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Yellow78

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Voltage is potential - not power. If there is a high resistance (compared to a light bulb) in the circui, it might be inconsequential to the very high resistance in your meter. This results in a very small voltage drop as read by your meter. When you insert a bulb, this resistance appears huge and drops a lot of voltage.

Don't measure ohms, measure voltage across the socket contacts with the bulb out and then in. If there is a serious drop in voltage when you insert the bulb, you have high resistance somewhere in the circuit.

As others have said, automotive LEDs usually only work mounted in one direction. First check is to reverse the mounting to see if things get better or worse.

One last thing, I replaced the Malibu lamp bulbs with automotive LEDs. Found the cheap contacts in the lamps and cheap contacts in the Chinese LED didn't always make good contact. You may have the same situation and may have to scuff the contacts with some fine sandpaper to get a good contact.

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Exactly, did your bulb work before you tried the LED? First place to look is corrosion in the door switches. These switched supply a ground to the circuit. Try opening each door, snapping the nylon button a couple times and then twisting th button while it is fully extended.

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