dat-is350

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So i was washing my car and I noticed that both of my headlights were fogged up..... That's weird should I go bring it in or does this happen to you guys too

Sun3rgy

I had alot of condensation inside one of them before, had it replaced by dealer, if it's just "fog", then watch it for a while, if there're beads of water in it, take it in

Dj_AmtraX

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Your car must have been bumped while parked. That will cause a not noticable crack in the seems of the light assembly. You are lucky that it is still under warranty. The assembly would cost at least $400 ea.

DonJuan45i

I wished mine were still under warranty

I need to take them off the car, and open them, clean out the lens which has watermarks from the inside, then see if I can seal mine up better.

seems to be pretty common with lexus.

I would take yours in, because its only going to get worse, sure maybe its fog now, but years down the road you will get water droplets, but then by that time they wont be covered under warranty, so I would take it now, and just get it replaced if you can, because there is already a defect.

Batmobile

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Don't these cars automatically come with a two year warranty at 50,000 miles? 2IS's haven't really been out that long... you sure your out of warranty?

dat-is350

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thanks alot guys.. I will probably address this when my 15k service comes up. And the darn rattles also =(

Bichon

The warranty is four years/50,000 miles. (Except for wheel alignment and balancing, which is only covered for one year/20,000 miles)

The person you replied to, DonJuan45i, has a '98 GS400 (according to his other posts), so his car is well out of warranty.

DonJuan45i

yup I have a 98 GS4, lol like I said well out of warranty. Only assistance I get is out the ying yang

but yeah I would def, have those headlights checked out soon, hopefully they will replace them, or fix them.

Batmobile

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sorry...

lobuxracer

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Small piece of news: the headlights are never sealed and should not be. If they were sealed, the air inside the assembly would pressurise pretty dramatically everytime the light turns on.

If you look at the back of the headlight housing you'll see there are (typically) two small vents with some foam stuck in them. The foam is to filter out dirt, but the vents are there to allow the air inside the housing to escape when it gets hot. The problem is, when it cools it draws in ambient air. If it is very humid, it can condense inside the housing, and yes, if it gets to be too much, then you'll want to do something about it.

I put mine in the oven at 170F and let it dry out. I also make sure the little foam gizmos are clean. Worst case, put the whole thing in the oven at 170 for about 5 minutes, take them out and separate the lens from the backshell and clean it all up. That's what I did to my Supra way back in '98 before I got new headlights and put the car in a garage permanently.

DonJuan45i

yea I am familiar with the vents, tell you the truth I havent even looked, to see what condition the vents are in. I remember in my bimmer they were these little rubber boots that went over a little hole, and pointed downward. easily came off, and often did, which was 90% of the reason why lights would fog up.

Wonder if the GS uses the same type of rubber fittings??? however I did not know about the foam inserts, will pay close attention when I get this done.

I was just saying maybe the sealant around the lens has a bubble in it or something that is letting moisture in, regardless I need to take the lenses off and just wipe them from the inside. and then I just planned to use new sealant when I put the lenses back on, on top of that i plan to put moisture absorbing packs for extra help.

blk06is350

My drivers side fogged up pretty bad and would not dry out. i brought it into the dealer and it was covered by warranty.