Tail lights keep burning out - Toyota Yaris Forums

roachslayer · 07-02-2019, 05:35 PM

No cracks. Just looks like a bad design. These light assemblies simply sit on the body with a foam gasket. Mine is not damaged, but apparently it leaks, so it obviously doesn’t work very well.

I don’t want to seal it with RTV or anything, so I simply added a little silicone tape between the body and the gasket in hopes that a little more material there might seal it. Could have made it worse. I dunno. But this is very annoying.

Easy to pop out, btw, in case anyone ever has to do this. Two 10mm nuts are obvious in there, but you then have to carefully pull it out from all the holding pins, AND it’s best to pop the bumper out of the way first too (no need to remove it, but at least carefully pull the bumper back from its clips)

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07-02-2019, 05:35 PM	#4
roachslayer Drives: 2013 SE Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: USA Posts: 16	No cracks. Just looks like a bad design. These light assemblies simply sit on the body with a foam gasket. Mine is not damaged, but apparently it leaks, so it obviously doesn’t work very well. I don’t want to seal it with RTV or anything, so I simply added a little silicone tape between the body and the gasket in hopes that a little more material there might seal it. Could have made it worse. I dunno. But this is very annoying. Easy to pop out, btw, in case anyone ever has to do this. Two 10mm nuts are obvious in there, but you then have to carefully pull it out from all the holding pins, AND it’s best to pop the bumper out of the way first too (no need to remove it, but at least carefully pull the bumper back from its clips)