LED Lighting
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I just looked at my 2018 Premier - the non-projector beam headlamp is most certainly a Halogen. NOT a HID. I couldn’t see the other bulb.
According to what the manual and online Silvania says, it is halogen.
Seems the LED may have been a bit more efficient, but they did not fit them from the factory it seems. I didn’t see an option for that either (but certainly I could have missed it)
Mark
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The manual AND the online lookup only mention the high beam.
According to what the manual and online Silvania says, it is halogen.
Seems the LED may have been a bit more efficient, but they did not fit them from the factory it seems. I didn’t see an option for that either (but certainly I could have missed it)
Mark
Edit:
The manual AND the online lookup only mention the high beam.
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I was under the impression that the low beams were LED on both trims.
Here is what Car & Driver says.
This is for a 2018 LT.
And here is from the 2018 brochure. The brochure also says the front reading lights and dome light are LED, on both trims.
Certainly the low beam may indeed be LED. I could only see one bulb, the non-projector one. I did not turn it on, but I’m assuming that is the high beam and the projector is low beam.
Looking at the Silvania ‘lookup’ again, I see nothing listed for the low beam- so it seems the low is indeed probably an LED.
I see the manual only talks about replacing the high beam bulb- it doesn’t even mention the low beam. It does say talk to your freindly dealer to replace any LEDs.
The turn signals are all ‘traditional’ bulbs if I’m not mistaken.
My mistake on the manual mentioning both bulbs. I fixed that in my post.
Looking at the Silvania ‘lookup’ again, I see nothing listed for the low beam- so it seems the low is indeed probably an LED.
I see the manual only talks about replacing the high beam bulb- it doesn’t even mention the low beam. It does say talk to your freindly dealer to replace any LEDs.
The turn signals are all ‘traditional’ bulbs if I’m not mistaken.
My mistake on the manual mentioning both bulbs. I fixed that in my post.
Low beams and DRLs are LED, high beams are halogen. The rear tail and high-mount brake lights are LED, but the regular brake, backup, and license plate lights are incandescent. Turn signals, front and rear, are also incandescent. It makes sense this way because the lights that are continuously on are LED for lower power use, and the intermittently lit are incandescent for cost reasons. I replaced my brake lights with Philips LEDs because there is a bit of a safety improvement by doing so. (Immediate full illumination vs a couple hundred milliseconds - significant at highway speeds.)
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