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Moisture condensation in taillights, fog lights, etc
- Thread starter gemmisa
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I’ve owned a number of cars and I’ve never seen that in any car that wasn’t a $2K junk box from over 10 years ago.
I don’t care what their excuse is but headlights with water condensation in it means a poor design. Show me another brand new car with this sort of problem happening so frequently, let alone an expensive luxury car.
I don’t care what their excuse is but headlights with water condensation in it means a poor design. Show me another brand new car with this sort of problem happening so frequently, let alone an expensive luxury car.
That’ll be interesting... paint over the lights with tint spray? I guess then you won’t see the condensation.
-Alex
Interestingly I now have my very own ‘fog light’ - was like it at yesterday’s delivery - have dried it by warming it with a heat gun but it has returned a few hours later
The other side is not affected, so I guess some of these lights units aren’t sufficiently sealed. Will take it up with service next month after the ‘Q3 push’ is over.-Alex
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JSWE
Member
Has anyone else experienced condensation on the inside of heir third brake light? The temperature has dropped into the 40s here over the past week or so and I just noticed this tonight. It is definitely on the inside. Is there a way to fix this? Any thoughts? (sorry for the reflection)
Teedub21
Member
Kitfox
Member
Yes, and thankfully it's not an issue. That area is not hermetically sealed, so moisture can get in, but it can also get out. The light is still perfectly visible.
What is it with Tesla and moisture issues in their tail lights, headlights and now third brake light? I've never experienced this with any other vehicle except my Tesla. Luckily I've not had this happen with my third brake light yet. And even though it's not sealed, after the moisture evaporates it will leave marks on the glass. Then the only way to get into that area to clean it, is by removing the entire rear glass. You'd think Tesla would have made it a bit easier to access that area.
WilliamG
Hinge Fanatic
You can actually clean it out to some degree. Using a plastic pry tool and a thin cloth wrapped around it, you can slide it into that area from the back seat. My tint place had to to get some streaks out from the tint liquid they use. That’s how they did it.
It is most likely warranty if the moisture does not clear in a day or so. I had a problem with the left taillight. They asked for a picture, and how long it had been there. My case it was several days each time any moisture showed up. They replaced the light and the new one has had no problems.
MacGreiner
5YJ
Unlike the rear brake lights that are designed to have some condensation at times, what you are showing is internal. Warranty job.
Why were the tail lights designed to have some condensation? That makes no sense, when no other auto manufacture's tail lights do this. The Model 3's tail lights don't even need a void inside them to begin with.
MacGreiner
5YJ
The same design as BMW uses. 2 Skins. One external with a breather hole and then a sealed inner skin.
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