I have a 2001 ford F-250 it came with sealed halogen headlights and I converted them to sealed beam LED lights now I'm dealing with a lot of radio interference when I turn on the headlights does anyone know what I can do to correct the issue

 

Get rid of the crappy LEDs, they are electrically noisy.

 

Do u have a hundred dollars to waste cause I sure don't

 

Cause my sealed LED lights cost me 150

 

Welcome to FTE.


Don’t ask the question if you’re not ready for the answer...he’s right. I put Truck-lite LEDS in my truck no issues whatsoever but they were $350.

 

Well I guess what ur telling me that Sylvania is crap cause I've been using Sylvania for years and I won't use any company other than Sylvania

 

Then call Sylvania for assistance with their product. They actually pay people to answer those phone calls.

 

IF you want help probably lose the attitude. You asked us for help...

 

above is all correct..

call customer service... could be defective LED"S... poor ground connections... we are talking about a 20 year old truck.

most LED's that generate electric noise... are the CHEAP types... regardless of the PRICE you paid for them..

old saying.. with hat in hand.... asking for HELP... and then complain about the help.. ( internet keyboard commandos )

50 years... auto mechanic.. retired... I love wrenching.. so dislike the people that own cars/trucks.

know-it-alls,,, but can not fix there own problems. this may not be this case... but the Attitude is wrong.

I could be WRONG.. so design your own LED headlights...

IF you <search> here.... many with this issue.. since LED headlights came out.. not just yours...

 

As others have said there are varying types/prices/quality of LED lighting products.

These trucks were engineered, designed, and built before the HID/LED boom so are not equipped for that type of EMF discharge.

As you add new technology to an old machine you will have to make sure that the item itself is shielded properly or you will have to shield the appropriate portions of the truck for all the systems to work in harmony.

I personally stayed away from non-halogen light applications for this very reason. There are more disappointment/failure stories than success ones and, just like you, I don't have money to throw around until something works. At the very least I was going to have to put magnets (RF chokes) on my chip cable and I had no interest in cascading modifications to make one product work. Not to mention that CA has a law (obscure and un-enforced as it may be) that you cannot modify your headlights outside of the type that came with the vehicle (e.g. you are not allowed to install HID/LED headlights on a vehicle that came with halogen lights from the factory).

Not to be a jerk but sometimes you roll the dice and come up snake eyes. I've done that a few times over the years.

You might be able to add some kind of shielding/magnets to your antenna/radio to make things work or you will have to make the choice to live with it, get a different set of headlights, or go back to the original halogens.

Just my .02