Condensation/Water in rear lights
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Hello
I am new on this forum. I'm from France, and as there are no many forums about AM in our country nor language, I try with pistonheads ! Hope it'll be useful
I bought a '06 V8V 6 months ago, I'm the third owner and it has 38000 km.
From some weeks, I've noticed some condensation in my left rear light. It doesn't seem to disappear, whereas the right one as no problem.
I unmounted it but no way to find a blocked hole or anything.
I wrote on some forums that it could be under warranty from AM, but my car is no more under warranty.
These are my questions :
- would AM change it on a '06 V8V ?
- can I fix the problem (for example by drilling a little hole to enable water to disappear) ?
Thank you very much.
Steph
I am new on this forum. I'm from France, and as there are no many forums about AM in our country nor language, I try with pistonheads ! Hope it'll be useful
I bought a '06 V8V 6 months ago, I'm the third owner and it has 38000 km.
From some weeks, I've noticed some condensation in my left rear light. It doesn't seem to disappear, whereas the right one as no problem.
I unmounted it but no way to find a blocked hole or anything.
I wrote on some forums that it could be under warranty from AM, but my car is no more under warranty.
These are my questions :
- would AM change it on a '06 V8V ?
- can I fix the problem (for example by drilling a little hole to enable water to disappear) ?
Thank you very much.
Steph
Bonjour Steph,
la condensation dans les feux av comme les phares fait partie de l'"experience Aston Martin",tu as le forum francais AMFC: http://www.am-fc.com/
Seb
la condensation dans les feux av comme les phares fait partie de l'"experience Aston Martin",tu as le forum francais AMFC: http://www.am-fc.com/
Seb
SS972 said:
Bonjour Steph,
la condensation dans les feux av comme les phares fait partie de l'"experience Aston Martin",tu as le forum francais AMFC: http://www.am-fc.com/
Seb
I guess it yes ! on the french site, I didn't found any topic about that. Do you have a direct link ?la condensation dans les feux av comme les phares fait partie de l'"experience Aston Martin",tu as le forum francais AMFC: http://www.am-fc.com/
Seb
What are the solutions for it ?
(I keep on speaking english if you don't mind)
SS972 said:
Steph,
I am french like you and condensation is a very common feature,if your has been bought recently from a main dealer you could ask them to change the lights under warranty,otherwise you will have to live with it or buy new parts.
Cordialement
Seb
ok thank you for it, i'm afraid it was the only answer. I bought it from a professional dealer which is not AM.I am french like you and condensation is a very common feature,if your has been bought recently from a main dealer you could ask them to change the lights under warranty,otherwise you will have to live with it or buy new parts.
Cordialement
Seb
my problem is that direction lights are going wrong too (on the left side), they only flash once.
for now, it is not a real problem, but when I'll have to do "controle technique", there will be a problem...
Pull the rear lights out and check the seal.
Or use this opportunity to put some clear rear lights on if that's your thing.
Or get some used rear lights from someone who has just done the former.
Where in France are you?
Is your car right hand drive? Did you also ask about headlights, or am I imagining it? Do you mean that your headlights are the wrong beam pattern for driving in France?
Or use this opportunity to put some clear rear lights on if that's your thing.
Or get some used rear lights from someone who has just done the former.
Where in France are you?
Is your car right hand drive? Did you also ask about headlights, or am I imagining it? Do you mean that your headlights are the wrong beam pattern for driving in France?
BingoBob said:
Pull the rear lights out and check the seal.
Or use this opportunity to put some clear rear lights on if that's your thing.
Or get some used rear lights from someone who has just done the former.
Where in France are you?
Is your car right hand drive? Did you also ask about headlights, or am I imagining it? Do you mean that your headlights are the wrong beam pattern for driving in France?
I pulled them out, nothing to say about the seal. It is a kind of black glue.Or use this opportunity to put some clear rear lights on if that's your thing.
Or get some used rear lights from someone who has just done the former.
Where in France are you?
Is your car right hand drive? Did you also ask about headlights, or am I imagining it? Do you mean that your headlights are the wrong beam pattern for driving in France?
I'd like to fix it, and I like my red lights ! (In case of clear lights, can you change the two small reflector on the rear bumper ?)
I'm in France near Lyon.
My car is left hand drive. I've got no problems with headlights (only the direction light which flashes only once when turning it on in the car, but due to the disfunction of rear's one, I proved it)
OK. I don't think drilling holes is the answer, but might work as a last resort before buying replacements.
Perhaps dry them out, put them back in and avoid directing pressurised water at them in future?
Or, so you meant your indicator isn't working? Just flashing once? Bit odd.
I hope the AM dealer in Lyon is better than the one in Bordeaux for your sake...
Perhaps dry them out, put them back in and avoid directing pressurised water at them in future?
Or, so you meant your indicator isn't working? Just flashing once? Bit odd.
I hope the AM dealer in Lyon is better than the one in Bordeaux for your sake...
SS972 said:
tu as le forum francais AMFC: http://www.am-fc.com/
Je connaissais pas. Pourtant, j'ai beau chercher... Ayé, suis inscrit. 
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