Im not sure if anyone else has seen this or had this happen to them. I was at a toyota photo shoot last night and one of the guys from our group there noticed the taillight didnt look right. So I started looking at it and it is deforming. It os caving in. I have aftermarket bulbs or anything like that. Plus it is where a bulb is not and it is in one of the most oddest places for it to deform. Here is some pics of it. If anyone else has seen this please let me know. The salesman at Scion dont think it will be covered under warranty cause it is a cosmetic peice. But he suggested I post here and see if anyone else has seen this.

 

I've seen a tail light warp like that, but only because the guy was taking his overlays off and left the heat gun there for a little too long. lol. other than that, i've never seen this. maybe the dealer would replace it?

 

If the dealer wont replace it, I would just buy new ones on ebay, theyre only 10-20 bucks. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SCION...spagenameZWDVW

 

maybe you can just say its a new style

 

its weird.. how can it deform
and i didn't know factory taillights are that cheap

 

Damn J you werent kidding that is crazy looking. Let me know if I can help

 

yeah I am going to measure the tailight heat today. The car sits outside cause the car is getting tore up driving over the speed bumps getting into my covered area. I would like to see how hot they are getting out there.

 

if you're still under your 36k mi or 3 yr warranty why would that taillight not be covered under your bumper to bumper warranty?

 

Ill let J answer that

 

Well it's been upwards of 122º in AZ hasn't it? That would probably contribute just a TEEEENY bit to melting plastic :p

 

115 here. I hope we dont see 122

 

ok just went out and measured the tailight. I used a hand held lazer device. To my suprise the tailight read 171 degrees.

Scott.. I talked to Mark last night and he said most lkiely not cause it is a cosmetic issue.

 

could it be that the tint is holding in more heat than normal?

 

Darker color does soak up more heat but for that to happen it must of been ridiculously hot. Well if you deform the other one i'd say your lights would be unique

 

Call scion. I can't see that NOT being covered under warranty. That isn't supposed to happen.

 

Damn that is really hot, but I can say the tint film on your tails is good for 200 degrees before there are issues.

 

well I also heard of the dash starting to bubble in the center above the vents but that people got that covered under warranty as well even though its cosmetic. Having the tint on there could pose a problem, but if that issue doesn't come up I dont see why it wouldnt be covered under warranty being used under normal conditions.

Even though the temp in AZ isn't really normal, its what we're stuck with. :-D

 

its not the tint that would prevent a warranty claim. Its something else

 

So what does a bumper to bumper warrenty cover, just the front and rear bumper? This is bull, it should be covered. The only thing I can think of that they may say is that the lens were tampered with, being that they no longer appear stock. Even then they are full of thr POOP!

 

That would be really stupid of Scion/Toyota. For example, say all your paint falls off due to a bad factory job, it's not covered under warranty just because it's cosmetic?

I could see them denying a warranty claim because you tinted the lenses, but if it happened on a stock lense and the claim was denied, that'd be grounds for a fight, imo.