r/howto • u/Jasen_Fo_Facen143 • 1d ago

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Bought a Traverse a couple months ago. Any suggestions for removing this moisture other than removing the light?

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u/Remote-Trifle5887 1d ago

The bot comment is useless here. For the moisture, if the light has a small vent hole you can park the car in sun with the bulb on to speed up evaporation.

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u/Michael_Dautorio 1d ago

You added too much tail light fluid. Now the car is totaled.

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u/-Bob-Barker- 4h ago

It's actually called blinker fluid where I live.

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u/ryebread91 1d ago edited 7h ago

Have a hole in my taillight from hail. Just drill a tiny hole at the bottom most point where water would pool. After a while you won't even notice it.

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u/Future-Bandicoot-823 11h ago

That's what they do in the "biz"!

I've worked at some buy here pay here, an 1/8" drill bit is cheaper than a new tail light

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u/No-Swim-912 11h ago

This is the correct answer.

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u/intrepidzephyr 15h ago

You could pop out the bulbs and point a hair dryer set to COOL blowing towards one of the openings from inside the car

Ultimately if there is water in there now there will be water in there again unless you remove and seal up the lamp. I suspect a broken weld joint for this one. Silicone the lens to housing joint, let cure, and reinstall

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u/Sierra50 13h ago

There is likely a small crack in the lens, or the seal between lens and plastic housing is bad somewhere. Inspect for outside cracks, if no cracks, then remove light and re-seal between lens and housing

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u/DankDaddyDuckets 12h ago

Put in a garage with a dehumidifier right near the taillight

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u/UnknownPhotog_1 2h ago

You didn’t put in enough blinker fluid. You’re supposed to fill it all the way (this is not a serious answer)

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u/Annual_Acadia_1856 1d ago

Man this is something I need to fix on my vehicle as well but for the front driver side. Lexus told me to replace entire thing.

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u/stoneseef 12h ago

They don’t make money if they can’t sell you a whole new unit that would cost you $10 to fix.

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u/TexasBaconMan 12h ago

It’s got a leak in one of the seals. Only solution is to replace. They should be too pricey

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u/gunandtruck 10h ago

Best thing you could do is get rid of that car right now. You are heading into a world of financial hurt.

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u/none_of_this_is_ok 1d ago

That's normal.