Got water in mine so i got pissed off with the dealer and they are throwing on a new one free of charge.........point take it to the dealer to replace it's a defect that stems from a wrong chemical put on light upon arrival to the us

 

I'm now at 82,000, have noticed a little condensation recently, but now there's a half-inch of H2O sloshing around the driver-side lens. Can I clean and reseal this or should I buy the new gasket from the dealer? This is now totally unacceptable.

Someone send me a DIY???

 

hey... guys I found out today... that my 8have condensation on... driver side,, front.. head light...so.. pissed..
last time it was seated on passenger side.. rear lamp..but...now..on.. it seating on.. Front light.. god... I am going to call.. dealer tomorrow.. for replace...

 

rotrDoc, not sure on the headlight but i fixed my tail light with a new gasket. the new gasket was quite a bit thicker and made from a different material. If i was you i would buy the gasket as it is less stress in the long run. I spent ages trying to fix my tail light before getting the new gasket, now its all good!

 

I just had my left tail light replaced under warranty. It had heavy condensation.

 

In oct we had some rain here in vegas and noticed my passenger tail light had moisture in it. I decided to take pictures of it just in case. 2 weeks later I had my gf take my car in and had her tell them about the moisture but forgot the picture. well they didn't replace it at that time and said bring it to them when there is some and they will replace right away.

Fast forward to today this past monday it was pretty cool and a little humid and I noticed that both tail lights had moisture in them so I called them and asked if i could bring it in and show them and have them replaced well it was late afternoon so they said they couldn't fix it today and that they now had a sealling process for the lights but to come by the next day and they would take care of it. well naturally I was concerned that the moisture would be gone by the next day and he said not to worry. well today I took it to have them looked at/replaced and took the attached picture with me.

well the good news is they replaced both lights brand new. bad news is the service guy is telling me that because the sirius ant wires are ran behind the light it is not getting a good seal. Well the car was bought used and the sat ant was installed by the dealer in texas where the original owner bought the car. So I asked him if he could show me how the factory installs them and he told me they do the install onsite so I told him fine can I look at one that has the ant installed so I know how to move it? well he proceed to tell me he didn't know which ones had it and gave me a number to a guy that could rewire it for me

 

hey at least you got the tail lights replaced. i hear MNAO is cracking down on people bringing in pics cuz of fraud. my dealer didnt even have them in stock so i had to go there and show them one day then bring her back when the parts came in.

 

my dealer wount replace mine.. i got a lake in there.... car imported from the us and they will only service cars from eu

 

^ wow, that sucks.

how much do you pay for an imported car? is it more than we pay here in the states?

 

i payd 2.8mill icelandic krona wich is around 40.000 usd. a new car would have costed 55.000 usd. guess thats waaay more than you pay for a new car in the us..

 

wow. yea guess so ...

ok sorry folks /hijack

back to your regularly scheduled posting

 

maybe u can send a DIY?

those r not covered by warranty anymore might want to fix this issue without bringing to the dealer for a new tail/head light

i was also thinking if just using silicon would cover the leakage?

 

Put me on the passenger taillight club. had to leave a message with the dealership about this. Hopefully they will call me back with good news...

 

Zero Rotary, i tried siliconing the old gasket with no success. It would be easy to try as it is not hard to remove the taillight just 3 10mm bolts from memory

 

My understanding is that Mazda typically just replaces the unit. This implies the problem is something more than can be handled by some additional sealer.

 

oh thats a bummer...tailights/headlight r just so damn expensive

 

Same thing happened to my Aug. 03 build RX-8. Had both lenses replaced under warrantee. Then, after about a year and I'm out of warrantee, they fog up again. Obvious design flaw that will go down in history as a "character" flaw in the RX-8. Other than less than expected MPG (compared to previous higher final drive ratio RX's) and poor A/C, this is an otherwise excellent and flawless car! Nothing an ASFC won't solve.

 

ASFC?

 

this is really common from what i hear... i am going thru the same problem and it is covered in your warranty so just take it to any mazda dealership and they will either replace the seals and the lights or they will order them for you and have you come back... mine will be here tuesday


Jissele

 

Yup, I just took it into the dealership and they replaced the tail light under warrantee.

 

same problem with my car. took it to the dealership and they repaired it within 4 hours.

 

4 hours? wow. must be a really busy dealership since it took me like 5 minutes to take both lights out

Well, Lets see I think I think they replaced my lights ... 3 times. 2 times on the left and once on the right.

Well after maybe a year or so. Both of them starting to fog up .....

Im gonna bring it back to dealership .... not yet. too cold lately. maybe till MArch or so. (cuz I took it out and clean it. its better now)

 

they gonna change mine due to accident factor

 

I took mine in last week and they said the tail lights were on back order, that they were told it might be JUNE before they get any in? That sounds crazy. Anyone else being told this?

 

Just got mine replaced today......

Dealer was great. One was really fogged up and the other was not. He ordered both.....