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This was all discussed years ago, appears to only affect earlier MY cars, but look like a 2013 is affected here (strange).

 

Either way, you can pick up one of these:

https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/headlight-load-resistors/led-light-load-resistor-kit-led-turn-signal-hyper-flash-warning-fix/190/831/

 

And install it anywhere on just one part of the stop-light circuit (could be the left or right rear 7443s circuits or if you've done the quad-stop light mod, you can just tap the trunk 7440-7443s wire.

 

The setup that worked best for me is:

 

- 4x (both stock taillight 7443 position/stop/brake light sockets and the two 7440 position light sockets converted to 7443s in the trunk hatch) http://www.vleds.com/red-7443-21-led-brake-turn-signal-7440-bulbs-1-pair.html

 

- 1x load resistor installed in-line with the stop light circuit

https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/headlight-load-resistors/led-light-load-resistor-kit-led-turn-signal-hyper-flash-warning-fix/190/831/

 

This setup resolved all issues.

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This was all discussed years ago, appears to only affect earlier MY cars, but look like a 2013 is affected here (strange).

 

Either way, you can pick up one of these:

https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/headlight-load-resistors/led-light-load-resistor-kit-led-turn-signal-hyper-flash-warning-fix/190/831/

 

And install it anywhere on just one part of the stop-light circuit (could be the left or right rear 7443s circuits or if you've done the quad-stop light mod, you can just tap the trunk 7440-7443s wire.

 

The setup that worked best for me is:

 

- 4x (both stock taillight 7443 position/stop/brake light sockets and the two 7440 position light sockets converted to 7443s in the trunk hatch) http://www.vleds.com/red-7443-21-led-brake-turn-signal-7440-bulbs-1-pair.html

 

- 1x load resistor installed in-line with the stop light circuit

https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/headlight-load-resistors/led-light-load-resistor-kit-led-turn-signal-hyper-flash-warning-fix/190/831/

 

This setup resolved all issues.

 

When I first got the car, I could never get this working correctly. Always thought it had something to do with the way my alarm was wired since my alarm would start acting funky as well. But when i tried, I was using a resistor on both sides. So you only really need to use 1? I wonder if that's why it wouldn't work.

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nstg8r knows even better but it has something to do with too much draw on the circuit with high-powered LEDs AND multiple resistors. I had it setup like this and kept blowing a fuse. Scaling back to just one resistor on the entire circuit AND these 4x 12.5W bulbs worked for me.
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Sorry for the post dig....Looking to clear out the bottom of the tail lights (white part) and it seems that I only need to change the bulb and rather than starting a new forum this one seemed appropriate. I came across the hva-21 and the v3 triton. My question is what is the difference and is the price difference worth it?

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