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Old 03-10-2018, 11:15 AM
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Default Replaced interior dome/map lights with LEDs. Weird flickering when push them on

And extremely dull. so is there anyway around this? Anyone replace their interior lights with t10 LEDs that haven’t had any issues (maybe my lights are just bad?). Thanks
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Which set up do you have? The interior lights differ depending on year, your location and trim level.
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Which set up do you have? The interior lights differ depending on year, your location and trim level.
2013 A6 premium plus Quattro 2.0t in the US
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Usually the LED light bulb replacement doesnt work that well in my experience, you need to upgrade the light module with the OEM LED (like the once in the prestige model)
I have an extra OEM rear dome light LED module. This is the entire light module with LED built in (from a prestige) PM me for more info
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Originally Posted by Radbrad777
And extremely dull. so is there anyway around this? Anyone replace their interior lights with t10 LEDs that haven’t had any issues (maybe my lights are just bad?). Thanks
Hi @Radbrad777
Welcome to the forum! Usually if you install LED bulbs instead of halogens and notice that flickering, most probably your bulb does not feature a built-in load resistor. It is required for an LED upgrade, as LEDs feature lower resistance, than regular halogen bulbs.
Also sometimes your vehicle may simply not recognize a new LED as a working bulb and throw 'bulb out' errors. This happens when an LED you install does not have a built-in CAN-bus module.
So whenever you shop for LED bulbs either for interior or for exterior of your vehicle, make sure the description bulbs you buy says, that they have a load resistor and are CAN-bus compatible.
Here is a link to the LED bulbs we offer for your Audi
2013 Audi A6 Light Bulbs at CARiD
Hope this helps!
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I bought these ones and love em!

6 of these
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F183090196547

3 of these (36mm)
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