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Taillight Not Sealed Properly
2017 Kia Forte
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Kia dealer.
4.0
definitely annoying- Typical Repair Cost:
- No data
- Average Mileage:
- 19,500 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 5 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- replace entire taillight assembly (3 reports)
- not sure (1 reports)
- replaced tail light foam in right rear tail light (1 reports)
lights problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
I went into my local dealership because there was and inch of water in my passenger side tail light, again. this had previously been fixed about a year or two ago. At that time, they replaced the seal on the back of the tail light. At least that is what they told me. I never went and checked. When I brought it in, my wife and waited for 2 hours before the advisor came back and told us that they had to get with tech line about the issue. They gave us back the car, with nothing really being done to fix it. They hadn't done the oil change we had requested either, but that's a separate issue. I called back the following week and spoke with the manager who told me that they hadn't heard from tech line yet, but he was going to go ahead and order the tail light for me since he was sure that they would go ahead with that repair as I'm still under the standard warranty. I went back in this past Friday. as I had not heard anything from them. It's been 2 weeks. The manager told me that the part was on back order and that it should be here on Tuesday (tomorrow). We'll see how well this fixes the problem, considering that it seems to be a fairly common problem.
Update from Dec 10, 2020: About a month later, the other tail light had moisture building up in it. Took it back and after they left it sitting in the sun for several hours, the moisture was gone and they said they couldn't see any moisture. They replaced a seal in the tail light anyway, and let me go.
- Philip S., Athens, US