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Dead spider in tail light

Discussion in 'Prius v Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Nervous, Sep 30, 2012.

  1. Nervous

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    Earlier today I noticed a dead spider in my driver side tail light. It's positioned on outer edge of the main housing near the red section. Is there an easy way to remove it?

    NOTE: The vehicle is a 2012 Prius v 5 with Advanced Technology Package... With only ~600 miles on the odometer.
     
    #1 Nervous, Sep 30, 2012
  2. Nervous

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    The fix for this issue turned out to be have the dealer replace the tail light (under warranty). :)
     
    #2 Nervous, Oct 28, 2012
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    Nervous, was there no other way to get it out? I'm curious because I had a little run-in with my trash can and now have a golf ball size hole in the clear plastic lens on the passenger side of same kind of v (Broken tail light lens | PriusChat)

    Does your receipt/invoice mention a part number btw?
     
    #3 ZPriusv5, Nov 5, 2012
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    ZPriusV5,

    Since the tail light is a sealed unit, there was no way to remove the dead spider... Thus, the entire tail light was replaced.

    Also, I ended up selling the vehicle back to Toyota (and had to surrender all service documentation with the vehicle). So, I don't have the service records to reference... Sorry.
     
    #4 Nervous, Nov 6, 2012
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    You traded back your car after 2 months? May I ask why?
     
    #5 Jonny Zero, Nov 15, 2012
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    Toyota bought the vehicle back (due to repetitious electrical issues) and I purchased a replacement vehicle. I think it was an isolated case of a bad apple; which would've ended up qualifying for the Lemon Law.
     
    #6 Nervous, Nov 15, 2012
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    Wow. Did they buy it back at what you paid? Did you have to use lemon law?
     
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    Yes, they bought it back for the same price I paid... The entire transaction was basically a wash for me from a financial perspective.
     
    #8 Nervous, Nov 15, 2012
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    Wow. At least they owned up to it. Did you replaced it with another v?
     
    #9 Jonny Zero, Nov 15, 2012
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    Yes, the replacement vehicle was also a Prius v 5 with Advanced Technology Package. The only difference being the new one is Barcelona Red and the buy back was Blue Ribbon Metallic. Now my wife's Prius v is Red and my Prius v is Blue; which is what we initially wanted anyways. :)
     
    #10 Nervous, Nov 15, 2012
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    cross posting from Broken tail light lens | PriusChat for reference

     
    #11 ZPriusv5, Dec 6, 2012
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    I have a spider that shows up in my tail light to say hi every once in a while. I am glad he hasn't died in there.

    SGH-T999 ? 2
     

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    Man, Machine, Nature, living in perfect harmony.
     
    #13 Jonny Zero, Dec 11, 2012
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    And if you said you do not keep those paper copies ??? They wouldn't buy it back ?? How would they know if you have them or not ?
     
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    Remove a bulb and vacuum it out
     
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