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Moto-P · 05-29-2012, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Dark

Eh... What he was doing in Abu Dahbi? Testing the new Supra?

Tada-san is having fun and hard at work doing PR and as product spokesman in Abu Dahbi, UAE here with GT86's, with journalists and officials at the Marina Circuit, a Formula One class FIA venue.
Yes, he stopped what he was doing here to take care of this issue with wet tail lamp thing.

Chief Tada hasn't gone home for more than a few days a month between his global travel and PR work lately.
So everyone please say "thanks" to all the Team86 being on top of it all, everywhere in the world, constantly.

Untitled Hard at Work, TEAM 86 in Abu Dahbi, UAE - - - by Moto@Club4AG, on Flickr

Dark · 05-29-2012, 04:42 AM

Wasn't what I really expected, but it's still a fun thing to do.

Moto-P · 05-29-2012, 04:49 AM

Untitled by Moto@Club4AG, on Flickr
Untitled by Moto@Club4AG, on Flickr

This is Chief Tada, last week, at the Nurburgring Germany, over-seeing the VLN 24 hour race...

Nardi330 · 05-29-2012, 05:45 AM

Tada san's schedule is busier than a F1 driver.

Between Nurburgring and Abu Dahbi he was in Hing Kong and he is coming to Australia this week. He must have millions of frequent flyer points lol

Billy2224 · 05-29-2012, 06:27 AM

he's travalling the world and having the best cars around him every time. I wouldnt complain too much if I was him hahaha

ahausheer · 05-30-2012, 12:00 AM

We should have a dedicated thread on service bulletins. perhaps a sticky even?

rbrtndrws · 06-08-2012, 11:40 AM

Just to update you guys: Toyota replaced my taillight with a new one on Monday. I'm a satisfied customer. They gave me a copy of the service bulletin, shall I post it up?

ps - My picture is famous: http://jalopnik.com/5916719/toyota-w...+s-body-panels

Partial Stall · 06-08-2012, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by rbrtndrws

Just to update you guys: Toyota replaced my taillight with a new one on Monday. I'm a satisfied customer. They gave me a copy of the service bulletin, shall I post it up?

ps - My picture is famous: http://jalopnik.com/5916719/toyota-w...+s-body-panels

Do you think these issues effect the BRZ?

MVJ1975 · 06-08-2012, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Partial Stall

Do you think these issues effect the BRZ?

I'm sure they do. They're all built on the same production line. They're just going to be less common because the BRZ is less common.

Partial Stall · 06-08-2012, 02:00 PM

Just to point something out then. It's been raining here for almost a week straight. It just let up today and I've been keeping a lookout for condensation the last four or five days. There has been zero problems with my BRZ's lights. I'm curious what these "body pannel" problems are, though.

rbrtndrws · 06-08-2012, 02:17 PM

FWIW - My condensation went away after a few days but it came back as soon as I washed my car.

trackmagic · 06-08-2012, 02:30 PM

Glad to hear it sounds like they will cover this with the warranty. I had an S4 once and Audi refused to fix this same issue. One of about 10 reasons Audi/VW has lost me as a customer forever.

Subaruwrxfan · 06-08-2012, 02:39 PM

Well in case anyone was wondering, my BRZ has the same issue. Gonna see if it goes away, if not I'll take it in.

motofan · 06-11-2012, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by rbrtndrws

Just to update you guys: Toyota replaced my taillight with a new one on Monday. I'm a satisfied customer. They gave me a copy of the service bulletin, shall I post it up?

ps - My picture is famous: http://jalopnik.com/5916719/toyota-w...+s-body-panels

Good for you. BTW, do you have PDF version of the two Tech Tips? I want to print them out and take to the dealer. The pictures in the linked page seem too small. Thanks.

Pbrown · 06-11-2012, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Subaruwrxfan

Well in case anyone was wondering, my BRZ has the same issue. Gonna see if it goes away, if not I'll take it in.

