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Originally Posted by Vman455
Not the Prius (2013), and not my previous 7th-gen Civic (2005). And not the Viper (which was a 2002, the same year, I believe, that the Chrysler switched to TIPM control of lighting on some models). On all those cars I ran/run LED turn signals and simply swapped out the flasher. In fact, on the Prius everything is LED, including headlights.
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Depends on your definition of 'modern'. Really surprised by the Prius though, but then my newest Japanese car is a 94. The Euros went to body computer control a long time ago, even vans were doing it by 2003.
I tried LED tail lights in my Fiat, one side first, compared it to the stock one, as expected the bulb warning came on (not a big deal), fitted the second, and the body computer decided that since both tail lights are 'out', not to send any current to either! With some experimentation I found that I need 8w/ bulb to keep the computer happy. Rather than add a load resistor, I'm going to use the incandescent tail lights (5w) to make up the load, while giving a bit of extra light (but that means hacking the light clusters so will wait till warranty ends). I sometimes do wonder what was wrong with a switch/ fuse/ bulb arrangement. CANBUS was supposed to reduce all the wiring complexity of modern cars, but one look at the number of fuses and relays in a 'basic' car (no power seats, heated everything/ radar etc) makes me wonder.