amiras

I've got my left fog lamp broken and the dealer wants to charge me $280 for parts & labor. Shouldn't it be covered by warranty?
Thanks!

amiras

There's no sign of stone or anything like that. There's no hole, it is just splitted in two parts (horizontally).

bagwell

after this is fixed ---

I have one word for ya

XPEL


http://www.xpel.com

tommy

You'd have to contact CSI to get proof that it was a defect, not a rock. Otherwise, you'll have to pay for it.

When you do get the new one, I'd recommend Xpel or similar.

amiras

Thanks for the help!
Just one question: what is CSI?
Thanks again.

phattbam

they want too much, it's just time consuming.. but not 280 worth. if you have time jack your car up and replace the $22 lens and a $5 bulb.... i did it was a learning experience a great one too..

gtypecanare

I would try calling your insurance company and have it covered as part of any comphensive damage claim.

peet

Everyone:

please post your fog breaks here. There was a problem in the E30 BMW platform (the squareish design of the 3 series -- 2 body styles ago). Anyhow poor heat dissipation design was causing the lenses to crack on their own. BMW gave the same crap that MB will likely be giving -- must be a rock, can't be OUR design.

So let's keep the records here in this thread. That way maybe things will change.

P

kompress

If it is breaking because of heat, won't Expel make it worse? Yes, I know their claims that the film doesn't result in appreciable difference in heat dissipation, but I think it would.

Is it really only $27 in parts? From the dealer?

young

customer service i???

tommy

Geez, am I the only one who watches that tv show? My point was that it would be very hard to determine that the crack was from a defect and not a rock.

I have not heard of too many w203 owners' foglight lenses cracking, so I do not think that it's a common enough problem for it to smell like a manufacturing defect.

Xpel/others aren't known for causing heat build-up on lenses. Once again, because of these forums, if it happened fairly regularly, we'd have seen a pattern, which we haven't.

tamclean

I just wanted to report my broken right-side fog lamp just in case someone wanted to keep track. The lense is broken and the bulb is burned out. As amiras reported, I don't believe this was impact related, but there's no way to tell for sure.

Also, a couple of questions for those in the know:

Is there any reliable after-market parts source for items such as this? I've done a little web searching with no success. I'd especially like to find schematics for, for example, the fog lamp assembly so I can find out which parts to replace.

Does anyone out there have any stories (good or bad) about service at Flagship Motors (my local MB dealer where I bought the car) in Lynn, MA? They seem pleasent enough but I haven't had any service done yet. Forewarned is forearmed.

Any help would be appreciated.

Iceman's C230

My left fog lamp broke in half last year. I took it to my MB dealer to get it looked at but they said it wasn't covered under warranty. So i got this clear plastic sticker from 3M i believe and stuck it on the *** lamp where it broke. Now you can't even tell it was damaged.

Class C

Mine also cracked last year. It was the same kind of crack were there was no visible rock type damage.

I paid 25 dollars for the replacement lens and did the work myself.

Do a search, I posted a "how to" a while back.

Jay

TXTiger

I have a set of OEM foglights for sale if any of you that have had them crack are interested......PM me or send me an email: txtiger@earthlink.net

Thanks.