How did it get there and how to get rid of it!
08-26-2018, 03:51 PM
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Are your high beams just standard halogens? If so, remove the light from the car, remove the halogen bulb, and then manipulate that sucker until you can drop the bug out of the bulb hole.
08-26-2018, 03:58 PM
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My apologies was looking at that picture on my phone - now on the PC I can see that. Hopefully, someone can chime in with an idea. I mean, the bug got in there, there must be a way to get it out without having to resort to unsealing the unit.
08-26-2018, 07:02 PM
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I've heard of eggs being laid (or contaminated) during initial manufacture of the console cluster. Then a bug emerges. Maybe the same thing happened here?
If your car is still under warranty, take it back and make a case.
If your car is still under warranty, take it back and make a case.
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08-27-2018, 09:51 AM
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What year is your car? Are you under warranty?
If they are truly sealed, and you are under warranty, then I can see a successful warranty claim. Reason being, "how else did it get in there if sealed".
If they are not sealed, and I don't think they are, I think they have a vent hole for condensation, what got in, should have a way to get out, but, I don't think that will be an easy chore. Hopefully the bug will dry out, disintegrate and become less visible.
The LEDs are very $$$, so you don't want to replace that on your own dime if you don't have to.
If they are truly sealed, and you are under warranty, then I can see a successful warranty claim. Reason being, "how else did it get in there if sealed".
If they are not sealed, and I don't think they are, I think they have a vent hole for condensation, what got in, should have a way to get out, but, I don't think that will be an easy chore. Hopefully the bug will dry out, disintegrate and become less visible.
The LEDs are very $$$, so you don't want to replace that on your own dime if you don't have to.
08-27-2018, 12:58 PM
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It's a 2015 and CPO'ed until 2021. I'll stop by Hoehn today and find out what they say. But I still don't understand how this bug got inside and flapped its wings with that tight space.
08-27-2018, 04:25 PM
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I took it to Hoehn Porsche in Carlsbad, CA and they were able to "fumigate" , I mean, to suck it out with a vacuum. No scratches, those are just reflections on the photo. Under warranty.