hello all , just bought an LED trailer board , but it wont for on my 2012 xs ; when you put the indicator on all of the lights flash and it looks like a christmas tree . I tried it on my friends ford transit and it works fine . Does any one have any ideas ?

Check the 'Earth' wires on your towbar electrics. Sounds as if the Earth is not making contact and finding a 'least -resistance' path though all bulbs/LEDs.

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If the Transit is a lot younger it may well be that the FL2 cannot handle the feedback signals from the LED packs, just like some LED bulbs need a resistor to work and not throw faults up in the vehicle, the Transit might be able to handle LED easier. Regards

David

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3landertwo wrote:

Check the 'Earth' wires on your towbar electrics. Sounds as if the Earth is not making contact and finding a 'least -resistance' path though all bulbs/LEDs.

a conventional trailer board works fine with no problems

The problem of LED trailer lights is well known amongst the caravanning fraternity - older car and new caravan... I believe the cure is some sort of load resistor to make your car think the LEDs are incandescent bulbs or perhaps canbus friendly LED bulbs.

If you google 'LED trailer lights not working on my car' there is loads of stuff to be found on t'interweb.

john doddy wrote:

a conventional trailer board works fine with no problems

Thinking about it what some bright spark (no pun intended) needs to do is design a male/female plug extender which incorporates a resistive load within, just a matter of inserting between vehicle and board lead then.

IP belongs to me you scoundrels  Regards

David

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