If you bought the led tail lights from toyota with in the last year you may want to check the brake lights! I recently had to replace both tasil lights as LED circuit boards seem to have been fried. I ma not alone on this one either Sparks said they seem to be shipping out a few also lately.We also ahd to return old ones on which sparks paid for shipping and provided labels adn return boxes also. This should be a warranty coverage item as mine were!
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hno: Were they fried & not working? Or working but fried? I have those LED tail lights installed @ the dealership: they're working perfectly so if I check & see they look like they're frying I'd definitely go after warranty...Ordered optional TYC led taillights. Both have failed at different times - brakelights only. One at about 7K miles and other at about 9.5K miles. Each have been replaced under warranty. I really like the look of these units and am disappointed at their reliability so far. Just rolled-over to 10K miles.
For real! The OEM ones are okay, the Anzo ones are alright, but I still like the TYC's. I want to get them tinted, but I'm kind of waiting to see if these do the same as my other ones. I hate to spend $300+ on something that's only going to work for a year.
If there were more options out there, I would've sold these when I got the second set. But there's not much yet. Oh well.
If there were more options out there, I would've sold these when I got the second set. But there's not much yet. Oh well.
Wow, I'm seriously glad to know this is a widespread problem. I've had issues since I took delivery of my 09 xB last November. Both lights had bad clusters... some of the LED's in the brake cluster were brighter or dimmer than others.
Unfortunately my dealership gave me a serious runaround, saying that they still technically work so they aren't a warranty-covered repair. After a ton of arguing, they replaced just ONE of the lights. The new one is perfect, all the LED's have uniform brightness. Unfortunately, the second one stopped lighting entirely a couple of days ago. I'm going to my dealership today for my 20k service and they damn well better order a light for me.
I do have a question if anyone else ends up reading this thread.. is it possible to replace the clear plastic covers of the TYC lights? The light the dealership replaced a few months back functions perfectly but the plastic has a small hole in it, courtesy of my girlfriend's idiot brother. The replacement cost of the light is a hell of a lot more than I want to pay because of some broken plastic when the light works perfectly otherwise.
Unfortunately my dealership gave me a serious runaround, saying that they still technically work so they aren't a warranty-covered repair. After a ton of arguing, they replaced just ONE of the lights. The new one is perfect, all the LED's have uniform brightness. Unfortunately, the second one stopped lighting entirely a couple of days ago. I'm going to my dealership today for my 20k service and they damn well better order a light for me.
I do have a question if anyone else ends up reading this thread.. is it possible to replace the clear plastic covers of the TYC lights? The light the dealership replaced a few months back functions perfectly but the plastic has a small hole in it, courtesy of my girlfriend's idiot brother. The replacement cost of the light is a hell of a lot more than I want to pay because of some broken plastic when the light works perfectly otherwise.
My driver's side TYC amber brake matrix burned out except for a few bulbs. No brake light in this city is asking for a ticket. :yucky: Luckily I still had the original tail lights and they were easy to put back in (still kicking myself for paying the dealership to do it the first time). It hasn't been a full year from what I remember, BUT... I bought them from someone else and had the dealer install them. No receipt, can't attempt to get them replaced, and it sounds like a lot of people have issues with getting them replaced anyway. Definitely writing a letter of complaint, since this sounds like an on going problem.
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