Backup Camera interference with LED Reverse lights

[Billywilly]

Hi all, new to the sight ! I have a 2020 Ram 2500 Tradesman. I had the original Halogen factory headlights. Switched to Lasfit Hi and Low beams, with Decoders, and am very happy with the change! Ordered a set of Lasfit LED reverse bulbs, and after install, I now have a Horizontal black bar , that scrolls on the display on the Backup Camera ! The tech at Lasfit is stymied, and says this shouldn't happen. Anyhow, here we are ! The bulbs are Canbus compatible. It's just annoying enough, that I put the Halogens back in, even though I was stoked by the incredible brightness of the LEDs ! Anyone else have a similar truck ,with the same situation ? I looked into Auxbeam, and they have decoders they sell with the bulbs, but Tech couldn't say weather it would solve the problem. Any input would be appreciated ! Thank You.

 

[jsalbre]

Hi all, new to the sight ! I have a 2020 Ram 2500 Tradesman. I had the original Halogen factory headlights. Switched to Lasfit Hi and Low beams, with Decoders, and am very happy with the change! Ordered a set of Lasfit LED reverse bulbs, and after install, I now have a Horizontal black bar , that scrolls on the display on the Backup Camera ! The tech at Lasfit is stymied, and says this shouldn't happen. Anyhow, here we are ! The bulbs are Canbus compatible. It's just annoying enough, that I put the Halogens back in, even though I was stoked by the incredible brightness of the LEDs ! Anyone else have a similar truck ,with the same situation ? I looked into Auxbeam, and they have decoders they sell with the bulbs, but Tech couldn't say weather it would solve the problem. Any input would be appreciated ! Thank You.

You don’t need (and shouldn’t use) “canbus compatible” bulbs, since those really aren’t a thing. It’s just a regular bulb with a resistor on it so the bulb out detection doesn’t flag.

What you should do is use AlfaOBD to disable bulb out detection.

Also, I hate to ruin your day, but those LED bulbs in your headlights may look from the driver’s seat like you’re getting more light, but they’re actually giving you way less light where you need it and are killing your ability to actually see. Due to the physics of how light is created by incandescent and LEDs it’s impossible for LED bulbs to have a proper beam pattern in a housing made for halogens.