlight. I emailed customer service and they sent me a replacement with an RMA to return my defective unit. It took about a week for the replacement to arrive. I returned the positive until in the same packaging and shipping was covered by them. I can only say positive things about Trucklite because it was no argument or hassle. They ship the replacement first so I could use the dim light until it arrived.

Is it possible you have two problems. A bad headlight and a bad connection/anti flicker unit?
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Mine has been doing the same exact thing.


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