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Old 04-19-2006, 04:29 PM
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hi guys, i have a 2000 A6 4.2 and i just bought and installed the led tail lights. when i installed them, my dashboard beeps sayings my brake light is out. i heard that this is because of the different power consmption. i found a write up on how to fix this using a resistor but the problem is that the guy who wrote it had a 2000 A4 and the wiring is slightly different.

1) Does anyone know how to use the resistor and what wire it should be used on?

2) maybe someone can tell me how to take cut the wire from the cluster so the error doesnt come on ?


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I'd go the resister route rather than lobotomize.
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https://forums.audiworld.com/a4gen2/msgs/922548.phtml
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how do i do the resistor route? what wires do i put the resistors on?
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it has 3 wires going to the led. black red and white. the black is the ground and the red and white are positives from the brake light and night light. my question is, do i put resistors on both the positive, or on the negative and how do i put on the resistor.
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Where did you buy your tail lights? I had no warning issues.
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<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a6/msgs/581421.phtml">https://forums.audiworld.com/a6/msgs/581421.phtml</a</li></ul>
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but the link u have has the red connector for the dash and i dont have the red one there.
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