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Old Jan 9, 2010 | 12:30 AM
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got home today, realize theres water droplet in my passenger side headlight, no rain, no car wash, no water touched my car, so im curious as to how it got in there, and how i can fix this issue.

not sure whether or not this might be related, but last week, my headlight also on the passenger side stopped working, took it to the shop, they opened it up, didnt know whats up and told me to go to the dealer, next day everything is working again so i just left it alone, but this was last saturday, could this be caused because they didnt open it properly? i changed my headlight to aftermarket before and changed it back (color didnt match, but thats beside the point) without any problem like this until now, i did a quick search, but didnt really find what i was looking for, can someone please kindly help me out on this? im really worried that the water is going to do some permanent damage to the electrical wiring and other stuff if i dont do anything about it
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Old Jan 9, 2010 | 09:01 AM
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Just wondering if you put aftermarket HID's?? if you did you have to check if all the covers and seals are in place. If you modifield the headlights in anyway their will be air going through the inside of your headlights and causing gas build up, causing condesented.. If thats the case use a "HEAT GUN" and dry the headlights and let it sit overnight parked in your garage and see if that would help. It happened to me and thats what i did, and so far no more issue's with my headlights.. GL
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Old Jan 9, 2010 | 09:13 AM
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i had the same problem after i got a car wash, i had aftermarket bulbs, I took them off and took it to the dealership, they gave me a new headlight and bulb. I just told them there was a lot of condensation. Just take it in. its under warranty. took arrowhead lexus about 2 1/2 hours to replace.
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Old Jan 9, 2010 | 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by LycheeXD
got home today, realize theres water droplet in my passenger side headlight, no rain, no car wash, no water touched my car, so im curious as to how it got in there, and how i can fix this issue.

not sure whether or not this might be related, but last week, my headlight also on the passenger side stopped working, took it to the shop, they opened it up, didnt know whats up and told me to go to the dealer, next day everything is working again so i just left it alone, but this was last saturday, could this be caused because they didnt open it properly? i changed my headlight to aftermarket before and changed it back (color didnt match, but thats beside the point) without any problem like this until now, i did a quick search, but didnt really find what i was looking for, can someone please kindly help me out on this? im really worried that the water is going to do some permanent damage to the electrical wiring and other stuff if i dont do anything about it
you answered your own question. either you, the dealer or the shop didn't seal back the dust cap on the headlights properly.

let it dry out phil said
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