Troubleshooting tail and headlight failures?
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Troubleshooting tail and headlight failures?
I was an idiot and left my car under a car cover for too long outdoors. The car sat soaked for a couple weeks. When starting it up again, one tail light and the strip of lights in one headlight don't work.
Does anyone know if there's anything I can try before replacing these? I want to avoid ordering replacements if there is some fuse that could be causing this. Or perhaps they can be pulled out and properly dried?
The really annoying thing is the taillights are smoked, so will have to figure out how to match that exactly. If anyone has tips for that, I'd love to hear it as well.
Thanks!
Does anyone know if there's anything I can try before replacing these? I want to avoid ordering replacements if there is some fuse that could be causing this. Or perhaps they can be pulled out and properly dried?
The really annoying thing is the taillights are smoked, so will have to figure out how to match that exactly. If anyone has tips for that, I'd love to hear it as well.
Thanks!
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Failure of head/tail lamps due to condensation is common. There is no easy fix except to replace the entire unit I'm afraid. You can attempt to bake open the lamps and dry them out and potentially salvage them, but your results may vary.
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It's probably the PCB that drives the LEDs. I had this fail on the taillights, and was not able to fix the PCB. There isn't a separate fuse for these, so that isn't a factor.
The only real bulb is the reverse light - that is a normal bulb but still sealed inside the lights. (so 1.50 bulb that scraps out a 1500$ light...)
There were some postings in the past about fixing the front LED circuits (was due to broken capacitor or inductor - I don't recall which)
Matt
The only real bulb is the reverse light - that is a normal bulb but still sealed inside the lights. (so 1.50 bulb that scraps out a 1500$ light...)
There were some postings in the past about fixing the front LED circuits (was due to broken capacitor or inductor - I don't recall which)
Matt
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