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Tonight I looked outside and saw one fog was off, and the other is on with a puddle inside. Wtf!!?? I have no idea why or how this happened. Now I have to take out the fog light housing and take care of it. Any help on how to remove it? And why the Ffff did this happen!? I just hope my wiring isn't f'd.
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Maybe a poorly seal lens. The fog lamp housing should be coved under the 3yr/36k warranty. I know the bulbs isn't covered and I would pop in the OEMs before taking it there.
No problem. Just make sure it appear factory (is that a blue bulb I see ) and don't tell them you touch it, mod it, drove through floods, or anything that they can use to declined the repair. I had dealerships declined warranty repair to me because of unrelated mods. It's not lying, we're just not telling them everything.
That really sucks. My Infiniti had both of the fogs flooded with water. At least yours is still covered by warranty. Me, I had to take off the whole damn bumper to take it out. Never seen so many damn bolts to hold a bumper on. Later found out one of them had a ugly crack and the other just didn't have a good enough seal. Still, not worth the $100 each price tag to get new ones.
here's what happened and can happen with ANY composite light fixture. When the lamp is burnig the atmosphere inside the housing expands due to the heat generated by the lamp and can be forced out of the lamp. An unvented fixture that is poorly sealed around the bulb capsule or has a small crack or poor sonic weld will "suck" in the atmosphere as it cools after the light is turned off. This exchane can cause condensation to form in the fixture. Many composite lamps are vented and filtered to allow the "exchange" of atmosphere as it expands and contracts.
here's what happened and can happen with ANY composite light fixture. When the lamp is burnig the atmosphere inside the housing expands due to the heat generated by the lamp and can be forced out of the lamp. An unvented fixture that is poorly sealed around the bulb capsule or has a small crack or poor sonic weld will "suck" in the atmosphere as it cools after the light is turned off. This exchane can cause condensation to form in the fixture. Many composite lamps are vented and filtered to allow the "exchange" of atmosphere as it expands and contracts.
I know my headlight and taililght housing fogs up sometime but it is not normal for it to collecting water. It can damage the bulb and chrome coating inside the housing.
??? way too much water even for blocked ventilation tube. I think there is enough water to keep little fish in there!
Go to dealer, or check vent tube yourself. Sometimes they got blocked by insects, spider nets or dirt.
But to me looks like rain water getting inside somehow. No way so much water can be sucked from air.
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Last edited by molson.david; 04-04-2011 at 02:26 PM.
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Water in my fog light! Smh!
) and don't tell them you touch it, mod it, drove through floods, or anything that they can use to declined the repair. I had dealerships declined warranty repair to me because of unrelated mods. It's not lying, we're just not telling them everything. 
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