Condensation In Headlamps - Mk1 Auris Hybrid

[Ammo84]

Hi all

My Auris went in for a major service yesterday and I noted to the service guy that my car had a fog on both headlamps near the indicators on occasion, generally morning time. The said they'd look into it.

Later in the afternoon I had a call from the dealer to say they were replacing both headlamps. The car is a 12 plate. I thought is was weird that they headlamps had failed in less than 2 years but happy that Toyota had replaced them without messing about with other options.

I collected the car yesterday and the headlamps look brand new. I've asked the guy at the dealers to forward me a zero cost invoice to prove they have been replaced which he said he would do.

Has anyone else similar issues with there cars?

Ammo

[FROSTYBALLS]

Had no issues with condensation in any lights on both a 2009 and a 2012 Auris.

[Ammo84]

Maybe it was just an isolated issue with my car

[orangezorki]

Do you use a high power jet to wash your car?

[Ammo84]

Yeh I do. Could that be why? I generally avoid close contact unless under the arches. On really use it to rinse snowfoam off.

[orangezorki]

Could be, but really unless you aimed at the seals from a close distance, I would still classify it as a failure of the part, rather than anything to do with how you wash the car.

David

[Ammo84]

I guess it's good that toyota acknowledged that the part had failed and replaced with new. Definitely something you wouldn't expect for a 2 year old car. Either way Benfield Toyota in Leeds were A1 for customer service!

[leepulsar]

I've been changing a lot of headlights across the range don't think toyota can make them at moment

[Ammo84]

Probably the same thing with mine then. I got the invoice to show they had been changed through the post yesterday so I'll keep that as proof if I have any issues in the future.