This score indicates how well this product performs against a vehicle's CANBus warning system.
9/10 means that this product will work for most vehicles however there is always a chance a warning error will still appear.
Most modern cars today use a system to continuously detect faults – known as CAN-Bus. These bulbs are CAN-Bus enabled and will eliminate those annoying warning lights when your car thinks it has a faulty bulb.
Cree is the Rolls Royce of LED technology recognised the world over. Most major manufacturers of LED products use Cree LEDs. This particular bulb uses 6 Cree LEDs and gives off 360 degrees of light.
Although your vehicle battery is used for all the electrics any saving in power has to be a good thing. These bulbs will give a greater light output (750 Lumens) than the standard bulb (300-400 Lumens) but use much less power - a win win!
One of the many advantages with LED bulbs over the standard is the length of time they will last. LED bulbs will significantly outperform standard replacement bulbs and should give 4000 hours or more of trouble free use. Unlike some other more inferior LEDs the light output with a Cree LED will not deteriorate over time.
We are so confident with this range that we offer a full no quibble 3 year guarantee....
Understanding CANbus Error Codes And How To Fix Them
Having issues with CANbus error codes? Take a look at our latest video with all the CANbus information you will need and even a Resistor Kit fitting tutorial.
STEVE PIPER
May 11, 2025
This customer purchased the item at our site.
My last 3 vehicles have all had their bulbs changed to led’s from ABD . Great service lads keep it up.
Advantages: The led bulbs are much brighter which I find great as I do a lot of night and motorway driving and I can see and be seen much easier and they last a lot longer than standard bulbs.
Disadvantages: Can’t think of any disadvantages and having been fitting them for many years and on different vehicles that seems pretty good to me .
They are a bit more expensive but for the service life and safety it’s well worth a few extra pounds.
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Deepak Mistry
Jun 10, 2024
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Oh yes, a vast improvement.
Advantages: Best thing about these bulbs is that it’s either on or off, without a lethargic delay you get from filament bulbs. You notice people see you and react instantly when you hit the indicator, especially when you’re in a roundabout.
Disadvantages: None I can think of. It’s a win win situation if you don’t mind forking out the cash. LED bulbs are a lot more expensive and really, they are for sado enthusiasts like me. Most really don’t care but if you’re driving an older car, it does modernise the look and makes you feel good. Life too short
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John Dicks
Apr 18, 2024
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Had to exchange original purchase with the more expensive product because of hyper flashing & these worked fine after a little bit of cleaning & adjusting the bulb holders.
Advantages: A brighter & cleaner looking light.
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Robert Goodson
Mar 12, 2024
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Good bulbs, reliable, now at a better price
Advantages: Long long life, bright using a fraction of power.
Disadvantages: None so far
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Rob mcf
Feb 24, 2024
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Gave an immediate canbus error and rapid blink. The supplier offering swap out for a more suitable but more expensive alternative which do then work
Advantages: Nil
Disadvantages: Errors show from get go
Our Reply: For hyper-flashing issues, we recommend our dedicated anti-hyperflash range of LED bulbs.
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Nick Cramer
Nov 22, 2023
This customer purchased the item at our site.
2022 Citroen Dispatch, works perfect with no errors.
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M T
Nov 21, 2023
This customer purchased the item at our site.
These were recommended for my Kia Sedona, however after installing, not only do they hyperflash, they are only suitable for off road use which wasn't mentioned in the specifications at time of purchase. OFF ROAD USE is written on the box but hardly noticeable.
Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Not road legal. Hyperflashing. Recommended by ABD but unsuitable. Waste of time and money!
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Craig Hawley
Nov 5, 2023
This customer purchased the item at our site.
These were great, all it was is that my car cannot except any LED bulb. Refunded no problem, great company.
Advantages: When I said that my car won't except, I received a refund no problem. Great.
Disadvantages: Only disadvantage was that the bulbs made my cars dash said "bulb out", shame?
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Matthew
Oct 21, 2023
This customer purchased the item at our site.
I was looking to upgrade my rear indicator bulbs to LED. After looking into what ones would fit my car without error lights I decided to go for these. I can confirm these fitted without any errors at all to my Seat Leon FR Mk3
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Barry Sallis
Sep 26, 2023
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I've had other led bulbs from ABD and always excellent quality i brought these one's for my wife's peugeot 208 perfect fit and look amazing bright orange indecator plug an play no hyper flashing no errors and kept cool these are well worth the money and build quality is fantastic. Thank you.
Advantages: Simple swap, no resistors to fit, no hyper flashing, no dashboard warnings or errors and super bright.
Disadvantages: None .
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David Richardson
Sep 2, 2023
This customer purchased the item at our site.
I bought a pair of these bulbs & was really impressed firstly with the speed of delivery & at time of fitting they worked straight away
Advantages: The rear indicator lights became brighter and I now feel the upgrade will allow other drivers to recognise my intentions earlier
Disadvantages: None
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Adam
Jul 13, 2023
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Used to replace indicators on my g31 BMW, work great and no warning light.
Advantages: No warning lights, updates the look of the car.
Disadvantages: None
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Arthur
May 30, 2023
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Far too bright. It reads off road on the box .
Advantages: Drivers can't miss them.
Disadvantages: Blinds other drivers.
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RJB
May 10, 2023
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Work fine in the rear indicators of a 308 T9 - no hyperflash or canbus errors and not overtly bright - just a nice clean flash in rear indicators
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Adeel Mughal
Nov 15, 2022
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Great product and fast dispatch fits perfectly
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ian bailey
Sep 1, 2022
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Very good all round service
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Barry Wu
Aug 30, 2022
This customer purchased the item at our site.
It is hyperflashing on my Honda Civic Hatchback 2014. Due to the space constraint, I am unable to install a load resistor. Also to add a load resistor would make this product quite pricey.
100% would not recommend until Twenty20 comes out with anti-hyper flashing in this same chrome configuration.
Advantages: The amber tone is extremely pleasant.
Disadvantages: Causes Hyper flashing
Our Reply: We do have dedicated anti-hyperflashing 581 bulbs available. Please see the Twenty20 HF0 range.
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Thomas Rees
Jul 25, 2022
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Work great in a TVR T350, nice and bright even light which greatly improves visibility over the standard halogens
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michael jefferys
Jun 9, 2022
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Brilliant bulbs .Brilliant service.
Advantages: Being able to get good advice from your advisors.
Disadvantages: None
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Stuart Weatherill
Apr 3, 2022
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Great bulb shame they don’t work on my van.
Advantages: Great built bulb, looks good and decent price
Disadvantages: Don’t work on Ford Transit Custom
They cause hyper flash of dash.
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Dominic Sherlock
Feb 21, 2022
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Great service and the product performs as promised
Advantages: Bright and no irritating error messages
Disadvantages: None
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Simon M
Feb 6, 2022
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Does not work for Porsche 987 Canbus.
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AJ Simons
Jan 6, 2022
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Error free and bright as a daisy.
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Simon Johns
Aug 20, 2021
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Absolutely gutted. Fitted these to a 2015 Ford Focus front and rear indicators and stupidly only tested them with the hazard switch. They flashed perfectly, where nice and bright and did not hyperflash so threw away the packaging. A few days later when out for a drive the first time I had to indicate they triggered hyperflashing…..doh !!. It seems Ford only monitor bulb outages when indicating on the move and do not hyperflash with the hazard lights (I guess a safety feature).
Either way I am left with four bulbs that are not compatible with my car. I am reluctant to fit resistors and cannot find a way to disable the bulb out warning (hyperflash) in the BCM (using Forscan software).
I know Twenty20 make a larger hyperflash friendly bulb but this is way too bright for the car and does not fit in my front units.
Really hope Twenty20 can come up with a new hyperflash solving bulb that is similar in size, look and lumens to this one (no more than 1000 lumins for road use).
Advantages: Size, nice bright road safe output and colour.
Disadvantages: Definitely not compatible with Fords hyperflash bulb warning so will need additional resistors or BCM re-programming….assuming this is possible.
Our Reply: Sorry to hear of this. We would be happy to exchange these for the 581 Twenty20 HF0 bulbs which are specifically designed not to hyperflash.
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Carlos Figueira
Jul 12, 2021
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Unfortunately I cannot give these bulbs any higher rating than a 2 because these failed to work on my Ford Galaxy 2013. No error messages but indicators would flash too fast.
However, I would give ABD 5** for the support and service
Advantages: Look robust and durable
Disadvantages: Don’t work with Ford Galaxy
Our Reply: Unfortunately hyper flashing is a different issue to the canbus error messages. While these do work on most cars without hyper flashing, there are some where it will still happen. In these instances we recommend the dedicated Twenty20 HF0 anti hyperflash range which will definitely work without issue.
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Brian Buckley
Jun 30, 2021
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Nice orange light and not too bright to dazzle at night, and not so dim so that they can't be seen in daylight/bight sunlight.
The ABD website gave them a "CANBUS SCORE 9/10" which was encouraging and my main reason for ordering them, however, when the lamps were fitted, not only did I get a bulb-out Canbus error/warning, I also had hyper-flashing from these LEDs too, which is the only time this has happened to me in the 3 years since I bought my car! Luckily I had a couple of 50W/6Ohm resistors which cured these issues, but this was a real hassle!
The under-bonnet space in my car is at a premium, and fitting these resistors to an accessible metal surface, which should have been maybe a 15-minute job, took over an hour and a half!
