Hi all

I have the usual issue with some bugz in my tail lights. I have tried vacuum cleaner and sort of worked. It got some of them out. Does anyone have any other ways to get them out? Taking the whole assembly out of the car and tipping it upside down perhaps?

I cannot find anything on the site about it. Does anyone know of any links to info on this matter? I tried searching under bugs/bugz/insects.....nothing so far.

All help appreciated.

Cheers

][ce

 

compressed air is your friend

 

I have a small dead spider in mine. No one seems to mind, so I leave it there.

 

compressed air hey. thats sounds like a good idea. At least it will hopefully dislodge it so it can be vacuumed out.

I will give it a go.

Many cheers

][ce

 

ight.

 

Water in Tail Lights - No Warranty!
Thanks for the Room Temperature Vulcanizing (RTV) Sealant solution. No Thanks to Mazda for not guaranteeing their Tail Lights Leaking. Here's the letter I wrote with a "Sorry Charlie" response from Mazda.

Mazda North American Operations
PO Box 19734
Irvine CA 92623-9734

Attn: Department Head of Customer Assistance Center

April 9, 2010

RE: Water Leakage or Condensation in Taillights – 2005 Mazda RX8

To the Department Head of the Customer Assistance Center:

This is the fourth contact made to Mazda concerning this problem. I have visited the local Dealer, phoned and emailed your Customer Assistance Center. Their responses were not what I expected.

The taillights on my Mazda fill with condensation and the water has taken since February to dissipate, (it still has condensation in one light). I have been driving over 50 years and driving Toyotas and Hondas since 1968. I have never seen or had this problem with any other car!

I would like to point out I did not use the warranty during the time it was in force. I did not notice a problem with the lights until February as I have always kept the car garaged during inclement weather. I live in California and the weather is very mild most of the time.

The response of your customer service staff has been “it is not our problem your warranty has run out.” I was completely confident in Mazda’s customer relations until now. In light of the problems other auto companies have been having, one would think it would behoove your company to be more on top these small and easy to please problems therefore retaining happy repeat customers. It is much better to build a bridge with your customer than to watch them fall into a precipice never to be seen again.

Please reconsider this small request to either repair or replace my taillights, it is a matter of integrity.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,
______________________________________
Bruce

(They emailed me back with a "Sorry Charlie" Response)

 

I have a couple small formerly flying insects in mine. Very annoying. Never had this problem before with anyone else's car. Just like the water issue, which I finally got.

 

I've had a mosquito in my tail light for over 5 years...couldn't get it out, so I decided to just keep it as a little mascot