How to fix the LED daytime running lights
“Repair replacement LED Driver DRL”
New info: “The headlights are closed with a hot melt adhesive! Heat it up and split the front from the back so you will have clean access to the module. This way you will not damage the integrity of the housing!”
KIA Ceed seems to suffer from a production weakness! The LED daytime running lights are controlled by a control card! This card is too bad and it develops so much heat that it destroys itself! The LEDs start flashing!
The solution is to replace the entire lamps, under warranty. My car has gone out of warranty and new lamps cost a lot.
Fortunately, there are people who have looked at this problem and developed new control cards. Autogamma in Poland, is one of these. The new cards do not generate as much heat, so you do not have to burn themselves.
I bought the cards via e-Bay, from Autogamma in Poland. And in this video I try to make an instruction in English, how to change the cards. All videos I find online are in Russian or Polish. And unfortunately I can’t do those languages ….
Take out the lights part 1: “Preparations for LED fix, end joint replacement and oil change.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qlWA6cXwBs&list=UU6dCnmgk-JAQosYYclcYbOw&
Take out the lights part 2: “DIY / How To: REMOVE FRONT LIGHT, 2013 KIA Cee`d 1.6 SW”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34sUnEbGcT0&list=UU6dCnmgk-JAQosYYclcYbOw&
Autogamma or YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLi9xucaj4TTfMFaQonT-zA
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Hvordan fikse LED kjørelysene, på en KIA Ceed
Ny info: “The headlights are closed with a hot melt adhesive! Heat it up and split the front from the back so you will have clean access to the module. This way you will not damage the integrity of the housing!”
KIA Ceed ser ut til å lide av en produksjons svakhet! LED kjørelysene er styrt / kontrolert av et kontroll-kort! Dette kortet er for dårlig, og det utvikler så mye varme, at det ødelegger seg selv!
Løsningen er å bytte hele lyktene, på garanti. Min bil, har gått ut av garanti, og nye lamper koster masse.
Heldigviss så er det folk som har sett seg leie på dette problemet, og utviklet nye kontrol-kort. Autogamma i Polen, er en av disse. De nye kortene utvikler ikke så mye varme, og da slipper du at de brenner seg selv opp.
Jeg kjøpte kortene via e-Bay, fra Autogamma i Polen. Og i denne videoen så prøver jeg å lage en instruksjon på engelsk, hvordan bytte kortene. Alle videoer jeg finner på nett, er på Russisk eller Polsk. Og det kan jeg dessverre ikke de språkene….
Ta ut lyktene del 1: “Preparations for LED fix, end joint replacement and oil change.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qlWA6cXwBs&list=UU6dCnmgk-JAQosYYclcYbOw&
Ta ut lyktene del 2: “DIY / How To: REMOVE FRONT LIGHT, 2013 KIA Cee`d 1.6 SW”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34sUnEbGcT0&list=UU6dCnmgk-JAQosYYclcYbOw&
Autogamma of YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLi9xucaj4TTfMFaQonT-zA
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Nok et nytt del mål er nåd. 300 abonnenter på YouTube kanalen i dag 14/7-2020!
Is there no other way to do it rather than having to cut the light housing unit
No need to cut anything. Module can be replaced from access covers.
Could you tell me how can i connect the cables of "DRL & Dynamic Turn Signal LED Strip" to my KIA ceed's properly?
Or is there a good video about this? Which cabel to where and etc.
Thanks your answer!
I avoid commenting, but I couldn't stop myself here …
I am from Bulgaria and for me this is the most wrong and unprofessional way to replace a DRL module !!! The headlights are closed with a hot melt adhesive! Heat it up and split the front from the back so you will have clean access to the module. This way you will not damage the integrity of the housing! … and that warm silicone that he then uses to seal it … holy mother! The moment the headlamp develops the temperature will let go…
Unless you had to use polyurethane
Where i can buy a new control module?