How To: Install Load Resistors to LED Tail Lights (To get rid off TCL OFF light) - Club4G Forum : Mitsubishi Eclipse 4G Forums - 2006-2012 Eclipse Authority

JDub · November 12th, 2010, 03:30 PM

There have been many reports that after installing new LED Tail Lights that the driver may see a TCL OFF light appear on their dashboard. This is your Traction Control, basically what helps you when pulling off in rain/snow. Some drivers have also mentioned that when this light is on, their cruise control shuts off.

Usually the light only appears after around 10 minutes of driving. When you shut your car off & restart, the light does not appear, but will re-appear once you start driving again.

(If your light constantly stays on no matter what, I would suggest having it checked it by the dealership or someone familiar with Mitsubishi cars.)

The reason this light is appearing is due to the way Mitsubishi cars are wired. Everything is integrated with each other. So when the car’s computer notices that the brake lights are not getting enough power, it ends up activating this light.

What you need to do is hook up a load resistor to each tail light. This will basically “fool” the computer to think that it is getting the same amount of power that the stock tail light’s received.
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For installation remove your tail lights from the car, but do no disconnect the wires or anything. You just need to have access to the wires.

You will need to have 2 Load Resistors. I picked mine up from a local Auto Zone. 2 of them came in one package as seen below.

You will need to use the dual-splice connectors that come with it (if they don’t come with it, don’t worry, it’s really cheap) & connect the resistor to the brake wire & ground wire.

• Brake wire is the red wire coming from the tail light.
• Ground wire is the black wire coming from the tail light.
• Green wire goes to the lights that come on when you turn on your headlights.

In each of the dual splices will be the black wire that comes from the resistor & wires mentioned above.

There is a metal piece in the middle of the splicers. They must be really pushed in with a set of pliers in order to cut into the wire and actually splice.

You will need to position this as close to the tail light as you can (in terms of how far you go up the wire), but leaving room so that you can position the resistor in a way that wont touch anything else.

THE RESISTOR DOES GET WARM/HOT! So use whatever method you can to secure the resistor without touching anything plastic or any wires. (I personally used some zip ties to secure the wires back and let the resistor hang in the air by itself.)

That’s all there is to it!

j-rod · November 12th, 2010, 03:47 PM

kazman · November 12th, 2010, 04:12 PM

this is the kind of stuff we need on the site. good write up Jason

JDub · November 12th, 2010, 05:18 PM

Thx

I actually just realized a bunch of typos I made lol. I'll fix it later when I'm at a computer (on my phone now). Wrote all that & made the graphic while working on a bunch of other things at the job earlier lol.

ptr149 · November 12th, 2010, 06:53 PM

Thanks for the awesome write up. That was actually one of the reasons I haven't gotten the aftermarket tail lights yet. Has this fixed your problem 100%?

JDub · November 13th, 2010, 07:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ptr149

Thanks for the awesome write up. That was actually one of the reasons I haven't gotten the aftermarket tail lights yet. Has this fixed your problem 100%?

Thanks.

Yea, I have had these in for a week now & the light has not appeared. Everything works like normal. Quick $10 fix.

KhaosTactic · December 17th, 2010, 03:27 AM

Thank you! I can finally fix my cruise control :'D

zumspeedsupra · December 18th, 2010, 12:18 PM

I do not have traction control but my 3rd brake light is constantly on, I'm gonna try this and see if it fixes the problem. Nice write up!

Freeker · December 19th, 2010, 04:27 PM

my cruise control stoped working after installing LED tails... With this mod it works again... nice write up!

BrianJ · December 19th, 2010, 06:19 PM

These cost $10 for 2?

bullet06 · December 19th, 2010, 06:22 PM

there 12 an cange down here in FL at autozone

BrianJ · December 19th, 2010, 06:30 PM

I suppose that's not too bad considering they are packaged for this application...

If anyone wonders though you can get the resistors for just over $1 a piece...less if you buy 25 or more...

Freeker · December 19th, 2010, 06:51 PM

meh bargain shopping for items less than $10 isn't worth my time... it was walk in, grab what I needed, and off i go... done

BrianJ · December 19th, 2010, 06:55 PM

True true...just thought I'd let you all know just cause I had the info!

360jeepboy · December 19th, 2010, 07:05 PM

Good info!

JDub · December 20th, 2010, 09:43 AM

Glad to hear that it's working for everyone else as well. You can really thank Joe over at Auto City Imports, lol, he gave me the idea because he heard of a similar issue on the Lancers. I guess I was just the test dummy to see if it would work on our cars as well, lol.

