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Model 3 production issue: Water gets into tail lights

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First rain experience for my Model 3 and I can see humidity inside the left tail light, which is the only one to be impacted. Is it a common occurrence with Model 3?
Note that mine was built during the record production week in July when they exceeded 5,000 Model 3s, so I'm not surprised to find a few imperfections.

Did anyone else have similar issues? I so, any short term fix before I bring my car at the service center?

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Not on mine. We’ve had tremendous rain here the last 2 months without any getting into the lights.
 
Picked up my car yesterday. Had condensation in the left tail light before I accepted the car. They noted it told me to bring it back since they didn’t have the part. They would fix it. The rep that did the delivery with me said it’s nothing don’t worry about it lol. I told him it’s going to be fixed.
 
Mine stay fogged and wet for days. Took the car to get the taillights fix. The Service center had the car for 5 days, then denied fixing it. Said it’s within spec. Thoughts?
 

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Mine stay fogged and wet for days. Took the car to get the taillights fix. The Service center had the car for 5 days, then denied fixing it. Said it’s within spec. Thoughts?

Where do you park? Does it ever have a chance to dry out? Mine got fogged once in three months of ownership. It cleared itself within a few hours of parking in the garage.
 
Mine stay fogged and wet for days. Took the car to get the taillights fix. The Service center had the car for 5 days, then denied fixing it. Said it’s within spec. Thoughts?

Looks similar to the issue I had. The Rocklin service center fixed it with no discussion. It took two weeks, but I got to drive a brand new Model S for free in the meantime, so I can't complain.