Tail Light Condensation

[DBacon1052]

Just got my new taillight on Friday... This now means I've had 5 different tail lights on my car. Hopefully my new ones won't suffer the same fate as the last 3

[31katys]

Originally Posted by archaeauto

I noticed tail light condensation on both sides during my first week of ownership. It wasn't expansive, maybe a couple square inches on the tail light housing ceiling, sorry no pictures. Slowly however, it has dissipated and is now gone from this area. I see a little bit of condensation on the edges/seal area of the tail light housings still. At the same time the weather has been getting colder and wetter. I'll keep an eye on it and see if it comes back, but with my car being number 4461, the tail light issue should have been taken care of in production, correct? Besides this and a few subtle/intermittent interior door panel rattles I have problem-free car so far (first 500 miles).

How do you know what number your car is? VIN?

[DBacon1052]

Originally Posted by 31katys

How do you know what number your car is? VIN?

Yes... It's the last 4 digits of the Vin

[StOpNG0x]

Originally Posted by DBacon1052

Yes... It's the last 4 digits of the Vin

Is that the number that were produced during that month of production or overall? I couldn't imagine it would be overall of all the ones built if mine was built in September and my last four are 0777. Theirs no way it was the 0777th one built from April/May till now.

Need some clarification.

Thanks.

[chate]

taking mine in on saturday, dealer wont even try to order the part till i come in or pay for it in advance...ugh i dont have time for this shit

[phillies5582]

picked my BRZ up last night...found condensation today at lunch time...

[Mo707]

I guess there on back order or something. My dealer just ordered a passenger side tail light for me and said it won't arrive until mid January.
I don't understand why they just don't do a recall on the passenger side tail light.

[DBacon1052]

Originally Posted by StOpNG0x

Is that the number that were produced during that month of production or overall? I couldn't imagine it would be overall of all the ones built if mine was built in September and my last four are 0777. Theirs no way it was the 0777th one built from April/May till now.

Need some clarification.

Thanks.

Maybe it's the last 5 digits now.... are the last 5 digits 10777? I'm not really sure how it works.

[DBacon1052]

Originally Posted by Mo707

I guess there on back order or something. My dealer just ordered a passenger side tail light for me and said it won't arrive until mid January.
I don't understand why they just don't do a recall on the passenger side tail light.

Whattttt? I just got my passenger TL fixed on Friday... ordered Monday last week.

And they won't do a recall because not all TL's are affected. And just because they order you a new one doesn't mean that new one won't also fog up with condensation. I had my driver's side TL replaced 2 times because the replacement also was defective.

[DBacon1052]

Originally Posted by phillies5582

picked my BRZ up last night...found condensation today at lunch time...

Ouch, my TL at least lasted a month lol. Don't worry though, It's a pretty painless fix and only takes about an hour

[Lithandril]

ugh I was hoping i wouldn't have to post anything in here

Well last night after coming home from work I found condensation in both TL's

vin 7099xx

I'll post pics if I can find my camera :P

[phillies5582]

Originally Posted by DBacon1052

Ouch, my TL at least lasted a month lol. Don't worry though, It's a pretty painless fix and only takes about an hour

Yea, its not that bad. Going back out to it after work it was gone. But it was there, so it will be a worse problem sooner or later. Good thing I snapped a quick pic at the time. Already asked the dealer to get one on order for me...

[StOpNG0x]

Originally Posted by DBacon1052

Maybe it's the last 5 digits now.... are the last 5 digits 10777? I'm not really sure how it works.

Yes. 10777.

[Grimlock]

Originally Posted by StOpNG0x

Yes. 10777.

Yeah, according to the VIN decoder thread, it was always the last 5 digits.