Ricoswave · December 22nd, 2010, 07:02 PM

Anybody know the resistance value of these guys? Should be labeled on them somewhere with an omega.

BrianJ · December 22nd, 2010, 07:35 PM

Those are 6.2 or 8.2 ohms at 25 watts...

Ricoswave · December 22nd, 2010, 08:19 PM

Thanks I might as well give this a shot while its down for the winter......

KhaosTactic · December 24th, 2010, 08:47 PM

hey all i could get my hands on was 6 ohms at 50 watts. will these work the same or am i going to have problems?!?!?!?!

SpeedofLight · July 8th, 2011, 04:59 PM

I just did this today, and I have a few comments.

I found everything at radioshack. I used a 20w 8 ohm resistor. I searched for days and couldn't find a kit. Every auto parts store thought I was crazy hahaha. They acted like I was looking for a bag of wizardry.

So I wired my everything to your diagram, and I discovered that you have your wired crossed. The solid green wire is supposed to go to the green/silver wire, and the red wire is supposed to the green/yellow wire. everything else was correct.

Has no one else tried this?

b1gkishan · August 11th, 2011, 06:29 PM

i shall try this both my traction and stability light come on

hackerd · October 13th, 2011, 01:35 PM

I just found the exact same ones pictures in the OP at Autozone. The people there weren't sure but they pointed me to the electrical aisle. I found them because of this post with that picture. Then they wanted to know what it was for and I gave a shout out to club4g.org. Thanks JDub!!! This website is awesome!!! I would have never known there was an issue with these tail lights if it weren't for this thread and how to fix it.

JDub · October 13th, 2011, 01:42 PM

^^ Glad to be of help

...and to those who are wondering, I have had these on my car for almost a year now, no issues at all. So the resistors definitely work. If your TCL light happens to come on again, it may have to do with another problem. (For example, I just installed a new double-din last week, and I hooked up 1 wire wrong, and BAM.... TCL light was on after that. The damn ECU system in our cars are very sensitive.)

joeyb · October 13th, 2011, 02:37 PM

I probably need to do this. thanks OP

hackerd · October 13th, 2011, 10:43 PM

^yeah so does Rob after he finds his Pikachu. He told me at MOD that his cruise control hasn't worked for a year or so.

hackerd · October 14th, 2011, 07:22 PM

So I did this while doing my install and the cruise control still doesn't work and the TCL and swerve symbol are on. WTF??? I've never used those types of splicers so maybe I didn't do it right. Will check it out tomorrow when it's daylight. And I thought I was smart for doing this during the initial install. Grrrrrrr.

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hackerd · October 15th, 2011, 02:55 PM

Ok so I fixed the problem. There is a metal piece in the middle of the splicers. They must be really pushed in with a set of pliers in order to cut into the wire and actually splice. I just pushed them together at first with my fingers until the clicked into place. JDub will you add this to the OP for people like me that don't know anything about electricity and splicing. After reconnecting the car battery everything was back to normal. Cruise control and all worked again!!!

JDub · October 15th, 2011, 04:02 PM

Yea sure, I will add that. Although, I could have sworn it said that in the instructions of the resistor pack, hehe

hackerd · October 15th, 2011, 04:18 PM

I didn't read those instructions. I just read yours and went to work installing. the box is already thrown away so I can't even check. Oh well, my bad.

transpolucion · October 31st, 2011, 01:13 PM

Hi guys,

I made it and it works, but I want to know, how do you do resistor does not touch anything? I afraid it touch the wires, and it get burn.

derek-g · December 29th, 2011, 09:01 PM

Do you have to do this if your eclipse does not have the tcl feature and you do not use cruise control? please respond

absintheuphoria · March 30th, 2012, 06:39 PM

+1

Pedro · March 31st, 2012, 10:17 PM

Doing this project right now.

Pedro · April 1st, 2012, 07:48 AM

So I followed the instructions just the way you guys posted and...THEY WORKED!

Got my Cruise Control back and my right parking lights back!

Thanks Club4g!

Pedro · April 1st, 2012, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by transpolucion

Hi guys,

I made it and it works, but I want to know, how do you do resistor does not touch anything? I afraid it touch the wires, and it get burn.

For anyone else with this question this is what I did...ignore the wiring I'm no electrician.

I made a heat-shield-sushi with some insulator material I was using for my hood.

hellcat · April 11th, 2012, 11:37 AM

Anyone have a problem where the car runs like complete crap after installing the resistor?

