Done a tray swap, added a canopy, or upgraded to LED indicators on your ute… and now your blinkers are flashing like they’re on Red Bull?
That’s called hyperflashing — and it happens because LED lights draw way less power than traditional incandescent bulbs. Your vehicle thinks a bulb’s blown, so it speeds up the flash rate to alert you.
While LEDs are great — they’re brighter, last longer, and give you crisp light patterns — their low power draw means no load on the indicator circuit. The fix? Load resistors. These little guys simulate the load of a standard bulb, tricking the flasher can into behaving normally again.
So if you’ve upgraded your bullbar, taillights, or indicators and now everything’s going double-time, a load resistor kit might be just what you need.
We stock a heap of options at HS Auto Parts — quick to fit, easy fix.
Catch ya next time when we lift the hoist and dive deeper Under the Bonnet.
