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I think this must be a German design thing due to heat dissipation. I've had this happen to my A4 and W205 250. It only used to happen during winter and rain combo. Merc did it twice so I took it in for warranty, weird thing was I was informed they couldn't find anything but that issue has not reoccurred ever since. A4 had both front headlight and rear tail lights replaced under warranty.
I never had a condensation before (2 years with the car) and had it happen once last week for the first time. I think it’s normal, my Tesla has it to from time to time in the winter.
I’m having the same issue with mine. Today went up north, about an hour drive came back after a couple hours parked in the garage and the driver side started to fog up. Has anybody had these replaced under warranty on the FL models?
I’m having the same issue with mine. Today went up north, about an hour drive came back after a couple hours parked in the garage and the driver side started to fog up. Has anybody had these replaced under warranty on the FL models?
She'll be fine, it's a German thing lol. Both my series 1 s205 and series 2 c205 do the same thing. Only happens under certain conditions. I wouldn't worry about it.
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Originally Posted by Shlick96
I’m having the same issue with mine. Today went up north, about an hour drive came back after a couple hours parked in the garage and the driver side started to fog up. Has anybody had these replaced under warranty on the FL models?
Hey Shlick that's the exact spot both of mine will occasionally do this still if it's a real humid day and it rains or if it's been a sunny day and I rinse the car down with the hose but it goes away quickly after an hour or two (without driving) and I never see any marking inside. I'd like to add mine have done this condensation thing for a bit over 3 years now and no issues with the lighting at all.
Still I guess it's never a good thing to have any sort of moisture in there but others were saying it's a normal thing and these headlights have little fans inside them? Not sure what's true any more but I don't think you need to be concerned at all.
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Not sure what's true any more...
You're just low on blinker fluid! Unfortunately due to the pandemic everyone is out of it so dealers aren't topping up the lights when you go in for service anymore. Hopefully Autozone will get some more in stock soon... I call them up every day just to ask.
Still I guess it's never a good thing to have any sort of moisture in there but others were saying it's a normal thing and these headlights have little fans inside them? Not sure what's true any more but I don't think you need to be concerned at all.
Did they clear up okay after a few hours?
Yeah they actually did oddly enough! Just checked this morning and it’s completely gone. I was worried it would cause the electronics inside to fail prematurely. The moisture eventually turning into water droplets was my concern. If they have fans inside them that would be the first I’m hearing of that!
You're just low on blinker fluid! Unfortunately due to the pandemic everyone is out of it so dealers aren't topping up the lights when you go in for service anymore. Hopefully Autozone will get some more in stock soon... I call them up every day just to ask.
That’s too funny!!! I can’t believe they actually have a bottle labeled blinker fluid😂. Might need to perform the blinker fluid change on my front headlight then.
She'll be fine, it's a German thing lol. Both my series 1 s205 and series 2 c205 do the same thing. Only happens under certain conditions. I wouldn't worry about it.
It cleared up this morning oddly enough. Have yours ever actually created water droplets? Wouldn’t it stain the inside of the headlight? My old Lexus use to do this and it got so bad that it actually blew the HID because of the water droplets.
You're welcome, that said, I didn't seem to find such same notice in the operator's manual of newer MBs, I wonder if MB is trying to say this is "common knowledge" to us? Hmmm.
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