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Help save spider stuck inside rear quarter driver's side tail lamp :(
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PWlakewood
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I nominate this for thread of the year......
......grrr, after checking my taillights i have a dead flying insect of some sort in my right taillamp.
......grrr, after checking my taillights i have a dead flying insect of some sort in my right taillamp.
aerodyne
2 of 3 EV's - Defect Free!
Unfortunately this is exactly what has happened
Since I made the post, the spider is now dead.I'm crazy OCD about the car and now every time I plug the car in, I'm looking at a dead spider. Just looks horrible and embarrassing.
Does anyone have any clue how it could have gotten inside the light fixture next to the charge charge port?
Is there really no way to get it out of the light fixture by following the path it took to get inside?
Uncle Paul
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It managed to get inside that light fixture just two days ago.
I guess worst case scenario, I can buy a new driver's side rear corner map lamp fixture... I found on one eBay for $100 and I'd gladly pay that to not look at a dead spider every time I charge the car.
How easy is it to remove this fixture to see if I can first get the spider out my shaking it before I buy a new light fixture?
It seems Tesla used to cover this under warranty but not any more...
This is the backside of the light fixture from an eBay listing. Wonder how the spider managed to get in there... He's a fairly large one.
ucmndd
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aesculus
Still Trying to Figure This All Out
You would think you could take out the lamp and then shake it out of that hole.
Also what is that blue disc that looks like a cover for a hole?
And then there are the bolts that look like you could separate it into two halves?
Just speculating from the picture above.
Also what is that blue disc that looks like a cover for a hole?
And then there are the bolts that look like you could separate it into two halves?
Just speculating from the picture above.
AMPd
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Cheburashka
Active Member
I see your dead spider in tail light and raise you a dead fly in the front camera assembly: Remove front camera plastic (Facelift)
ucmndd
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Knightowl
Whovian
Unfortunately this is exactly what has happened
I'm crazy OCD about the car and now every time I plug the car in, I'm looking at a dead spider. Just looks horrible and embarrassing.
Does anyone have any clue how it could have gotten inside the light fixture next to the charge charge port?
Is there really no way to get it out of the light fixture by following the path it took to get inside?
I have only read up to this post so far but FWIW I had the same issue early on in ownership, the tailights were replaced due to bad seals. Have you noticed any water droplets or fogging? That should eventually happen if your seals are bad but the bug in there is also a fair indicator.
The taillights aren't sealed, they are vented. So insects and moisture can get in at any time. But it should also allow the moisture to evaporate out.
Knightowl
Whovian
Good to know, I know there were different revisions as well and I had the gen1 that was replaced with whatever was current at the time.
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