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My first issues with my S5 after 10 months and 8700 miles. One of my LEDs

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Old 11-01-2008, 08:46 PM
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You're right! I feel like an idiot now. Haven't used it since last winter. Thanks.
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Are the LEDs known to go out?
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Looks like a tooth gap
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Default So get it fixed at dealer

And tell them about Audi quality!
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Default No but, like everything else, they do have a natural failure rate.

While an LED light is less prone to fail and has a much longer lifespan than a traditional bulb, the downside is that you have to replace the entire very expensive assemby instead of just a bulb should one fail.
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You believe that a LED is more prone to fail because of blinking than an incandescent turn signal?
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Why do you need to replace all instead of just one?
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Default Same happened to me, dealer had to replace the entire headlight

Under warranty.
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Default Because they are produced as one assembled unit. Not individually replaceable.

While it may be, physically, possible to crack open the assembly and experiment replacing a single LED light out of the cluster, that's never going to happen at the consumer level.

If one quits, replace the entire unit or live with it being defective.

That's one of the downsides to LED light clusters. They're great until they aren't and, when they aren't, they are expensive to replace.
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Default All 2009s have a 4 year/50000 warranty on bulbs, brakes and clutches.

Sorry 2008 owners


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