D3 Caravan LED Lights - Issues

[gaultfam]

Hi there, I have a D3 and have just got a caravan which has LED stop/driving/indicator lights. The issue is the LED Indicator Lights Flash (very faintly) all the time and the car doesnt recognise that a trailer is attached (I guess because there isnt much load electrical load with LED's as opposed to incandecent globes). Is there a fix I can do to rectify this or does anyone know if Land Rover sell a plug setup ? If they do.........any ideas what the part number is and how much $ ?? Im in Vic if it makes any diference ?

[PhilipA]

Contact/PM Drivesafe as he sells a kit .
Regards Philip A

[Scouse]

Have you looked in the FAQ section?
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/...4-rrs-faq.html

There's a couple (or more) plug in devices available.

[bbyer]

Below is a link to a current discussion of relays vs load resistors to resolve the LED concern.

DISCO3.CO.UK - View topic - LED trailer lights not compatible with Disco 3?

[33chinacars]

Here check these out & dont worry links work.

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Gary

[NTB]

I am also wishing to get a box for the Trailer LED Issue and my D4.
There appears to be 2 which I have found to be used.
Linear Electronic Design, LED Adaptor Module www.linearelectronicdesign.com/
LAB Electronics, PulseBusta Mk2 www.labtronx.com.au/

Is one better than the other?
Is there any difference the requirements between for a D3 and a D4?

NTB

[Nomad9]

Hi NTB,
I got one from Linearelectronicdesign a couple of years ago. I've done a bit of travelling, corrugations, wet, more corrugations, dust and oh did I mention corrugations, the unit is still fine, and works a treat. Not cheap but things that work usually aren't.
Easy to deal with all the usual stuff....... no problem at all.

[bbyer]

Is there any difference the requirements between for a D3 and a D4?NTB

Land Rover is supposed to have designed the D4 trailer hookup such that a LED trailer light setup does not require anything extra.

I also think that is one of the reasons the D4 now has the LED tail light assemblies - because the necessary alterations are now all designed in at the factory.

[gghaggis]

Land Rover is supposed to have designed the D4 trailer hookup such that a LED trailer light setup does not require anything extra.

I also think that is one of the reasons the D4 now has the LED tail light assemblies - because the necessary alterations are now all designed in at the factory.

Not quite,

LR have designed the D4 to use LED's _on the vehicle_. The upshot is that there is no longer any intermittent pulsing of LED lights, whether on the vehicle or on a caravan/trailer plugged into the vehicle.

However, the car-specific trailer functions (trailer-assist, reverse-sensor overrides etc) still require incandescent globes, for them to be triggered successfully. For that you will still need a dummy load of some sort.

I'll add the caveat that some LED setups seem to trigger _some_ of the trailer functionality and not others. For instance, my old LED-fitted van did not trigger anything. With my new one fitted, the reverse sensors automatically disconnect (as they should), but nothing else seems to be triggered.

Cheers,

Gordon

[townse]

Hi i have both the linear module and the pulse busta. The pulse busta is much better. Less trouble with car electrics. Regards Jim