I have an 04 TL 5AT with Navigation

I have LED blinkers in the front, the original OEM bulbs in the back, and I wired both sets of sidemarkers to blink. I installed LED load resistors but saw this thread and thought I'd give it a try.

It did not go well.

Before installing the modified relay, I cut the old resistors out. When I went to test the new relay, the blinkers did not work and there was some odd popping/hissing noise coming from inside the cabin near the relay/fusebox. I immediately turned them off and didn't smell anything odd.

I reinstalled the shunt resistor in the relay and the old LED load resistors. I tried testing the blinkers again, but they still wouldn't work. The left (driver's) side hyperflash and the right (passenger's) side don't work at all. The hazards and the alarm blink still work.

I went to a local Acura dealership and purchased a new relay and it did the same thing.

Does anyone have an idea what could have happened and how I might be able to fix this? I can take it to the dealer (out of warranty), but want to avoid it.

Thanks in advance.

 

did you solder it right?

 

I'm pretty sure I did. I double checked it to make sure nothing was shorted.

I did it like this with the same (.12 ohm) resistors.: