Interior led upgrade light problem

silverslider

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mazda cx9 2015 touring
I just upgraded my 2015 cx9 touring awd to led and the output is awesome as expected but when the doors are closed the lights in the doors and the rear overhead lights stay on very dimly. They are cheaper ones and not Sylvania. Had anybody had this problem?
 
I have with other cars. There is a load resister or something like that you can buy to fix it. Quick trick though is leave one factory bulb in one of the spots. Somewhere you won't notice the difference color than the led. The reason this fixes it is that the leds don't use up all the excess electricity in the wiring and since they don't need much to light they will stay light with the tiny electricity that is in the wires. When you put the factory bulb in one spot it eats up the left over energy. Not the greatest way to explain it but it works.
 
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