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Old 10-29-2002, 08:06 AM
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anyone's side lenses fading from red to clear? i live in texas, where sun is bright and my tail lights are fading yery quickly. soon it will become a safety issue when the taillights are confused with reverse lights at night. dealer says, 'i've never seen this before... ' but is unwilling to replace for free, due to the fact that it is out of warrantee. i need to find out how to lodge a complaint, so we can get a service bulletin.

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Old 10-29-2002, 08:33 AM
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i've seen it happen to other people's cars, but not as bad as becoming clear.
i know people have had them replaced, and i would want mine replaced too if they became clear. i'm sure you can get a couple people to complain about it.
good luck =]
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Mine are orange now, instead of red. I hardly ever park in the sun...except 2-4 months at a time when the car is at the dealership.
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WOW, I've never heard of this before!!

Can you guys please post pictures???????????????


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What part of the lens are you talking about?

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the side lense. in pic above: just to the left of the round brake light
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by tdearborn
[B]the side lense.
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I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN!

i saw it on a red s2k at nite once.. the rear sidemarker.. it was really faded.. i dont get why that would happen though! stupid honda, RECALL!
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you kidding me right?? this better not happen on all of the cars, stupid window is already bad enough.
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Yep, it has happened to both of my taillights. the very center is nearly clear and it fades to red within a couple of inches. Will bring it up when I got in for 30k/warranty/elective stuff next week sometime. I better get new tailights. I don't think that it's due to sunlight since the actual brake lights are fine.


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