Q: New LED Headlights stopped working

asked by on March 13, 2018

Hello, I have recently installed new LED Headlights for my car. Not just the bulbs, but the entire headlight itself. I already verified that the product goes with my model car, and it even worked for a few days after successful installation. Now, all of a sudden they no longer work on "auto", they simply randomly stopped working, BUT will work if manually turned on. I'm sure there is a separate circuit for the "manual" and "auto" headlight settings, unless you disagree.

My question is, is it possible I blew a fuse with these new LED lights? If so, how? Don't LED lights draw LESS of a load than standard halogens? A blown fuse was the most common answer online so far, but it electrically doesn't make sense to me. The other sites say to raise the fuse amperage, but again, I don't see the point if that's not the problem.

Thank you very much!

My car has 58600 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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