This also negates any power/fuel savings as the resistors cancel-out the lower power requirements which the LEDs on their own would have provided.
If I'd known I'd have had to fit resistors I wouldn't have bothered, and the returns procedure is simply too much hassle to send them back
Advantages: Umm....
Disadvantages: Canbus errors, hyper-flashing and requiring resistors to work.
Our Reply: Unfortunately the 9/10 score still means 1/10 vehicles may still experience canbus errors. In this instance we would recommend the Twenty20 HF0 anti hyper flash range which would solve both the canbus and hyper flash issues you're experiencing.
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Rob Screene
Jun 27, 2021
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Easy fitment
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ian parry
Jun 21, 2021
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Bought for my BMW 1 series (65 Plate) Much better than a standard bulb, Easy to fit and brighter
Got good advise from the sales team, still use coloured led even if you have coloured lenses
Advantages: No Issues with error codes or increased flash rate, Fantastic
Disadvantages: None
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Ian Barnard
Apr 5, 2021
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Fitted to My Skoda Octavia 2.0ltr L&K rear indicators. Big improvement in brightness with no errors. very pleased with the bulbs and service. I was mildly disappointed that these two bulbs plus the two reversing light bulbs, ordered at the same time, were all put in a plastic tube that allowed them to rattle around and bang against each other. I would have thought that, if these are usually sent loose, some form of packling could have been used to prevent them moving around. No damage occured but the packing could still have been better, IMO.
Advantages: much brighter with no errors
Disadvantages: none
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Robert Porter
Feb 4, 2021
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Just what I needed thanks
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Malcolm Ockwell
Jan 1, 2021
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Excellent purchase
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Rob Watson
Dec 27, 2020
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Great bulbs, work well but they are not CANBUS compatible straightaway (not without tinkering). The bulbs work fine but the dashboard flickers at double speed (presumably due to the lower power draw). Hopefully ABD can help me sort this out.
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S
Dec 6, 2020
This customer purchased the item at our site.
As build quality is good.
Advantages: Light brightness is OK. It looks good on car.
Disadvantages: On Hyundai i10 is hyper-flash.
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Stephen Haynes
Nov 23, 2020
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Received these bulbs in 4 days from order. Unfortunately despite being described as Canbus compatible they triggered a bulb out warning on my Jaguar XF. The light fitting on the car sadly cannot accommodate a resistor so I have unfortunately had to return the bulbs.
Advantages: Seem to be of solid construction
Disadvantages: Item returned and I am awaiting a refund due to non compatibility with my vehicle lighting system
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Trevor Munt
Oct 19, 2020
This customer purchased the item at our site.
A far superior replacement to the original filament bulbs fitted to my Passat CC - very pleased with the improved illumination and no Canbus issues. Well engineered unit
Advantages: Superior illumination compared to OEM filament unit fitted and of benefit to alert all road users
Disadvantages: Premium price
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Phillip Petty
Sep 20, 2020
This customer purchased the item at our site.
The amber tungston lamps on my BMW had faded as noted on my MOT certificate. I decided to upgrade to these LED lamps and was not dissapointed! I liked the quality and design so much, I upgrated the stop and tail lights from the same brand as well.
They are brilliant!
Advantages: Plug and play. No canbus errors or sporadic flashing.
Pure, bright amber colour.
The LED's are arranged to perfectly match a tungston filiament bulb therby emitting a perfect light pattern.
Exceptional build quality.
Disadvantages: None. Only time will confirm their reliability.
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Chris Potter
Aug 27, 2020
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Good, bright indicator bulbs. Quality items. No bulb out warning on Audi A4 B8.
Advantages: Bright, good quality items.
Disadvantages: They don't automatically swap themselves for the old ones. You have to change them yourself.
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Darren Long
Aug 22, 2020
This customer purchased the item at our site.
I was a bit duebias at first about buying LEDs due to the fault conditions the car can still throw up. But i took the plunge and I must say these bulbs were perfect no issues at all. Defo recommend!!!
Advantages: super bright can certainly tell they are LEDs
Disadvantages: none what so ever, well maybe cost but then its like anything you buy cheap you buy problems. So paying a slight premium is well worth it.
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David Devaney
Aug 9, 2020
This customer purchased the item at our site.
These produced hyper flashing in my 19plate Ceed, but as always the excellent customer service at ABD came to the rescue and replaced then for ones that should not.
I will still give them top marks because the build quality and colour are great.
I have not fitted the replacements yet
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ray veck
Jun 2, 2020
This customer purchased the item at our site.
these bulbs are brilliant, fantastically bright and they work. I ordered 3 sets from Amazon all claiming not to give error codes and all 3 where returned. Found these on line and they worked brilliant and did what they said on the tin :-)
Superb service as well.
