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Who would have thought that changing a LED tail light on a car would be so expensive
Posted on 10/17/23 at 7:55 am
Posted on 10/17/23 at 7:55 am
Dear Diary,
Tail light goes out on a car with a regular bulb....most likely a $5 bulb replacement
LED tail light goes out on a car...doesn't matter what the issue is, whole assembly has to be swapped...$450
Damn
Tail light goes out on a car with a regular bulb....most likely a $5 bulb replacement
LED tail light goes out on a car...doesn't matter what the issue is, whole assembly has to be swapped...$450
Damn
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Posted on 10/17/23 at 7:58 am to GetCocky11
2 apple pies are now $3 at McDonalds.
Used to be 2 for a $1.00
Used to be 2 for a $1.00
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 7:59 am
Posted on 10/17/23 at 7:58 am to GetCocky11
Wait until you have one with blind spot monitors in it.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 7:59 am to GetCocky11
They could have made it so you could swap the led bulb. They chose not to.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:01 am to GetCocky11
quote:
Dear Diary,
Tail light goes out on a car with a regular bulb....most likely a $5 bulb replacement
LED tail light goes out on a car...doesn't matter what the issue is, whole assembly has to be swapped...$450
Damn
Did you pay someone to do this? Did you check the price on rockauto?
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:01 am to GetCocky11
Try eBay or even a local wrecking yard (Pull Apart or others). But eBay usually has a used part or new for much much less than a dealer. If you're handy with a few hand tools you can save some money. Just my two cents.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:01 am to GetCocky11
quote:
LED tail light goes out on a car...doesn't matter what the issue is, whole assembly has to be swapped...$450
Yep it's crazy.
Also, cars nowadays are all aluminum so no more fixing most dents since aluminum stretches. They just replace whole panels. Depending on where that is it gets expensive.
I was in a little fender bender where someone rear-ended me. Wasn't much damage but they cut me a check for $4200 and I was floored. The reason is because the bed is aluminum and they have to replace the whole bed panel instead of repairing it.
Stuff like that and the headlight are reasons insurance is so high. Cars are too expensive to repair now.
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 8:05 am
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:03 am to chryso
quote:
They could have made it so you could swap the led bulb.
There's no way to get into it. It's basically a sealed plastic case with a plug on the back.
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 8:04 am
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:04 am to chryso
quote:
They could have made it so you could swap the led bulb. They chose not to.
LED headlights aren't all bulbs. Some are strip lights
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 11:11 am
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:06 am to GetCocky11
F150 taillights are $1400 now. Insane.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:07 am to stout
quote:
Yep it's crazy.
It would have been $680 if I had the shop do it, $450 is just for the part that I bought to do myself. I miss older cars.
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 8:08 am
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:09 am to GetCocky11
quote:
Who would have thought that (reaches into a hat containing every good and service in 2023) would be so expensive
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:09 am to GetCocky11
Ford wanted $1,500 to replace a rear assembly on a Corsair. The part itself was $1,000 so $500 for labor to do a 5 minute job. I bought a used one on ebay for $200 and did it myself.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:12 am to GetCocky11
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LED tail light goes out
Impossible. The government told me LEDs last forever.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:13 am to GetCocky11
My buddy's Audi was $1k parts and labor to change the two head light bulbs.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:19 am to GetCocky11
Like it! All those peeps that bought them Mercedes with stimulus checks and $1000 monthly payments gonna have lots of DIY taillight fixes.
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:20 am to GetCocky11
$1800 to replace a headlight assembly on my 2018 F150. F me
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:28 am to GetCocky11
People are going to start having insurance claims to fix a busted headlight. 
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:31 am to stout
quote:
Wasn't much damage but they cut me a check for $4200 and I was floored.
I got clipped by a Helena Chemical truck on my way to college one morning. It was around a curve and I actually had to pull off and almost went into the ditch. His back tires caught the rear drivers side and the dude was looking back at me but kept on driving. I know for a fact he saw.
I had an exam that morning so I couldn't deal with it. Didn't even know what the damage was until after my exam. It dented the back end from the tire to tailgate and cracked my rear light. I had a buddy that used to work there so I called him and told him what happened. He told me to go and tell someone in the front office.
I left school and drove to Helena, told the girl up front and she got a manager. He looked at the damage and said, "how much to fix that?" Told him I wasn't sure. He scratched his head and said "Is $2,500 good?" and asked me not to contact my insurance. My brother was able to pull out the dent and replacing the changing the rear light assembly was easy
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:33 am to GetCocky11
I remember when you could change a bulb in 5 minutes with just a screwdriver. Now it’s a multi step process.
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