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adara Member Since: 09 Dec 2008 Location: Eastern Europe Posts: 769 |
During a long trip this weekend, through some miserable cold weather, I had the unpleasant surprise to find out that the headlights became useless just after one hour… So, I stopped to see if they were dirty. I was amazed to find a good half centimeter of ice glazing on them! Probably because the LED's don’t heat, or don’t heat enough, the ice doesn’t melt and the cleaning jets cannot remove the ice! Did anyone experience this? Is there a solution available? |
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8th Feb 2021 1:21pm |
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Martin2 Member Since: 15 Jun 2020 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 766 |
I've had LED headlights on my last 3 cars and it's a problem.
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8th Feb 2021 3:21pm |
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adara Member Since: 09 Dec 2008 Location: Eastern Europe Posts: 769 |
I made sure before I left they were clean and certainly they had no ice on them! The washers spray only rarely and judging by the amount of ice, they had no chance, even if the washer fluid is hot! Another "clever" design is the charger door in the front grille, it was completely sealed by the ice too! |
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8th Feb 2021 3:47pm |
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Ashley Member Since: 28 May 2020 Location: Bromley Posts: 30 |
My MY17 L405 solves all of these problems by freezing the doors shut.This means using 15 year Ford Fiesta,which heats up in minutes and headlights are fine. |
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8th Feb 2021 5:17pm |
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adara Member Since: 09 Dec 2008 Location: Eastern Europe Posts: 769 |
Right, the door handles freeze too! |
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8th Feb 2021 5:24pm |
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