Headlight replacement

bhauto0318 · January 29, 2020

I have a 2016 Silverado 1500 that needs a left front headlight assembly. My issue is that the original headlight assembly has the chrome housing, halogen headlight bulb, the turn signal is an incandescent bulb with amber lens and it has led accent lights (DRL & amber side marker) but I can’t get one from GM. I’ve been down the RPO T4F, T4L and wiring diagrams path but no help there. The car harness is a eight wire connector and the OE assembly has a five pin receptacle configuration, the HID a six pin and the LED a seven pin. My Chevy parts guy is at a loss. We either get a HID bulb or a LED bulb headlight assembly. Has anyone out there run across this problem? All I can find online is an Anzo aftermarket replacement for non LED headlight w/o HID headlight but I prefer the OEM look over their design. Any input welcome.

L86 All Terrain · January 29, 2020

I was under the impression that the 2016 all got an LED headlight bulb upgrade, and only the 2014 and 2015 trucks could be had with a traditional halogen bulb, maybe in the WT trim trucks they kept halogen in 2016? My 2014 WT is chrome halogen, incandescent drl's, no accent lights. I have never heard of your particular set up and having a bit of a hard time visualizing it. If GM doesn't have a part number, you could be missing something. Wrong MY perhaps, 2500 series truck etc?

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SirenRed16 · January 30, 2020

Does your headlights look like these? If so then you have HIDs in the projectors. LTZ/High Country came with the upgraded LEDs.

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JimCost2014 · January 30, 2020

LTZ:

bhauto0318 · January 30, 2020

I was able to get GM involved and what a cluster GM created in 2016. Production date of truck 9/3/15 with a minimum of three part number changes to present. Three different headlight assemblies were used. LED, HID and Halogen. Bezels for assembly are either chrome or body color. Plug configuration for the trucks eight pin wiring harness to assembly is seven, six or five pin depending on bulb type and I’m not plugging in a 1K light until I know. Does not appear to be plug and play so BCM may have to be reprogrammed and I haven’t got an answer if it can even be done. If they can’t come up with the correct light does that mean I have to put out 2K for two lights and pay to reprogram BCM if it can even be done. NOT! I can’t find a used one anywhere on the internet but I have found one set of aftermarket headlights that will work w/o LED headlight and w/o HID. Not the look I want but better than spending 2K+. I’ll post any updates from GM. Thanks to all that replied to my post.

Pictures

Headlight assembly front view – Original headlight assembly on the left has amber turn signal lens. Replacement does not.

Headlight assembly rear view - Original headlight assembly on the right has Halogen headlight bulb, incandescent turn signal bulb and led accent lighting. Replacement assembly is all LED lighting.

Original headlight assembly has eight pin connector using five pins. Numbers 1,2,3,4, and 7.

Original headlight assembly LED logic module is internal. Replacement assembly LED module is external.

SirenRed16 · January 30, 2020

I was able to get GM involved and what a cluster GM created in 2016. Production date of truck 9/3/15 with a minimum of three part number changes to present. Three different headlight assemblies were used. LED, HID and Halogen. Bezels for assembly are either chrome or body color. Plug configuration for the trucks eight pin wiring harness to assembly is seven, six or five pin depending on bulb type and I’m not plugging in a 1K light until I know. Does not appear to be plug and play so BCM may have to be reprogrammed and I haven’t got an answer if it can even be done. If they can’t come up with the correct light does that mean I have to put out 2K for two lights and pay to reprogram BCM if it can even be done. NOT! I can’t find a used one anywhere on the internet but I have found one set of aftermarket headlights that will work w/o LED headlight and w/o HID. Not the look I want but better than spending 2K+. I’ll post any updates from GM. Thanks to all that replied to my post.
Pictures
Headlight assembly front view – Original headlight assembly on the left has amber turn signal lens. Replacement does not.
Headlight assembly rear view - Original headlight assembly on the right has Halogen headlight bulb, incandescent turn signal bulb and led accent lighting. Replacement assembly is all LED lighting.
Original headlight assembly has eight pin connector using five pins. Numbers 1,2,3,4, and 7.
Original headlight assembly LED logic module is internal. Replacement assembly LED module is external.

The replacement headlight you bought is for the LTZ/ High Country trim Silverado that's why its different.

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