4/2 tail lights

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Permalink Reply by SATO on April 30, 2009 at 8:51am

the only thing I can think of is the exhaust heat is seeping up the sides and coming out around that lens. that could cause the distortion and not affect much else as each plastic has a different melting point temperature.

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Permalink Reply by Tony on May 7, 2009 at 1:07am

Do you spend a lot of time in stop and go traffic? I have seen something similar on my Ford Focus, the heat from the brake lights being on caused the lens to melt a little. Just a thought.

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Permalink Reply by Laurie Brewer on May 7, 2009 at 1:28am

did your lights show burn marks? we live in the country but have no park in our smart so yes we use the brake alot thank you for your info

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Permalink Reply by Tony on August 9, 2009 at 12:12am

no they never showed 'burn' marks, just slightly distorted the lens plastic.

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Permalink Reply by Laurie Brewer on June 30, 2009 at 11:22am

We were just informed by Mercedes that our service agent decided that our lights are melted from the outside...how does a light melt when the car is covered and has no other marks from a fire (which she said we had parked near) if a person parked that close to a fire there would be more than melted tail light lenses....if any one else has this problem please contact Smart Canada because they are saying they have not seen this problem before..and will not cover it under warranty

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Permalink Reply by Laurie Brewer on June 30, 2009 at 11:53am

if anyone has this problem please inform Smart Car or Mercedes thank you

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Permalink Reply by Tony on August 9, 2009 at 12:14am

seems like if there was a fire near your smart, you'd have known about it. And it would have done damage to not just the plastic light lenses, but to the rear gate panel and bumper valance. I say write to Smart, send them some hi res photos.

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Permalink Reply by Laurie Brewer on August 9, 2009 at 12:20am

Mercedes changed their mind and have replaced the lenses

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