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They did My Brake Light first,and it still Leaked..But My Window frame was Visibly cracked,so,they replace it,BUT...They put me in an Enterprise RAM Laramie While I waited for mine to get done...About a week. They Paid for it.
would this still be the case if the headliner is bone dry??? I had a leak when I power washed my truck right smack in the middle of the window frame and no visible crack...
Did they use Mopar glass, or did they try and go cheap?
My headliner was wet when I checked it yesterday.
My headliner also got wet when the third brake light was leaking.
Mine goes into the shop on Friday when their water guy is there, but I'm almost positive it's my 3rd brake light. Below is a video I made showing how saturated the seal is. I had a wet headliner on the passenger side (my truck was leaning in that direction, so it makes sense the water ended up there.) I also don't have any visible cracks in the frame, at least not yet.
Yep, mine was the same way. When I removed the seal to replace it I could literally wring the water out of it. I'm no expert but I would be willing to bet it's the third brake light.
I am going to really push and have them just replace the third brake light instead of going the route of replacing the window. I'd rather have them do a small job like that then go through a big job of replacing the window and potentially screwing something up if they don't have to. And then also still have the leak because of the light. I'd add a new seal myself, but I want to have this documented on the record just in case I have other water issues in the future. Lemon Law in my state requires the FIRST issue to occur in the first year of ownership.
Wonder who's bright idea it was to use a sponge as a seal?
That's the approach I would take. I hate having big items removed and replaced on my new vehicle as well unless it absolutely needs to be. Keep us updated.
I removed and cleaned the area where the seal contacts and reinstalled by tightening as tight as I could without cracking the housing and it still leaked with oem seal. Put on new quality seal from Lowe's and tightened the same as before and vuala no leak. OEM seals are not good.
I know, seems like they use different manufacturers for the light assembly or something. I had the same issue on my 4th gen, you think they would have fixed this by now. Those smoked out third brake lights are sweet.
More than likely. These rams all the way back to the early 2000s have been known to have a leaking 3rd brake light seal. Once you remove the light, you’ll see why it’s dripping in the center.
I was hoping my screws on the light were loose, but unfortunately they were very tight. I'm guessing the gasket just isn't thick enough to properly compress along with it being a super cheap crap gasket. I'm finding Ram cheaped out a lot on the parts they used. Wonder what it truly cost to build my truck?
I was just saying to my wife that it's crazy that they are still having these leak at the light. You would think by now it would be solved. There are so many ways that it could be fixed. One sure way would be to have that area where the breaklight gets inserted sealed along with a drain hole to the exterior if water would make itself into that cavity. Guess it's cheaper to stamp out the metal the way they do instead of having a sealed void where the light gets screwed into.
