Lighting - Water in Tail Lamp Housing

Date: July 28, 2008

Order No.: P-B-82.10/630

Supersedes:

Group: 82

SUBJECT:
Model 220.170/173/174/175/176/178/179/183/184

Water In Tail Lamp Housing

If you receive customer reports in the above model vehicles of water in the tail lamp housing on the right or left side, this may be caused by a poor body seal on either side above the tail lamp housing. Perform the procedure below to resolve.

1. Remove the tail lamp housing on the affected side. Refer to WIS document AR82.10-P-4905M.





2. Reseal body seam (Figure 1), allow the sealant to dry, do not paint over sealant.

3. Install tail lamp housing (replace if necessary).





Parts Information

Note:
The following allowable labor operations should be used when submitting a warranty claim for this repair. This information has been generated on July 28, 2008. Please refer to Netstar --> Star TekInfo --> Star Time for the most current labor time allowance.





In Case of Warranty, use the table.