Has anyone burned both wire harness just by connecting the Greddy LED lights?

balistic · 04-29-2011, 02:56 PM

Dealer told me today that one or both of my wire harness to my 09 370 are no good... they are telling me that the LEDS caused the problem. When the lights are on I loss power where the car doesnt go faster then 40 mph..

balistic · 04-29-2011, 03:02 PM

they have had it for two weeks and couldnt find out what was the problem. Yesterday they both in a nissan engineer and told them it was the harness...

balistic · 04-29-2011, 03:03 PM

And each wire harness cost 1,900 and then labor..

Liquid_G · 04-29-2011, 03:19 PM

did you use a relay on them? it sounds like you didnt and just tapped into the headlight circuits.

kenchan · 04-29-2011, 03:32 PM

how many amps do those LED's take anyway??

balistic · 04-29-2011, 03:38 PM

No relay... Would that cause that much damage?

kenchan · 04-29-2011, 03:41 PM

if it's pulling that many amps yes...thus my question.........

simota1 · 04-29-2011, 03:47 PM

thats strange man? i never had any problem with my leds.... did you tap it to the headlights? or the parking lamp... dannnnnggggg 1,900 for a harness? thats rape man

balistic · 04-29-2011, 03:50 PM

parking light

simota1 · 04-29-2011, 03:55 PM

i highly doubt that the leds did that to your car man.... headlights have no connection to you not going over 40mph.... i would assume your stealership is like mine where they are just blaming your mods to the prob.....

simota1 · 04-29-2011, 03:56 PM

on a side note i didnt use a relay either.... from what i read on this forum before... i forgot where... the led strips use so little power they dont need a relay..... and i have had my leds for months now....

Guard Dad · 04-29-2011, 08:43 PM

Anything is possible I suppose, but if these are those decorative LED strips that are used around the headlights, well they hardly take any power at all. When installing my 20" LED strips on each headlight I pre-tested them with one of those little 9V radio batteries. That's the beauty of LED's they are super efficient and super low power draw. You should have blown a fuse before you cooked the harness. Heck, the LED's probably draw less than the relay itself would draw. If it really damaged the harness I would expect to find some secondary problem that allowed this to happen.

christian370z · 04-30-2011, 12:31 AM

I highly doubt the LED DRLs caused your problem, but you should have tapped into the parking light wire (green) if you didn't. I ran mine for 3-4 months until some of the LEDs burnt out, so I ripped them out lol.

04-29-2011, 02:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
balistic Base Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Jacksonville,fl Posts: 90 Drives: 09 370z sp touring Rep Power: 14	Has anyone burned both wire harness just by connecting the Greddy LED lights? Dealer told me today that one or both of my wire harness to my 09 370 are no good... they are telling me that the LEDS caused the problem. When the lights are on I loss power where the car doesnt go faster then 40 mph.. Last edited by balistic; 04-29-2011 at 03:05 PM.

04-29-2011, 03:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
Liquid_G A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Chicago Burbs Posts: 1,439 Drives: 09 370z Supercharged Rep Power: 43	did you use a relay on them? it sounds like you didnt and just tapped into the headlight circuits. __________________

04-29-2011, 03:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
simota1 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Dededo, Guam Posts: 6,642 Drives: solid red 370z 6mt Rep Power: 404	thats strange man? i never had any problem with my leds.... did you tap it to the headlights? or the parking lamp... dannnnnggggg 1,900 for a harness? thats rape man __________________ *TOP SECRET/POWERHOUSE AMUSE/ARC/DAYTONA RACING/VARIS/MINES/GANADOR/J-LINE/WORK EMOTION CR KAI/GT SPEC/CARBON SIGNAL/ZOOM ENGINEERING/ CARBON FIBER ELEMENT/STILLEN/*

04-29-2011, 03:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
simota1 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Dededo, Guam Posts: 6,642 Drives: solid red 370z 6mt Rep Power: 404	i highly doubt that the leds did that to your car man.... headlights have no connection to you not going over 40mph.... i would assume your stealership is like mine where they are just blaming your mods to the prob..... __________________ *TOP SECRET/POWERHOUSE AMUSE/ARC/DAYTONA RACING/VARIS/MINES/GANADOR/J-LINE/WORK EMOTION CR KAI/GT SPEC/CARBON SIGNAL/ZOOM ENGINEERING/ CARBON FIBER ELEMENT/STILLEN/*

04-29-2011, 03:56 PM	#11 (permalink)
simota1 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Dededo, Guam Posts: 6,642 Drives: solid red 370z 6mt Rep Power: 404	on a side note i didnt use a relay either.... from what i read on this forum before... i forgot where... the led strips use so little power they dont need a relay..... and i have had my leds for months now.... __________________ *TOP SECRET/POWERHOUSE AMUSE/ARC/DAYTONA RACING/VARIS/MINES/GANADOR/J-LINE/WORK EMOTION CR KAI/GT SPEC/CARBON SIGNAL/ZOOM ENGINEERING/ CARBON FIBER ELEMENT/STILLEN/*

04-29-2011, 03:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
balistic Base Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Jacksonville,fl Posts: 90 Drives: 09 370z sp touring Rep Power: 14	they have had it for two weeks and couldnt find out what was the problem. Yesterday they both in a nissan engineer and told them it was the harness...

04-29-2011, 03:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
balistic Base Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Jacksonville,fl Posts: 90 Drives: 09 370z sp touring Rep Power: 14	And each wire harness cost 1,900 and then labor..

04-29-2011, 03:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141520	how many amps do those LED's take anyway??

04-29-2011, 03:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
balistic Base Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Jacksonville,fl Posts: 90 Drives: 09 370z sp touring Rep Power: 14	No relay... Would that cause that much damage?

04-29-2011, 03:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141520	if it's pulling that many amps yes...thus my question.........

04-29-2011, 03:50 PM	#9 (permalink)
balistic Base Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Jacksonville,fl Posts: 90 Drives: 09 370z sp touring Rep Power: 14	parking light

04-29-2011, 08:43 PM	#12 (permalink)
Guard Dad Enthusiast Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: South Orange County, CA Posts: 422 Drives: 2010 370Z Silver A7 Rep Power: 14	Anything is possible I suppose, but if these are those decorative LED strips that are used around the headlights, well they hardly take any power at all. When installing my 20" LED strips on each headlight I pre-tested them with one of those little 9V radio batteries. That's the beauty of LED's they are super efficient and super low power draw. You should have blown a fuse before you cooked the harness. Heck, the LED's probably draw less than the relay itself would draw. If it really damaged the harness I would expect to find some secondary problem that allowed this to happen.

04-30-2011, 12:31 AM	#13 (permalink)
christian370z A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Newport Beach Posts: 3,900 Drives: 2010 370Z/Saab 900se Rep Power: 431	I highly doubt the LED DRLs caused your problem, but you should have tapped into the parking light wire (green) if you didn't. I ran mine for 3-4 months until some of the LEDs burnt out, so I ripped them out lol. __________________ -320whp / 259wftlbs- SP Rays -- RE-11s -- SpecialtyZ Tune -- Swift Springs -- Stillen 25R Oil Cooler -- Stillen G3 Intakes -- Berk HFCs -- F.I. 12" CBE -- Stillen Sway Bars -- Es14 Spring -- INGS+1 lip -- CF Spoiler -- GTR Start Button -- VLED Parking Lights -- PWJDM V2 shift knob

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