I was wondering about some condensation build up i have in my drivers side light. I went to my local toyota/scion dealer and asked them if that was something covered under warranty, but they told me that all scions do that and that it was just part of the headlight venting? I double questioned him about it saying that my other headlight has never done that and his response was that it does that when it rains out and that it dries up when its warm out?.... I dont know if this guy is just trying to jerk my chain or what but some info on it would be nice.

 

not all scions do that. they lying. my car is 2 years old and never had any condensation issues.

 

That's not normal. Take your car back to them and demand a new headlight.

 

The only time I've heard of condensation is when the weather shifts from being really cold to really warm/hot. If your weather hasn't changed drastically in the past couple of days, take it back and get a new headlight.

 

he is DEFINATELY jerkin you around.,,

headlight vent system?!? are you kidding me?

take it back and rip him a new hole!

 

yeah thats not normal..demand another.... my drivers side has water lines in it somehow...like water has gotten inside and ran down the lens on the inside.....its still never fogged up though..

 

its not normal.

check all your bulb connectors to make sure they are snug though because i had that problem when i first got my tc.

I had the city light connector loose and it cause my fogging issue. after that the fogging problem never showed up again.

 

Yeah the service tech was trying to tell me that the headlights have vents in them for all the heat from the halogens to vent??? Maybe im a newb, but i have been working with cars for some time and have never heard or even heard anyone else talk about that. Overall though the guy seemed very helpless and pretty much like a ***** (pardon my french)

 

You know if it wasnt something covered under warranty im pretty sure they would be all over it to get me a new headlight!!!!

 

Funny you say that I just noticed the exact same thing on my passenger side. Damn "water lines".

 

hey, i have the same problem in my TC, and some people told me to get a new pair of headlights or oven it, open it and clean it.

what should i do?

 

wow, what a thread bump. take it to the dealer, tell them you want new ones. they shouldnt get condensation.

 

well, i don't have warranty, that's the problem..

 

what yr is your tC? Are you past the 3yr/36k mile warranty? If so then your only option to solve this is open up the headlights, clean and seal them back up. I put a small bead of DAP kwik seal plus on mine around the edge when I had water get inside from heavy rains on my retroed headlights. Have yet to get any condensation or water since then.

 

open it up? you mean bake it and open it?

 

yup