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Old 06-07-2013, 01:45 PM
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I have a 2012 JK Wrangler Unlimited and it has been raining the past few days. I have condensation in my passenger headlight. It halfway disappeared when driving with my highbeams on but never did fully dry. After leaving the jeep parked the condensation returned. Any one with ideas on how to fix this issue?
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Take the headlight out and drill a small hole from the back side into the middle. Had this issue with some taillights on a camaro I had.
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Should still be under warranty, take it back to the dealer.
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Take the bulbs out and attempt to dry the headlight housings out with a hair dryer. Then make sure your O-rings on your bulbs are good before reinstalling them. Fords used to be notorious for this on their parking lights in the late '90's, except they used foam gaskets on their electrical plugs. All it took to resolve the problem was a new gasket and a hair dryer.
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Take it back, and tell them it leaks. If you did it yourself, then use a hair dryer. I got mud, and water in side my IPF head lights. That was my fault though, so I washed them out & dried them. I was deep, but didn't get stuck.
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I had a weekend of very wet wheeling over Memorial Day and my left headlight now is the same.
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Originally Posted by airforce26yrs
Should still be under warranty, take it back to the dealer.
This is what I would do. It shouldn't be doing this...



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