Lamp Out chime

[gbraden]

Hi,

I finally got fed up enough with the dim headlights on my 2003 Ram. I replaced them with "HID" lamps. I love them. Now I feel that I can see at night. However, I now get a "Chime" and a "Lamp Out" warning. I am not a mechanic but my understanding is that the new HID lamps are different resistance than the originals. The computer does a scan, sees a different resistance, thinks a bulb has burned out, and sounds the warning.

That would be OK if it only happened ocassionally. However, often it goes Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding. That gets to be aggravating real quick.

Any suggestions on how to get this to stop.

I am not about to go back to the original dim headlights.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Glenn

 

[Jason 3500]

I just installed the Sylvania Silverstart zXe bulbs, xenon halogen, very bright, if switching to those is an option for you.

 

[Bob4x4]

Most shops that sell hid's will have the pieces needed to stop the dinging but be aware that your hids are not street legal

 

[cerberusiam]

That gets to be aggravating real quick.

If the HIDS are installed with the correct pieces it works correctly.

However, even more aggravating that the ding is having to look at a high profile vehicle with those lights on it. Sorry, but your dinging compared to those illegal lights for other drivers is not going to gain much sympathy.

 

[RDeFayette]

go here.

http://www.cumminsforum.com/forum/3rd-gen-non-powertrain/307822-how-make-hids-work-w-resistors.html

 

[SWithrow]

You have just converted your head lights into flood lights.