Water inside rear light..........

[Don Hiltz]

I always find water inside my left backuplight assembly after I wash my Viper. Looking through the lens, it appears to be about an inch or so. While I can blow most of it out with a leaf blower, there's always some residual which rolls out over my bumper when I first drive it.

I've looked closely and it appears to be a sealed unit. I was hoping to remove it and have the source of the problem jump out at me. However, if it is indeed sealed I don't see any quick fix short of buying a new unit.

Has anyone else observed this situation and, if so, is there an answer?

Thanks in advance...............

Don

 

[prodiver]

Don,
Is it the lower part of your tail light assembly that gets water in it? I have this problem with both sides of my tail light assembly. It is not actually the tail lights that get water in them but the assembly itself. There is no seal around the lens where it mates to the car so water just runs into the housing. Piss poor design. Next time you wash your car open the trunk and there are three
7/16 plastic nuts that hold the assembly in place. Remove them and pull out the assembly, this is how you change light bulbs and you will see quite a lot of water inside the housing the assembly goes into. Unless something has changed this must be a common problem to have water slowly leak out of the tail lights after washing the car. I thought about drilling some holes inside the housing to let water run out under the car but have not got around to it. Would be interested to hear from others if they have this problem.

 

[V10SpeedLuvr]

I havent had this problem on my Viper, but I have had it on another car of mine and drilling a small hole in the taillight worked great. The water drains out and any condensation quickly dries up from the air getting into the assembly. Just drill a small hole in a place where it wont be easily noticed and you're water problems should be gone.

 

[GR8_ASP]

I had a similar problem. I found the drain hole in the light opening was not drilled through. That is inside the opening and not the light housing itself. The water level was allowing water to come in at the electrical connections. Easy fix as there was a starter dimple in the plastic.