Everyone's heard of the warping hood scoops, but this is a new one to me.

Anyone else seen this?
https://i.imgur.com/x8WSM.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xp7dQ.jpg

(less than 500 miles away from my 50k warranty expiring)

 

I would get to the dealer when u can and see if they can cover that under the warranty before it runs out.

 

problem: the nearest dealership is about 100 miles away (I drove there and back just this past Friday), and did this when I last went in for warranty work.

 

I've haven't looked at mine that close, might have to run out there and check it out...

 

Nope, mine are still good to go...

 

Make a phone call, supply some photos and see what can be done.
Otherwise out of pocket expensive to replace a headlight ring is CHEAP.

- Erik

 

If the problem is heat related to engine temperature than I would have it checked out.HEAT/ MELTING...not so good.

 

Yeah, I tried that, but they needed the old parts back to send in for it to be a covered warranty repair. And the parts weren't terribly expensive ($80 for the pair), but it was more than the price of gas to get up there and back. So, I took thursday morning off work and went up there and got it done (if I had waited another day, my commute would've pushed me past 50k miles). Also had them replace the hood scoop (melting), which is $150-200 by itself.

Yeah, my service advisor said he'd seen this issue a number of times before. I'd never heard of it on these forums, but apparently it's fairly common (like the hood scoop issue). Maybe a heat shield would help remedy, but this is a long-term car for me and I'm a bit uneasy for reliability reasons about directing heat back into the turbo like that.