I installed the same resister from autozone as originally posted. After completed install cruise and TCL all work fine now but now the car revs real high and has no power whats so ever.
I take resister off the car runs fine. but TCL and cruise do not work.

I do have the wires tapped in correctly Red/Black on resistor. Ugh!

Pedro · April 11th, 2012, 12:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hellcat

Anyone have a problem where the car runs like complete crap after installing the resistor?

I installed the same resister from autozone as originally posted. After completed install cruise and TCL all work fine now but now the car revs real high and has no power whats so ever.
I take resister off the car runs fine. but TCL and cruise do not work.

I do have the wires tapped in correctly Red/Black on resistor. Ugh!

Nope! Mine is running like a champ...that sounds like a question for some one smarter than me, but I thought I'd reassure you that I haven't had any problems like that with mine. Sure it's not just you stressing out? I've heard perfectionist complain after every mod they do that something feels different...Just say'n.

hellcat · April 11th, 2012, 04:26 PM

yea I know its not just a mod feel.

The RPM guage revs up to 5-6K and the car moves like a snail I timed 45-50 seconds to get up to 60 MPH. It feels almost like being in 6th gear when you should be in 1st taking off. Literally have to be pedal to the medal to even *crawl* up to 60-70.

Pedro · April 11th, 2012, 10:04 PM

Damn, If its that bad you just replace stickers. SOrry to hear that.

Edit: stockers <----- damn phone.

November 12th, 2010, 03:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
JDub All Black Everything Name: Jason Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: New Jersey Vehicle: 2008 Eclipse GT Posts: 312 Rep Power: 2	How To: Install Load Resistors to LED Tail Lights (To get rid off TCL OFF light) There have been many reports that after installing new LED Tail Lights that the driver may see a TCL OFF light appear on their dashboard. This is your Traction Control, basically what helps you when pulling off in rain/snow. Some drivers have also mentioned that when this light is on, their cruise control shuts off. Usually the light only appears after around 10 minutes of driving. When you shut your car off & restart, the light does not appear, but will re-appear once you start driving again. (If your light constantly stays on no matter what, I would suggest having it checked it by the dealership or someone familiar with Mitsubishi cars.) The reason this light is appearing is due to the way Mitsubishi cars are wired. Everything is integrated with each other. So when the car’s computer notices that the brake lights are not getting enough power, it ends up activating this light. What you need to do is hook up a load resistor to each tail light. This will basically “fool” the computer to think that it is getting the same amount of power that the stock tail light’s received. ______________________________________ For installation remove your tail lights from the car, but do no disconnect the wires or anything. You just need to have access to the wires. You will need to have 2 Load Resistors. I picked mine up from a local Auto Zone. 2 of them came in one package as seen below. You will need to use the dual-splice connectors that come with it (if they don’t come with it, don’t worry, it’s really cheap) & connect the resistor to the brake wire & ground wire. • Brake wire is the red wire coming from the tail light. • Ground wire is the black wire coming from the tail light. • Green wire goes to the lights that come on when you turn on your headlights. In each of the dual splices will be the black wire that comes from the resistor & wires mentioned above. There is a metal piece in the middle of the splicers. They must be really pushed in with a set of pliers in order to cut into the wire and actually splice. You will need to position this as close to the tail light as you can (in terms of how far you go up the wire), but leaving room so that you can position the resistor in a way that wont touch anything else. THE RESISTOR DOES GET WARM/HOT! So use whatever method you can to secure the resistor without touching anything plastic or any wires. (I personally used some zip ties to secure the wires back and let the resistor hang in the air by itself.) That’s all there is to it! __________________ Motegi Racing MR118 Rims / Fujita CAI / 35% Tint / Halo Projector Headlights / Projector Eyelids / DRL Delete / Black LED Tail Lights / Interior LEDs / Sony Head Unit / 12" MTX Subs / MTX Terminator Amp / Debadged / Upper + Lower Grillcraft Grill / Progress Rear Sway Bar / RRE Magnaflow Axle-Back / Painted Calipers / Momo Shift Knob / Custom Seat Covers Last edited by JDub; October 15th, 2011 at 04:04 PM. Reason: How To: Install Load Resistors to LED Tail Lights (To get rid of TCL OFF light)

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Freeker The thread killer... Name: Jeff Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ft. Worth Vehicle: 07 GT Posts: 2,982 Rep Power: 6	my cruise control stoped working after installing LED tails... With this mod it works again... nice write up! __________________ I got Mods. Last edited by Freeker; December 20th, 2010 at 01:58 AM.

