Map lights shorted??

[mrblah]

Although I did upgrade about 2 years ago and I didn't have any issues, if I had to do this again I would not do it. I think it's a bit over rated, it's just not important to me to have the brightest interior lighting and risk potential problems. I know many will say they didn't have any problems (same here).

People will learn one way or the other.

White LED is way too bright for map lights. So many reflections and artifacts if someone turns it on while driving (AKA..passenger) and blinds the shit out of you.

Red LED is a good compromise for map lights. It doesn't bother me at all when the passengers turn them on.

Soft white/OEM map light is probably perfect for most people. I'd still upgrade my dome light to LED though.

As for me, I had already gone down the white LED rabbit hole and wasn't happy with it. Saw a buddy with MESO's and was pretty happy with how the red LED's performed, so i went that route. So for me, it would be either stock/OEM or meso's, or one map light is red and one is white.

 

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No power is unlikely. Make sure you press ON button on the Map lens and ignition is in ACC or ON position.

 

[downy]

This is strange, as any LED of decent quality would not cause such an issue. Many LED bulbs simply need to be flipped 180° if they don’t work when first inserted. There should be no lasting issues, other than a possible blown fuse. The cheap stuff can have bigger issues, to include melting or shorting out.

I’ve used VLEDs products almost exclusively, with some Diode Dynamics stuff, and never a problem.

The Meso lights were a simple plug & play install.

Sorry for the late reply, but it still does not work I remember I put it in wrong and I turned it on or clicked the switch to turn it on and I saw It spark I then turned It 180 and it would not work.

Im going t assume its the computer that must've broke?? Since none of the fuses had "blown" and the passenger side still works

 

[hoppyjr]

Sorry for the late reply, but it still does not work I remember I put it in wrong and I turned it on or clicked the switch to turn it on and I saw It spark I then turned It 180 and it would not work.

Im going t assume its the computer that must've broke?? Since none of the fuses had "blown" and the passenger side still works

Not likely, it’s probably a fuse. Sometimes they don’t look blown but are. Maybe contact Meso and see if they can swap out the unit?

 

[Humble Leader]

Sorry for the late reply, but it still does not work I remember I put it in wrong and I turned it on or clicked the switch to turn it on and I saw It spark I then turned It 180 and it would not work.

Im going t assume its the computer that must've broke?? Since none of the fuses had "blown" and the passenger side still works

a functioning fuse should act as a protector from circuit damage when amps exceed the safe range for the load. How did you verify none of the fuses had blown? visual inspection or pull and test with multimeter. as the poster above mentioned it can look fine visually but actually be blown