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Old Aug 6, 2016 | 07:52 AM
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Dead spider in my LED headlamps.

Yup. There's a dead spider at the edge of my LED headlamp, outside the DRL horseshoe. So not fixable? How the heck did it get in there?!
 
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Old Aug 6, 2016 | 08:38 AM
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Old Aug 6, 2016 | 09:17 AM
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As with all spider problems, "Kill it with fire" is the only appropriate answer. So start looking for a new car
 
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Old Aug 6, 2016 | 01:21 PM
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Trip to dealer, warranty. I once had a dead frog inside of a bubble on a large sheet of bubble wrap, never did figure that out.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2016 | 02:46 PM
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I once had a dead hooker in my trunk and the dealer refused to do anything about it. Long story short, the jury only convicted me on the lesser of the counts and I ended up getting 2 years in state prison. A lot of good the Mini Warranty did me!
 
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Old Aug 6, 2016 | 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Pertplus
I once had a dead hooker in my trunk and the dealer refused to do anything about it. Long story short, the jury only convicted me on the lesser of the counts and I ended up getting 2 years in state prison. A lot of good the Mini Warranty did me!
Okay, you win, I cannot possibly top that.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2016 | 04:50 AM
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This happened to me once as well.

I brought it in and the excellent service technician brought it back to life.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2016 | 03:42 AM
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Somewhat common. Spiders for some reason love to make homes in the vent tubes. Yes the lamp assay has a vent tube. You can try blowing compressed air thru bulb socket. Even a strong vac. Some have taken lamp out and turned upside down while blowing air. Btw. It should be covered under warranty
 
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Old Aug 8, 2016 | 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Pertplus
I once had a dead hooker in my trunk and the dealer refused to do anything about it. Long story short, the jury only convicted me on the lesser of the counts and I ended up getting 2 years in state prison. A lot of good the Mini Warranty did me!

Aww...the NAM of old...when folks were not overly serious.

Sounds too me like a warrenty issue....as far as you know it was built that way right?!
Some compressed air, a vacuum, or maybe even a new part. See what the dealer says about the spider that snuck into light when the car was on the ship to be delivered....
 
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