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BrianJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Vehicle: 06 Eclipse GT Posts: 2,488 Rep Power: 9	I suppose that's not too bad considering they are packaged for this application... If anyone wonders though you can get the resistors for just over $1 a piece...less if you buy 25 or more... __________________ Home of BilletProof Racing and the 4G SCM.1 Shift Control Module, the PnP harness for the AEM F/IC, and the Timing advance solution for the F/IC

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December 20th, 2010, 09:43 AM	#16 (permalink)
JDub All Black Everything Name: Jason Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: New Jersey Vehicle: 2008 Eclipse GT Posts: 312 Rep Power: 2	Glad to hear that it's working for everyone else as well. You can really thank Joe over at Auto City Imports, lol, he gave me the idea because he heard of a similar issue on the Lancers. I guess I was just the test dummy to see if it would work on our cars as well, lol. __________________ Motegi Racing MR118 Rims / Fujita CAI / 35% Tint / Halo Projector Headlights / Projector Eyelids / DRL Delete / Black LED Tail Lights / Interior LEDs / Sony Head Unit / 12" MTX Subs / MTX Terminator Amp / Debadged / Upper + Lower Grillcraft Grill / Progress Rear Sway Bar / RRE Magnaflow Axle-Back / Painted Calipers / Momo Shift Knob / Custom Seat Covers

December 22nd, 2010, 07:35 PM	#18 (permalink)
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KhaosTactic Solar Eclipse Name: Cory Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Boston, MA Vehicle: 2009/Eclipse/gs Posts: 464 Rep Power: 2	hey all i could get my hands on was 6 ohms at 50 watts. will these work the same or am i going to have problems?!?!?!?!

July 8th, 2011, 04:59 PM	#21 (permalink)
SpeedofLight FDLFDH Name: Craig Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pittsburgh Vehicle: 06/GT/AT Posts: 708 Rep Power: 3	I just did this today, and I have a few comments. I found everything at radioshack. I used a 20w 8 ohm resistor. I searched for days and couldn't find a kit. Every auto parts store thought I was crazy hahaha. They acted like I was looking for a bag of wizardry. So I wired my everything to your diagram, and I discovered that you have your wired crossed. The solid green wire is supposed to go to the green/silver wire, and the red wire is supposed to the green/yellow wire. everything else was correct. Has no one else tried this? __________________

October 13th, 2011, 01:35 PM	#23 (permalink)
hackerd DILLIGAF? Name: David Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Norfolk, Va Vehicle: 2006 Eclipse GT Posts: 342 Rep Power: 1	I just found the exact same ones pictures in the OP at Autozone. The people there weren't sure but they pointed me to the electrical aisle. I found them because of this post with that picture. Then they wanted to know what it was for and I gave a shout out to club4g.org. Thanks JDub!!! This website is awesome!!! I would have never known there was an issue with these tail lights if it weren't for this thread and how to fix it. __________________

October 13th, 2011, 01:42 PM	#24 (permalink)
JDub All Black Everything Name: Jason Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: New Jersey Vehicle: 2008 Eclipse GT Posts: 312 Rep Power: 2	^^ Glad to be of help ...and to those who are wondering, I have had these on my car for almost a year now, no issues at all. So the resistors definitely work. If your TCL light happens to come on again, it may have to do with another problem. (For example, I just installed a new double-din last week, and I hooked up 1 wire wrong, and BAM.... TCL light was on after that. The damn ECU system in our cars are very sensitive.) __________________ Motegi Racing MR118 Rims / Fujita CAI / 35% Tint / Halo Projector Headlights / Projector Eyelids / DRL Delete / Black LED Tail Lights / Interior LEDs / Sony Head Unit / 12" MTX Subs / MTX Terminator Amp / Debadged / Upper + Lower Grillcraft Grill / Progress Rear Sway Bar / RRE Magnaflow Axle-Back / Painted Calipers / Momo Shift Knob / Custom Seat Covers

October 13th, 2011, 02:37 PM	#25 (permalink)
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October 13th, 2011, 10:43 PM	#26 (permalink)
hackerd DILLIGAF? Name: David Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Norfolk, Va Vehicle: 2006 Eclipse GT Posts: 342 Rep Power: 1	^yeah so does Rob after he finds his Pikachu. He told me at MOD that his cruise control hasn't worked for a year or so. __________________

