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Old 12-17-2015, 01:08 PM
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Default Random and intermittent flickering of LED licence plate light

I am noticing this on my 2014 C7 Z51 M7 with 19k miles. Has anyone here experienced something similar to this? To me it sounds like a loose connection in the rear facia as LED lights either work or don't - they are not supposed to flicker randomly.

Wanted to ask here to fellow Forum members to see if this requires a dealer visit - I try to avoid going to the dealer as much as I can as they are "always too busy" and I have to always leave my car there for a couple of days...
Old 12-17-2015, 01:11 PM
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Those just pop out. It's pretty easy to check if it's maybe a loose connection. If they're the OEM bulbs, they're not led. If you want to change them to led, you need T10 bulbs.
Old 12-17-2015, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Rooster OG
Those just pop out. It's pretty easy to check if it's maybe a loose connection. If they're the OEM bulbs, they're not led. If you want to change them to led, you need T10 bulbs.
I thought they were LED...I will check them now, thanks for the response!
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My led license plate light was flickering, put the OEM bulbs back, no flickering . Bad LED ? I suppose.
Old 12-17-2015, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by beachguy
My led license plate light was flickering, put the OEM bulbs back, no flickering . Bad LED ? I suppose.
I just checked, LED is good. I just removed and put it back again. The flickering seemed to stop (it was Random before anyaways).

I will keep my eye on it, hopefully it was just a loose LED bulb to the connection.

Thanks for the reply!
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Can you describe the symptoms you're actually seeing as "flicker"? When captured on a digital video, and sometimes when you move your eyes or head very quickly, you can see a very rapid brightening and dimming of LED bulbs. If that's what you're noticing, it's probably nothing to worry about.

Here's an example of what I mean:


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