Use a Resistor to Stop Interior LEDS From Glowing

If you've added interior LED lights to your vehicle, they may be "glowing" dimly even if all of the lights are switched off. This can be fixed by installing a resistor, which can be found at

[prado]

Tried these on my Dakota and fixed the led glow issue. Resistors do heat up if left on for awhile . Use caution if your paranoid of heat but if your like me and annoyed by the glow. This will fix the issue.

[adrianzao]

This worked for me. My front dome uses two bulbs and my back uses three bulbs. I used two leds in the front and in the back dome I used two leds and kept one regular halogen bulb and it stop the glowing. The two leds are so strong that you can barely tell. This balances out the glowing effect, not ideal but works.

[AdamK-ku]

thank you! i just put it between two contact points on a random led and it worked for all my lights!! (Volvo s40 2012)

[sking]

Buddy that is slicker than snot on a door knob..
It worked PERFECTLY!
If you don't shut the "glow" off..it WILL kill your battery..Thank - you SIR!!

[Roulette]

Just did this today in my 2017 VW Golf. The problem I was having, is when I had my lights set to turn on when the doors open, and this caused the lights to stay dimmly lit, and not having that feature on annoyed me. Inserting one of these resistors along with the LED fixed my problem. Thanks for the video!

[canuckfixit]

Seems to me that the resistor in parallel with the LED will pass some leakage current in lieu of the LED light itself. Something like 0.012 A using Ohm's law assuming no current through the LED bulb in parallel. So this means that the battery drain will persist after this workaround except you won't see it any more.

[redsoxplayer]

I have an 06 Mustang with just map lights. How would I install the resistor through those?

[thekid]

So I put one resistor in with my front passenger dome light, It worked. However if I click on just that one passenger dome light the rear map lights glow. Would a resistor in both front dome lights and both rear map lights fix this? Or should I just live with it?

[paolodavinci]

This doesn’t fix anything related to the real problem of stray current in the circuit. The resister acts as a load, absorbing the stray current, diverting it from the light. The battery will still drain. It’s like fixing a small plumbing leak by wrapping a towel around it, so you never see the water.

[brayden]

Do you know if I don’t fix the glow will it
Kill my battery?

[jrsmowerrepairandlawncare]

When I turn my light on it just flickers but the halogen bulb didn’t do that. What could cause that

[idonoevil]

do you need a resistor for every light that stays dim?

[tonygonzalez]

I have the same problem with the dome LEDs, , it's any problem if i left like that

[PghNGDave]

Is .25 watt 1, 000ohms the standard resistor size for all 12 volt systems?

[nicholssrhea]

My led bulbs flicker and are dim when the vehicle is not running but bright when the vehicle is running

[solo.venture]

Hi there!
I dont have dome light in the middle. I have 2 front and 3 back and a trunk light (Sylvania). Can I put the resistor on the truck light, because it is the only one that long enough.
Thanks

[martijn]

What happens when I don't do this, will my battery be dead in a week or?

[aaronyork]

I just want to say thanks for the video It's going to be very helpful for me hopefully it works for my car

[maciejmotochannel]

Why 1/4 w 1000 ohm? There is another video saying about 1/2 w 1000 ohm
I have 4 bulbs in the circut each 1W philips extreme vision 360. I watched some videos how resistors can burn and i don't want that happend in my car

[vorda]

How to install resistor on T10 led bulb. Ford Fieata is in question.