October 14th, 2011, 07:22 PM	#27 (permalink)
hackerd DILLIGAF? Name: David Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Norfolk, Va Vehicle: 2006 Eclipse GT Posts: 342 Rep Power: 1	So I did this while doing my install and the cruise control still doesn't work and the TCL and swerve symbol are on. WTF??? I've never used those types of splicers so maybe I didn't do it right. Will check it out tomorrow when it's daylight. And I thought I was smart for doing this during the initial install. Grrrrrrr. Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk __________________

October 15th, 2011, 02:55 PM	#28 (permalink)
hackerd DILLIGAF? Name: David Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Norfolk, Va Vehicle: 2006 Eclipse GT Posts: 342 Rep Power: 1	Ok so I fixed the problem. There is a metal piece in the middle of the splicers. They must be really pushed in with a set of pliers in order to cut into the wire and actually splice. I just pushed them together at first with my fingers until the clicked into place. JDub will you add this to the OP for people like me that don't know anything about electricity and splicing. After reconnecting the car battery everything was back to normal. Cruise control and all worked again!!! __________________

October 15th, 2011, 04:02 PM	#29 (permalink)
JDub All Black Everything Name: Jason Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: New Jersey Vehicle: 2008 Eclipse GT Posts: 312 Rep Power: 2	Yea sure, I will add that. Although, I could have sworn it said that in the instructions of the resistor pack, hehe __________________ Motegi Racing MR118 Rims / Fujita CAI / 35% Tint / Halo Projector Headlights / Projector Eyelids / DRL Delete / Black LED Tail Lights / Interior LEDs / Sony Head Unit / 12" MTX Subs / MTX Terminator Amp / Debadged / Upper + Lower Grillcraft Grill / Progress Rear Sway Bar / RRE Magnaflow Axle-Back / Painted Calipers / Momo Shift Knob / Custom Seat Covers

October 15th, 2011, 04:18 PM	#30 (permalink)
hackerd DILLIGAF? Name: David Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Norfolk, Va Vehicle: 2006 Eclipse GT Posts: 342 Rep Power: 1	I didn't read those instructions. I just read yours and went to work installing. the box is already thrown away so I can't even check. Oh well, my bad. __________________

October 31st, 2011, 01:13 PM	#31 (permalink)
transpolucion Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Vehicle: 2006 GT 3.8L Posts: 5 Rep Power: 3	Hi guys, I made it and it works, but I want to know, how do you do resistor does not touch anything? I afraid it touch the wires, and it get burn.

December 29th, 2011, 09:01 PM	#32 (permalink)
derek-g Senior Member Name: Derek Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Maryland Vehicle: 06/Eclipse/GS Posts: 436 Rep Power: 1	Do you have to do this if your eclipse does not have the tcl feature and you do not use cruise control? please respond

March 30th, 2012, 06:39 PM	#33 (permalink)
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March 31st, 2012, 10:17 PM	#34 (permalink)
Pedro Senior Member Name: Pete Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Southern California Vehicle: 2007/Eclipse/Spyder/GS Posts: 851 Rep Power: 3	Doing this project right now. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/socal4g

April 1st, 2012, 07:48 AM	#35 (permalink)
Pedro Senior Member Name: Pete Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Southern California Vehicle: 2007/Eclipse/Spyder/GS Posts: 851 Rep Power: 3	So I followed the instructions just the way you guys posted and...THEY WORKED! Got my Cruise Control back and my right parking lights back! Thanks Club4g! __________________ http://www.myspace.com/socal4g

April 11th, 2012, 11:37 AM	#37 (permalink)
hellcat Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Vehicle: 2006/Eclipse/GT Posts: 79 Rep Power: 1	Anyone have a problem where the car runs like complete crap after installing the resistor? I installed the same resister from autozone as originally posted. After completed install cruise and TCL all work fine now but now the car revs real high and has no power whats so ever. I take resister off the car runs fine. but TCL and cruise do not work. I do have the wires tapped in correctly Red/Black on resistor. Ugh!

April 11th, 2012, 04:26 PM	#39 (permalink)
hellcat Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Vehicle: 2006/Eclipse/GT Posts: 79 Rep Power: 1	yea I know its not just a mod feel. The RPM guage revs up to 5-6K and the car moves like a snail I timed 45-50 seconds to get up to 60 MPH. It feels almost like being in 6th gear when you should be in 1st taking off. Literally have to be pedal to the medal to even crawl up to 60-70.

April 11th, 2012, 10:04 PM	#40 (permalink)
Pedro Senior Member Name: Pete Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Southern California Vehicle: 2007/Eclipse/Spyder/GS Posts: 851 Rep Power: 3	Damn, If its that bad you just replace stickers. SOrry to hear that. Edit: stockers <----- damn phone. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/socal4g