Good morning all. can anyone tell me if i need to worry about canbus when upgrading the interior lights to LED. Thank you.

I would nor bother as others have had bad experiences I think. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

As far as I am aware, the interior lights are a traditional on/off supply controlled by the CJB and have no fault detection and thus will not suffer from "CANbus" type issues.

I've bought some for in my car (kids keep playing with the switch in the back and leaving it on) but the wife is currently using it so I don't get much of a chance to fit them.

Will feed back if and when I fit them.

The problem is with the two interior festoon bulbs when they should be off they produce a after glow. The other interior lights are normally fine to change to led even the boot light(which is a festoon). If you get led bulbs canbus ones would be a good choice(even if not needed). If you have front map lights these must be no polarity bulbs(ba9s type).

I have changed all of my interior bulbs to LED’s and have experienced no problems. Derek Hill
2009 FL2 HSE TD4 Auto

Likewise, changed all interior lights to LEDs without any problems. Beware though, some are a bit fiddly to change. 11 GS Bali Blue
07 GS FL2. Usually muddy. Gone
Numerous LRs since 1963

Is there any benefit to fitting led lamps to interior? If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

Brighter light, less current used, so if the kids happened to leave them on overnight it shouldn't flatten the battery (hopefully) Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Good point Jules. Not missing not having them myself. FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Some to fit to the outside I need. HB3 my rear end  If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

Delboy wrote:

I have changed all of my interior bulbs to LED’s and have experienced no problems.

I can’t remember the sizes but PowerfulUK do a complete kit for interior LED lights.
I found the front one too bright so leave it switched off mostly as the rear one provides good illumination to the whole cabin. Derek Hill
2009 FL2 HSE TD4 Auto

Than ks Derek, appreciate that. Yes, I know about PowerfulUK but their kit includes too many bulbs for my GS. I only need 3 and their kit has 7 I think. Thanks for your response though. I'll praps take one out an measure it.

interior festoon is 42mm
boot festoon 39mm

Kryten602 wrote:

Than ks Derek, appreciate that. Yes, I know about PowerfulUK but their kit includes too many bulbs for my GS. I only need 3 and their kit has 7 I think. Thanks for your response though. I'll praps take one out an measure it.