Ok so i go to wash my car for the first time and while cleaning the passenger side turn signal light it pushes in. I think "huh thats not right." I look on it and there is some residue on there. so fast forward to me lifting up the car (the low CT/CS bumpers dont help getting a jack under there) and i look and this thing is barely hanging on! it looks like someone epoxied it and the epoxy was not only too rubbery but also fell apart. the one towards the front grill is broken 100% off and the other one is snapped at the bend is held together by duct tape.

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now it seems the one towards the inner most part of the grille is part of the bumper but the other most one is just a bracket. does anyone have any info on this. I plan on contacting the dealer since it is still under warranty but i doubt they will do much if anything. the light itself is fine it just has that rubber stuff on it, it just should be hanging like that at all.

any suggestions guys? anything i should say to the dealer?

in contrast this is what it should look like when its right.

 

Looks like previous owner damage. Doubt the dealer would do much unless it has a full warranty from them. I would see what parts you need and just fix it. Maybe chat with a body shop about it.

 

maybe. this dealer was a little sketchy though and they side stepped A TON of things until i bought it up. I wouldnt be surprised if it was them too especially since there is no damage to the light itself. one fo the brackets i can just replace. but the other one seems to be part of the bumper. from where i was i couldnt really see it all and was hoping someone could chime in.

 

http://iihs.net/fsm/?dir=391&viewfil... Lamp Bulb.pdf
http://iihs.net/fsm/?dir=479&viewfil...iew, Front.pdf

 

ANY used car that I've bought I've crawled around under the car, pulled up carpeting, yada yada before EVER signing any paperwork. They may look at you funny when snifing the brake fluid reservoir, dipstick(s) and any other fluid bearing component but I've seen more tricks pulled by used car lots.

They must have used inferior duct tape. The "good stuff" held an abandoned instrument opening on the hull of an attack sub from breaching at max design depth...

 

well we pretty much did this but unless you jack the car up you cant get under a GT/CS too well. it also wasnt swinging free when i bought it. and it also looked like a mixture of tape and caulk. if i were them i would be embarrassed to use such a method on such a beautiful car.