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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 07:38 AM
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I purchased the Pilot Automotive Plug-n-Play LED Tail Lamp Set for my 08 jk about 6 months ago from Quadratec and for some reason my blinkers are going fast like a bulb is out and I checked all my bulbs and there fine I figured if I just give it time it would go away but it still hasn't. The guy from Quadratec said I need a special flasher unit for them does anyone know where I can get this or a better ?
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 07:48 AM
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The Quadratec website states:

Our tail lamps are designed to operate with all existing factory wiring harness connectors and will work flawlessly with your existing signal flasher module.
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 08:17 AM
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If all your other bulbs are fine, I'd guess that a resistor in the LED circuitry fried. Warranty! Swap the lights side to side (the connectors are the same, right?) and see if the fault moves.
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by bwink999
i purchased the pilot automotive plug-n-play led tail lamp set for my 08 jk about 6 months ago from quadratec and for some reason my blinkers are going fast like a bulb is out and i checked all my bulbs and there fine i figured if i just give it time it would go away but it still hasn't. The guy from quadratec said i need a special flasher unit for them does anyone know where i can get this or a better ?
i have a set of led tail lights and my does the same thing what it is the led's use less power than standard light, so your jeep thinks it has a light out, leds use 1/4 of the power as a standard light does.
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by med105
i have a set of led tail lights and my does the same thing what it is the led's use less power than standard light, so your jeep thinks it has a light out, leds use 1/4 of the power as a standard light does.
But the Pilots are supposed to work normally without extra resistors.

I'd try swapping them side to side, and call Pilot.
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Old Oct 13, 2010 | 09:04 AM
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PILOT is aware of the problem and the lights have to be swapped out. They changed the resistor in the later batches they produced and no more fast blink. Call PILOT and ask for Jesse....
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Old Oct 18, 2010 | 03:25 PM
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whats PILOTs website?
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Old Oct 18, 2010 | 08:03 PM
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www . pilotautomotive . com
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