Ermmmm, before reading this reply I had a thought - I'd had the indicator bulbs out to check the condition of the orange laquer - anyway, as I said, I took a quick look under the bonnet and noticed that the cover for this area was fitted at an angle - enough said - I'm a muppet!!
If they are the later VAG standard rectangular ones, you can remove them by sliding them to one end - but I don't know how you know for sure which direction to slide them. Anyway, they are designed with a fixed lug at one end and a sprung lug at the other end, how you remove them is to slide the assembly towards the sprung lug and compress it, while it is held in this position ease the other end out - and that's it removed. I'd reckon you will need to run some sealant all round the joint between the lens and the bulb holder bit. One of my Passat B5 is getting a bit grenish so needed this work to be done a long time ago! If you don't like to mess around on the paint side of the car, just take the road wheel off, remove some wheel liner fixings and drop it down a bit and reach up and manipulate it from the rear.
Took the car in Monday to get it checked out. I had taken a photo of the Head Lamp with the condensation in so they could clearly see, when I mentioned this to the lady on reception she was no surprised until I mentioned it was on a Leon, aparently Ibiza's have a known problem with this.
Anyway but a long story short they are replacing the head lamp unit to cure this.
So DON'T drill a hole in the unit, take it to the dealers along with a photo to prove this is happening. I will keep you up to date to see if the new unit fixes this.
Anyway but a long story short they are replacing the head lamp unit to cure this.
So DON'T drill a hole in the unit, take it to the dealers along with a photo to prove this is happening. I will keep you up to date to see if the new unit fixes this.
Mine is out of warranty & the N/S headlight suffers from bad condensation.
I found a top tip to get rid of it:-
Tape 2 or 3 packets of dessicant silica gel (the little packets you find in show boxes) to the inside of the headlight cover or on top of the motor. Make sure the packets ar dry first (I put mine in an oven on low heat for a few hours), & they will soak up any moisture in the headlight.
Within a few days the condensation had gone!!
I found a top tip to get rid of it:-
Tape 2 or 3 packets of dessicant silica gel (the little packets you find in show boxes) to the inside of the headlight cover or on top of the motor. Make sure the packets ar dry first (I put mine in an oven on low heat for a few hours), & they will soak up any moisture in the headlight.
Within a few days the condensation had gone!!
common fault, not with just seats, but most makes are affected.
it could be a leak in the headlight, or i have found that in 99% of cases its simply a lack of air circulation. you can get rid of the condensation by leaving the back of the headlight assembly off for a while.
It usually happens after washing the car as the air is saturated, (humidity) and that you cool the surface of the headlight. Colder air cannot hold as much moisture as warm air. When the air is cooled by a cold surface, say a headlight thats had cold water over it, or your bathroom mirror etc then air cools and if it passes it dew point ( point at which its temperature is too low to maintain the moisture level then it condenses on the surface.
So its very common to happen when washing a car.
Solutions?
1 would be to have sealed head light units, - unfortunately this is not easily achievable - for example if its 100% sealed how do you change a bulb! and also if it was sealed then it would need to be sealed in low humidy levels. If it did get consensation, then it would be difficult to remove.
2 increase air circulation.- eg remove back of headlight and leave off for a while to get good air circulation. (id recommend you do this when the weather is dry).
it could be a leak in the headlight, or i have found that in 99% of cases its simply a lack of air circulation. you can get rid of the condensation by leaving the back of the headlight assembly off for a while.
It usually happens after washing the car as the air is saturated, (humidity) and that you cool the surface of the headlight. Colder air cannot hold as much moisture as warm air. When the air is cooled by a cold surface, say a headlight thats had cold water over it, or your bathroom mirror etc then air cools and if it passes it dew point ( point at which its temperature is too low to maintain the moisture level then it condenses on the surface.
So its very common to happen when washing a car.
Solutions?
1 would be to have sealed head light units, - unfortunately this is not easily achievable - for example if its 100% sealed how do you change a bulb! and also if it was sealed then it would need to be sealed in low humidy levels. If it did get consensation, then it would be difficult to remove.
2 increase air circulation.- eg remove back of headlight and leave off for a while to get good air circulation. (id recommend you do this when the weather is dry).
I wish that all Seat franchises would give the same answer but I suppose some are lazier than other, try taking it to another dealership, that is what I would do.
Just to update you all on mine, I took the rear cover off last night and had the hair dryer on for about 5mins, then left the back cover off over night, the condensation has gone, BUT it's left water marks on the inside of the lense and it looks pants! I can live with it tho!
Is it under warranty? If so , why bother??? Take pics of it when its bad and there is every chance SEAT will sort it.
My nearside front light has condensation in it. Went to the dealers today and they said Seat won,t replace under warrantyThe car is 14 months old and to say i,m not pleased is an understatement
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take pics of it showing bad moisture on a dry day and get the dealer to forward a DISS report to the warranty dept attaching the pic.
then phone customer services if the answer is still no 0500 222222
thats how i got mine replaced
it has to be the sealant surely as i only ever get it on one side. I tried adding some gel packs that remove the moistre from shoe boxes - no good. some small holes at the bottom of the headlight cover work quite well and if you do it on the bottom piece it isnt even visible. However still mists up now and again(not half as bas as it was) and the easiest thing to do is to remove the rear cover and drive it letting the warmth of the engine and air flow demist.
so driving it without the cover on to dry it out should be ok ( obviousley not in the rain)
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