Advantages: super bright (and off don't look like an indicator bulb giving my motorbike a brilliant look)
Disadvantages: none.
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John Goodwin
Mar 26, 2020
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Well engineered bulbs that presented no problems in fitting.
Advantages: The bulbs give a crisp, bright indication and are a big improvement on the standard bulb.
Disadvantages: The bulbs flashed irregularly. ABD were extremely helpful and agreed to replace the units with items that overcome the problem
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Steven Callan
Mar 12, 2020
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Fitted to BMW G31 much brighter and easy to fit
Advantages: Brighter. An improvement on the the standard incandescent bulb
Disadvantages: None
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Iain Wilson
Mar 8, 2020
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Fitted these to my BMW X5. When direct sunlight falls on the original bulbs they can be hard to see. Fitted these and you get a much sharper and brighter light so a good safety feature in my opinion.
Advantages: Brighter and sharper
Disadvantages: None
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Max
Feb 6, 2020
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Amazing quality bulbs, no issues with warning lights, easy install and make the front of the car look more OEM being clear coloured bulbs instead of amber. Will defiantly be buying twenty20 bulbs again.
Advantages: No warning light issues
Great quality, nice and bright.
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Rick
Feb 3, 2020
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Great upgrade from stock halogen bulbs, much brighter and more colourful. Worked right away with no coding, flickering or warning lights.
Advantages: Much brighter and alerts other road users more, nicer colour than stock halogen bulbs, last longer, use less power, win win.
Disadvantages: Packaging could be better mine didn't come in the tubes like in the pic advertised and it said nothing about what type of bulb it was. ie 581 PY21W etc which when you've ordered a couple of different fitments for other areas of the car is a bit of a pain as you can't tell which is which without taking them all out the packet.
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Andrew Porter
Nov 10, 2019
This customer purchased the item at our site.
These LED units were purchased to replace orange lacquered indicator light bulbs to overcome the problem of losing the orange colour, causing the indicators to become white and fail the MoT.
Advantages: Remain orange, do not cause a light bulb warning failure to appear, operate at the correct indicator frequency, all as a direct drop in replacement.
Disadvantages: More expensive than filament light bulbs, but solves many problems..
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John MacDowall
Aug 28, 2019
This customer purchased the item at our site.
Fast delivery. good price.
Advantages: direct fit with much brighter light
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THOMAS MYERS
Jul 17, 2019
This customer purchased the item at our site.
These replaced the normal 21 watt indicator bulbs they are lot brighter than the one they replaced. They showed no warning on dash on a seat leon st. Which has led brake and side lights Very pleased.
Advantages: They will last longer. No warning on dash.
Disadvantages: None
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RAYMOND FOX
Jul 12, 2019
This customer purchased the item at our site.
These were the wrong fitting (baynet) for my bmw e46 2004 need wedge fitting jennifier could not have been more helpful.
Advantages: good communication from order to delivery 10 out of 10 top banana.
Disadvantages: none
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Thomas Gorman
Jun 28, 2019
This customer purchased the item at our site.
I had tried several led bulbs from different companies who claimed their bulbs were error free when upgrading from normal bulbs all of which had errors. Then i happened to find Autobulbsdirect, excellent products and exceptional customer service, they really go above and beyond to make sure the customer is happy.
Advantages: Every other led indicator bulb i tried all came with the same problem, hyperflashing, these companies then wanted to sell me other resistors etc, but these bulbs from ABD have everything already within the bulbs, result, no hyperflashing. Dont try any other company for led bulbs, get from ABD, you wont be disappointed.
Disadvantages: Absolutely none.
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Application
Where the bulb is going on the car & what it’s for. Sidelight, Stop & Tail etc
Indicator
Colour
This is what colour to expect from the bulbs in the Kelvin Colour Temperature Scale. Examples would be 3000K as a warm yellow.
Amber
Voltage
Nearly all cars and motorcycles run on a 12V (volts). Trucks and many larger vehicles run on a 24V (volts).
12V
Canbus
Many modern cars with advanced ECU systems will require the bulbs to be CAN Bus compatible. This means it won’t show up as a blo
Yes
Bulb Size
This is the actual fitting of the bulb. If you do not know which fitting your vehicle takes, use the bulb finder to the right of
581
Approx Bulb Life (hours)
4000
Direction of Light
This explains whether the light emitted from the LED is spread (360°) or projected.
360 Degrees
Lumens
750
Size of Bulb
Length = 50mm Width = 18mm
For Off-Road Use
Yes
Fitting Type
Bayonet
Filament Type
Single Filament
Bayonet Pin Type
Offset
Wedge Base Width
Festoon Length
Delivery Timings
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