Need advice.

Is it a broken seal?

What has to be done to fix this?

Approx cost?

Should I take it to the Lexus dealership or another place (recommendation?) to repair this issue?

Thanks..

 

Sounds like a broken seal somewhere. What I would do on a hot day, turn on the high beams on the car and after 5min or so open the back of the headlight, so that the condensation evaporates out. You can probably help it with a hair dryer.

I would then clean and inspect all the seals/caps.

Once your confident that all the water inside the headlight has evaporated, and has had time to dry out. Go ahead and close it.

 

Had this problem once a couple of years ago. I pulled the bulb from the housing and let a fan blow over it it for a few hours. Hasn't been a problem since. With the cold weather however, you might want to use a hair dryer directly into the housing as the previous poster suggested.

In my case, the rubber seal between the hood and fender was bent out of place at the time and allowed a bunch of water into that area.

 

I've had this problem, best fix is to buy another headlight. Depending on equipment level for your car you could come out under a $1000.00 for a headlight if you have AFS and washers bring some grease to the dealer.

Anyways, you could bandage it by removing your dustcap cover which in turn would let the headlight housing breathe but I do not really recommend it due to it's very purpose of keeping debri out. Now depending on how much condensation you have you might damage the ballast of your headlight which is in the housing with an open back design. Water will collect at the bottom and eventually get to your ballast.

Maybe remove headlight and pressure test (with 10-15 PSI) and see if there is a obvious leak or drill a 10mm hole in your dustcap lo let it breathe more.

 

Thanks Guys.....appreciate the comments.