Know of a LED compatable replacement flasher/relay for 2006 Sonata?

The reason I hedged my statement is that it is conceivable that an LED
based substitute for the coil may be created. For instance, a
fiberoptic light pipe to a cylindrical lens the dimensions of the
filament (more than likely placing the LED source outside the lamp
making it really a light pipe bulb replacement). Theoretically possible
but just not practicable nor really justifiable at this point in time.
I don't see it happening though.

 

I've seen aftermarket taillight assemblies* that use LEDs. Installing
them involves replacing the entire taillight assembly, not just sticking
in an LED assembly in the existing lamp socket.

* I don't know if they are approved units, but they appear to be
configured similarly to LED-based taillights provided on other models as
original equipment.

 

Holy cow. I never thought my question would spark such a discussion!

Here's the LED bulbs I bought: http://tinyurl.com/nzxrn

I want to note, nowhere do they mention this bulb as being DOT approved
or not, or for off-road/show use only. I think that's a big mistake on
their part.

Initially I meant them for the turn signals on my motorcycle. But it was
immediately obvious they did not function as well as the incandescent
1073 bulbs, so I decided to try them in the rear turn signals of my 2006
Sonata.

With one LED installed on one side, and the stock incandescent in the
other.. I ran the hazard flasher and stood behind the car to compare
them. I then moved the car into the street and walked a ways away.. I'd
say 3 city blocks, though there's no 'blocks' here. I found the LED to
be much more 'obvious', and didn't have that lazy attack/decay that the
incandescnet has. The LED was also a brighter color of amber. Do they
work as well in snow, fog, rain, direct sunlight? I didn't go that far to
test. I put the old bulb back in, and started researching the flasher,
which led to my original post.

And I'm all about safety, I ride a motorcycle. What everyone's said
about the DOT specs and safety is completely right. It wasn't my
intention to defeat the safety of the rear turn signals. I only bought
these things and now had no use for them, and given my little test, they
looked reasonably acceptable in my Sonata.

And not to be funny, but the bit about the flasher being responsible for
alerting you to a burned out bulb; I do a walk-around on my vehicles
routinely. I have a 2001 Sante Fe and the side marker lights chronically
burn out, yet nothing brings that to my attention. And I drive a lot for
work, and see cars with one, two or all brake lights out, or cars with
those stupid clear aftermarket light housings that look like someone is
shining a flashlight through them from the trunk when they step on the
brakes. Not long ago, Florida stopped inspecting vehicles, which I think
was a terrible idea. But anyway, my point is.. if you're going to meddle
with the safety aspect of something on a vehicle, you have to be
responsible for it, and if the flasher no longer warns of a bulb being
out, I'd see it when I do my walk-around. (I picked that habit up from
flying.)

Anyway, thanks for all the information. It's better to be safe than
sorry.

Kiran

 

You dont feel the bigger problem with using an electronic relay versus bimetal that is load dependent to be the problem? If a bulb does out on bimetal the rate of flashing will change alerting one the the failure. Most LED lights emit in a wide enough angle that the reflector is not an issue.