I noticed that there is moisture in my driver side headlight, what should I do?

 

Have you modified the headlights at all? If not just take it to the dealer maybe they'll replace it or at least reseal it for you.

 

go to the dealer have them fix it free. warrenty baby

happened in my car as well like a week ago. got it fixed no problems

 

they are completely stock. I'm having some minor work done to it next monday, so I"ll have them look at it then.

 

I'm having the same problem, but I painted my headlights black about two weeks ago and all the sudden they are steaming up. I think it's from the rain/humidity obviously. Anyone else had this problem? I'm thinking that I'll have to bring them in the house, let the water go away, then just recaulk everything. Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

Yeah make sure you remove all the old silicone before you reseal them! If not eventually it will happen agian!

 

My passenger side light does the same thing. Though mine are painted... if I unplug the light it'll dry out.

My question is this... is it because the lights aren't sealed well enough... or is it because they are sealed too well?

Once you put the bulbs in it pretty well seals the light from any water or air coming in. So is this making a sealed environment and allowing the humidity in the air that is inside the light to condense as the temperature changes, or what?

I only say this b/c when I take the bulbs out and let the inside of the light get some "air" the fog goes away. Which suggests that airflow may be needed to a degree inside the lights.

Anyone?

 

I had the same problem and I took it to the dealership and got it fixed for free. Don't worry about it b/c you're covered by warranty and you didn't do anything to hurt the headlight.

 

Well, take it to the dealer and they'll replace it for free if you still have warranty.

They're sealed polycarbonate units that come in one piece (like all headlights these days).
Trying to fix them yourself (propperly) is futile.
This may sound strange, but try parking your car in the opposite dirrection than normal (if you have a car-port for example). See what happens.

 

To fix it yourself, remove the headlight, then remove a bulb. Get a hairdryer and shoot it in there til the moisture is gone. More than likely, the sealant around your light isn't complete. To fix that you can roll the whole light fixture around in a tub of water to see where it leaks. Then put some clear rtv on it.

More than likely, when you painted the lights, you missed a small spot when sealing them back up. Try the trick I mentioned above. It is possible you just did have moisture in there, but if it keeps occuring, then you have a leak.

 

Thanks marerick, I'll try that. Yeah, I don't think the lights need to "breathe" because I highly doubt that when we sealed them ourselves we did a better job than the factory that made them.

 

All of our lights have vents on them. If the vent cannot do it's job moisture will remain inside of the headlight. There is a bulletin on this for Chevy dealers and it says the following:

The headlights and taillights can have small amounts of moisture in them at any given time and should be considered normal. However, if one headlight/taillight has moisture in it and the opposite side does not, OR if both headlights/taillights have a large amount of moisture in them, this will call for replacement of the light assemblys.

 

^^Yeah, but I doubt they're going to do anything if we've taken the headlight apart and repainted it. Unless you're thinking they wouldn't notice? Anybody tried this?

 

I don't know. I was just talking about for stock headlights.

 

So... where is this "vent"... any information on it?

I'm thinking that maybe some of us siliconed over the "vent" when we resealed the lights.

 

I think the vent is down on the bottom...looks like a piece of mesh. There's no way water can enter through there, unless you submerge your front end...then you have more than just the headlights to worry about. The vent isn't located where we siliconed or RTV's the lens back on...that would be a retarded location since water would get in all the time.