front headlights condensation

[harleymike]

Brand new 2015 ram black express. Noticed tonight there is condensation that has frozen on the inside of my headlights. Is this a common problem.
Thanks for any help

 

[Sinister13ram]

Yes it's common. Pretty sure there's a couple threads on here on this topic already. Brought mine to the dealership for it and they said nothing can be done

 

[harleymike]

That sucks. I will search for other threads. Thanks

 

[Sinister13ram]

Yeah it's annoying, doesn't happen every time it rains though

 

[Muddinginamopar]

I had it in my 98's aftermarket headlights. Try popping it out overnight one night and seal it with some silicone. That's what solved my issue. Granted....They were from eBay, but at $130 they weren't just the cheapos.

 

[The Unabomber]

Brand new 2015 ram black express. Noticed tonight there is condensation that has frozen on the inside of my headlights. Is this a common problem.
Thanks for any help

I'm assuming 2015 was a typo and you meant 2014?

 

[DohCanadian]

Yeah my 2013 does it too, pretty annoying, but it hasn't bugged me enough to bring it in for service. Maybe one day.

 

[O.R.T.]

In most cases it's just the ambient moisture that was in the air when the light housing was assembled.

Some quick tricks I've learned:

1. Run your lights on, park in the garage, remove the bulbs (*BE CAREFUL, THEY'RE GONNA BE HOT!!*), and leave them uninstalled until everything cools off, then reinstall them. The warm air inside the light housing will escape and once you put the bulbs back in it should be fine from there.

2. Remove the bulbs, run a hairdryer in the housings to evaporate the moisture. Let it cool, reinstall the bulbs.

3. Wait for a warm day, park the truck facing the sun. Remove the bulbs, walk away for a few hours, when you come back re-install the bulbs.


Basically all 3 methods you're wanting to displace the existing moisture prone air in the housings. I've even seen a guy run a nitrogen feed in the housings and reinstall the bulbs, with everything cold, but my tricks all warm the air up and it generally fixes it. Just be sure your not doing this in an area of moisture ridden air. If you want to be really **** check the barometer first. (Yes, barometer=air pressure but also indicates moisture.)