Mine went away on its own after a couple of hours. Have since washed the car 3 times ( In a week ) and all is Ok. My poor wife is officially second fiddle. Took it to an informal auto get together on Friday night and the car was very well received.

Dadhawk · 06-11-2012, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Subaruwrxfan

Well in case anyone was wondering, my BRZ has the same issue. Gonna see if it goes away, if not I'll take it in.

IMHO you should take it in whether it goes away or not. If it does it once, it will most likely do it again, and you may not notice it until its too late.

Mine haven't done it, but I am keeping an eye on them.

rbrtndrws · 06-11-2012, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by motofan

Good for you. BTW, do you have PDF version of the two Tech Tips? I want to print them out and take to the dealer. The pictures in the linked page seem too small. Thanks.

I don't have a PDF version unfortunately. My Toyota dealership printed them out and gave them to me. I could try to take a hi-res image of the printed pages if you'd like.

-Rob

motofan · 06-11-2012, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by rbrtndrws

I don't have a PDF version unfortunately. My Toyota dealership printed them out and gave them to me. I could try to take a hi-res image of the printed pages if you'd like.

-Rob

Hey rbrtndrws, it would be great if you have a scanner around and can make a hi-res copy. I tried to find them at https://techinfo.toyota.com/ , but it needs subscription. Take your time. I'm not in a hurry. Appreciated it.

Subaruwrxfan · 06-11-2012, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

IMHO you should take it in whether it goes away or not. If it does it once, it will most likely do it again, and you may not notice it until its too late.

Mine haven't done it, but I am keeping an eye on them.

Mine went away over the weekend. Washed the car and it hasn't come back.

Dadhawk · 06-11-2012, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Subaruwrxfan

Mine went away over the weekend. Washed the car and it hasn't come back.

If its true condensation, as opposed to a leak, it would most likely require a certain set of temperature/moisture/dewpoint events to happen (similar to fog) I would think. Not sure just washing the car would be enough.

Its similar to how on some mornings you get dew on the windows and some mornings you don't.

Just my opinion, I could be completely wrong. With my luck though, I'd see it in the first 100 miles, it would never show up again, until I hit 32,001 miles!

F1point4 · 06-11-2012, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Moto-P

To inspect, just loosen the tail-lamp housing nuts, and see if there are any cracks. If not just screw it back in, and your car should be perfectly fine.

To anyone, would someone point out which nuts Moto-san is referring to?
Many thanks

_hollywood · 06-17-2012, 02:13 PM

Just saw the condensation on the taillight today......damn

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Nardi330 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Drives: 86 Location: Brisbane Australia Posts: 2,057 Thanks: 255 Thanked 325 Times in 229 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Tada san's schedule is busier than a F1 driver. Between Nurburgring and Abu Dahbi he was in Hing Kong and he is coming to Australia this week. He must have millions of frequent flyer points lol

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rbrtndrws Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Argento 6MT Location: Durham, NC Posts: 82 Thanks: 21 Thanked 38 Times in 21 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Just to update you guys: Toyota replaced my taillight with a new one on Monday. I'm a satisfied customer. They gave me a copy of the service bulletin, shall I post it up? ps - My picture is famous: http://jalopnik.com/5916719/toyota-w...+s-body-panels

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Partial Stall Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: '13 WRB BRZ Location: Maine Posts: 104 Thanks: 19 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Just to point something out then. It's been raining here for almost a week straight. It just let up today and I've been keeping a lookout for condensation the last four or five days. There has been zero problems with my BRZ's lights. I'm curious what these "body pannel" problems are, though.

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rbrtndrws Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Argento 6MT Location: Durham, NC Posts: 82 Thanks: 21 Thanked 38 Times in 21 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	FWIW - My condensation went away after a few days but it came back as soon as I washed my car.

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trackmagic Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: 1994 BMW 318i Location: Albany, OR Posts: 139 Thanks: 44 Thanked 16 Times in 11 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Glad to hear it sounds like they will cover this with the warranty. I had an S4 once and Audi refused to fix this same issue. One of about 10 reasons Audi/VW has lost me as a customer forever.

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