Exterior Lights Look Yellow?

[AW9nineteen]

Hey everyone,
Do my front DRLs need to be replaced? Or is that a normal color inside? Are the lights LED? It’s a 2019 Raven.

Thanks!

 

[DerbyDave]

Tesla had a problem, and you have the "normal" yellowing of the DRLs. They should cover it under warranty, if you are still under warranty, but some have had them not cover it because the lights are working, and it is cosmetic.

 

[AW9nineteen]

crap. Only says battery and drive unit. Have you heard about cost for replacement?

 

[DerbyDave]

I have seen an earlier thread where they are about $1500 each, but I really don't know. I'd probably just live with it out of warranty.

 

[Dannietjoh]

crap. Only says battery and drive unit. Have you heard about cost for replacement?

It should have 4year/50k miles warranty on it, whichever comes first.

 

[DerbyDave]

It should have 4year/50k miles warranty on it, whichever comes first.

That is for things that break or quit working. OP lights work.

 

[Dannietjoh]

That is for things that break or quit working. OP lights work.

Not really as the leds burn out due to design errors, give it a month or 2 and the entire upper part will be out. As they burn out unevenly they will not pass the inspection, at least over here. It was Teslas choice to make the units completely unserviceable, so they should fix them.

By the way there is no “normal yellowing” this is a cluster of leds burned out, there is still a faint transmission of light from the leds next to it making it appear as they still work but dimmed.

Mine was like this also and replaced under warranty without an issue, if your SC rep tells you no, you need another rep or SC.

 

[DerbyDave]

I have read on this forum of warranty for this being declined. Some have also had success in getting it covered. I believe this issue was fixed by 2020, my year. In any event I would fight to get it covered if it was my car still within the warranty period.

 

[Dannietjoh]

In would fight it all I have, its a design fault causing overheating and they are very very much aware of that.

 

[murderedms]

I had either 10 or 11 headlight replacements on my MS for the same issue. They were all covered under warranty, until I was out of warranty and they refused to cover them even though I had mentioned how frequently they have failed so there must have been an underlying condition that caused the vehicle to keep rejecting the lights.

 

[Dannietjoh]

I had either 10 or 11 headlight replacements on my MS for the same issue. They were all covered under warranty, until I was out of warranty and they refused to cover them even though I had mentioned how frequently they have failed so there must have been an underlying condition that caused the vehicle to keep rejecting the lights.

Thats insane, I’m thinking about developing and selling brows that just cover the top led strip. Bad heatsink design is my guess, I read somewhere on the forum there is a mod available to retrofit facelift headlights on older models and the supplier undervolts the leds (don’t know if true)

 

[PatrickCH4313]

I had to replace one on my MS for the same issue. It was done under warranty (04/2022).

 

[AW9nineteen]

Dang. Well I’m at 65k miles so out of warranty. Could I just have a body shop do it? Tesla quoted my over 3k

 

[VT_EE]

Dang. Well I’m at 65k miles so out of warranty. Could I just have a body shop do it? Tesla quoted my over 3k

I doubt the body shop will be any cheaper. The labor Tesla charges is pretty minimal compared to the cost of the part.

 

[AW9nineteen]

Ok. Guess I’ll wait until it just goes out