Technical Dashboard faulty headlight indicator always on after changing to LED's.

[MK2lover]

I couple of lightbulps broke on my MK2 so I changed them to new ones that are LED's.

Ever since I did that the "broken lightbulp" icon has been on in the dashboard. I recond that it is likely because that LED's uses less wattage than regular bulps and that this can be fixed by adding resistors to all LED bulps. However, I don't wanna waste time and money on doing that.


Is there any way to disable the "broken lightbulp" icon in the dashboard?

 

[varesecrazy]

Around 1999 FIAT engineers discovered that inexpensive incandescent bulbs work perfectly with this bulb monitoring system in the 188 platform

 

[MK2lover]

Yes, but then I'll have to replace 3-4 bulps...................

 

[lowaaa]

I'd suggest get an OBD scanner and just clear the code from showing if its a discomforting sight for you.

As long as you know it's the LED light just being low wattage and causing the warning (which it most likely is) then just clear it

 

[MK2lover]

I'm pretty sure i can't just clear the code for the light checking system.
It will continue to show up as long as a bulp does not use the right wattage... So I think the only solution is to disable the system or something similiar.

 

[SolidusSnake]

There are resistor packs available on the market for this situation.