LED problems.

[The Pretender]

I see time and time again Audi's with LED defects.
To day i saw 2 new A4's with broken LED's, yesterday an A5 and last week a R8.
And not one , no 2-3 per side.
Further Audi have put the rear A4 LED lights on hold for a couple of years.
The rumour is that they will be standard after the facelift in 4 years time.

Jarod.

[Rage]

Ive wondered about this sometimes.

Looks very tacky if youre driving around with partially lit LEDS

[MPT]

I see time and time again Audi's with LED defects.
To day i saw 2 new A4's with broken LED's, yesterday an A5 and last week a R8.
And not one , no 2-3 per side.
Further Audi have put the rear A4 LED lights on hold for a couple of years.
The rumour is that they will be standard after the facelift in 4 years time.

Jarod.

Yes, there is problems with the head-light LEDs on the new Audi's. Audi is intensively working on solving this problem. My S5 even had broken LEDs when i took delivery :vhmmm:.

It's getting quite expensive for Audi though. If just one (!!) of the LEDs in each headlight break, the whole headlight must be replaced !! (that is everything; glas, "dish", xenon-bulb, indicators etc.).

The tail LEDs doesn't seem to have this problem though (look at the A6 C6, A8 etc.), and i can't find any reason why Audi hasn't put them in A5/A4 B8.

[Mockenrue]

Further Audi have put the rear A4 LED lights on hold for a couple of years.
The rumour is that they will be standard after the facelift in 4 years time.


A couple of years??!? BMW have had LED rear lights available on the 3 series since 2003 ffs. :w:

[RXBG]

A couple of years??!? BMW have had LED rear lights available on the 3 series since 2003 ffs. :w:

yes. but not all leds are the same. the ones bmw uses are simple diodes. cheap and design-wise- very cheap and cheap looking, exactly the same as honda's and toyota's. audi's leds are a level above, both in design and appearance.

[Mockenrue]

True enough, you're right. :thumb: But as MPT points out, the C6 A6 and A8 etc. seem unaffected so one wonders why there's a delay in incorporating similar technology into the B8 cars.<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

[MPT]

Has anyone here with an A4/A5/R8 with Xenon/LED-headlamps experience their headlamps steam up ?

Ive just been driving in light snow and rain, and my headlamps were almost ½ steamed up ?

[96a4]

I work at a dealership in the US and we have not seen 1 car for any LED problem.

[MPT]

Well, we have - but only problems with the LED's. And because of easter, i can't get any information about steamed up head lights.

Some of my previous Audi's have done it with tail lights (not very much) and with fog lights.