Taillight keep blowing

[itsnotmydaddys]

I had it in a month ago and told them to look at it. and they said it was fine just a bad bulb. so i changed it and got my car washed and it blew again. changed it again. then got it washed today and it blew again. i took the whole thing out and pluged the holes cause there was some water in it. and dunked it in a tub to c where the air was coming out. but no air bubbles. what am i missong. help me.

 

[mdrobnak]

Welcome to the club!
Lemme guess. Right rear.
Buy a new one. :-(

-Matt

PS I did try sealing mine. No dice. Sucks, doesn't it?

 

[itsnotmydaddys]

yes passenger rear. how much was new one. what did your lm dealer say. im gonna silicon the hell outta it tom. and c if that helps.

 

[02lsv8sport]

My 02 has blown both rear bulbs even though they are supposed to be the long life bulbs.

 

[mdrobnak]

I think I found it for $104.

Dealer? Hah. They said it was the trunk weatherstripping (which, did need replacing, but wasn't the cause of this)...I had 3" of water in the trunk when it rained for like a week straight. That is fixed thankfully. I should have my new coils / boots, and taillight on Monday.

-Matt

 

[01lssport]

yes passenger rear. how much was new one. what did your lm dealer say. im gonna silicon the hell outta it tom. and c if that helps.

Look at the black bezel that the bulb locks into and see if its warped at all. If it is warped then the 3 little light bezels will start to separated. Look very closely at the cluster (the 3 bezels) and look for a hair line seperation (crack) in the plastic. There will be one somewhere in that cluster. If you can't find it just silicone all the point that the 3 bezel connect to the rest of the black plastic (they should all be 90 degree angles).