About a month ago I bought a set of V2 switchbacks from V-Led's. A couple of days after the install was the UConn car show and we were standing around at the pre-meet location, when one of my friends pointed out one of the lights were out (car was running with parking lights on). So I walked up to the light to get a closer look, and as I got closer, my body cast a shadow over the bulb, and it "faded" back on to full brightness. Weird. So I moved so the bulb was back in direct sunlight, and it "faded" back off. This was happening with both bulbs.

I put faded in quotes, because the bulb doesn't just shut off in sunlight, it almost like when you use a dimmer switch for the light in your house. It goes from full brightness, then quickly fades off when light is shining on it.

Has anyone else experienced this problem? I have contacted V-Leds, and they said another person was reporting the same problem. I have contacted them twice, and the response I got was that the other person was "running diagnostics on the bulb to try and figure out why it's happening." I haven't heard anything from them in two weeks, which is partly my fault becasue I've been so busy. But I guess I don't feel like I should be nipping at their heels to get them to rectify the situation, especially considering the amount of business they get from this site.

I guess my main questions are if anyone has had this problem, and if they have, were you able to fix it, if not, did V-Led's compensate you?

Thanks guys.

 

Keep working with them on it. They have been pretty responsive to my issues.

 

I know they have been very responsive with most people in the past. I'm not bitching at all, I'm probably one of the most patient people you'll meet, lol. If this is something I can fix myself, I'd rather just do that then send them back.

 

Just sounds like a goofy issue, given your description of the symptoms. Kind of like the whole "Street lights turn off when you walk underneath them"-type urban myth thing.
If they say they had someone else with same issue, you should follow up on them to see what they found. I know you don't want to "hound" them, but that is your role as the consumer, I guess.
Keep us posted on the results, please.

 

I thought someone else on here had the same question. I think the answer was they are light sensitive. If they are in sunlight, they dim, when its dark outside, they light up. I'll see if I can find the thread.

Check this: https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-problems-fixes-114/crazy-switchback-problem-help-764560/

Similar?

 

^^Wow, thats crazy!

 

I lurk too much...

 

I don't like it. Why would the dim in the daylight. It's not like led's use a bunch of power, so I see no reason for this.

Just not my thing I guess. I would want them to be full power all the time.

 

I have EXACTLY the same problem and have been in touch with V-LED's and they actually mentioned that someone else with the same carwas having the same issue. They went back and forth with me and were looking into it. I haven't heard from them in a while and I didn't persist because I have other electrical issues to sort out, but I will follow up with them this week.

Here's a video that I sent them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZoZOksW_2s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atlPG-EKXiI

 

^^ thats kinda trippy. I have the version 1's. The other day one of my resistors went out so i bought replacement resistors then connect it and my leds still blinks fast. So i pulled them off and replug them many times (the bulbs) until it is the correct blinking pattern. So like others say you may have play around with it until its right!

 

Wow that is pretty weird man...humm I'll have to rethink what I'm going to purchase for mine now.

 

Yes, same issue. However, V-Led's knew nothing about this issue beforehand, and described it as a defect. So the people in the other thread that think they are supposed to do this are incorrect. I'm pretty sure V-Leds would know if their bulbs had built in light sensors. But it seemed they knew nothing about it.

I'm glad I'm not alone on this. I'm going to email V-Led's today and see what's up.

 

BTW....MGLAX, I sent them a link to your video, hope you don't mind.

 

makes no sense that they would be designed to dim during the day. if anything, they should be brighter during the day and dimmer during the night due to the contrasting.

V1's ftw.

 

Yeah Steve, I'm gonna try and get them to swap mine out for some V1's.

 

I just got a response back from V-LED's, and I have to say their customer service is great when it comes to responding to questions. I'm fully confident if they're not able to resolve this that they will make it right.

This is what they said:

So is there anyone in the Washington Area that would be able to help these guys out? Maybe they would be willing to compensate you somehow for your time.

If there is anyone that can do this, please PM me with you email so I can get them in contact with you.

The car must be an 04-08 BASE TL.

 

V1's all the way

 

Posted in the Northwest Regional Forum.

 

Thanks man.

 

No problem man, I sent them the videos as well with my original e-mail back on April 4th.

I got this response back from them today. I was actually going to reach out the them since I hadn't heard from them since April 22, but they got to me first.


I wonder if that's me he's talking about who removed the bulbs so he can't get any feedback, I hope not! I've gone back and forth for about 15 e-mails with them trying to trouble shoot the problem , then I took them out as I'm having another electical issue

 

LOL....I don't know. I linked James to this thread too, so hopefully we can get this worked out.

I'm going to try and mess around with mine tonight if I have time.

 

See if you can get someone from V-LEDs on the phone while you mess with it.

 

Yeah I was thinking about that too. Maybe they could walk me through a couple tests.

 

I have recieved word back from V-LED's today. Here is the response:



So as directed, anyone experiencing this problem, please contact V-LED's for a reolution. Thanks!

 

Email I got from V-Led's today, (you got the same one Matt).......

So if you are having this problem, pleases email V-Led's with your invoice number (can be looked up on their site) so they can track down the bad batch and replace your defective bulbs.

 

Lol!