Shattered Fog Light

[sailorboy]

After driving about 300 miles in the rain and arriving at my destination, I discovered my passenger side fog light lense was shattered. Even had glass fragments embedded in the mudflap. A closer look showed bulb was obviously broke as well. I did not hear or see anything in advance to have a clue what happened. I rightly or wrongly assumed a rock must have hit it.

 

Have since found, bulb, and lense is 1 piece and the dealer cost is about $250 installed. Got me wondering if water might have made contact and caused explosion. If so, am wondering if warranty might cover. I have a 2014 3500 SL.

[Chris_CommercialManager]

An explosion strong enough to blow up your foglight and embed glass into your mudflap is not possible.

 

You can however ask that they look at it for warranty, but I doubt that.

[Decades]

Mine is a 2013 SL Passenger, and the fog light lens says "Valeo"  at the top, molded into the glass lens- I ordered the following one from Amazon and it is identical (same part number on the back- 89210094):

http://www.amazon.com/Valeo-W0133-1657785-VAL-Fog-Light/dp/B00FS9DOY2/ref=sr_1_3?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1433975305&sr=1-3&keywords=valeo+fog+light 

I removed the lower front of the inner fender plastic mudguard to get at it (you will probably need philips to remove fender mudguard) and a T15 torx bit to remove the fog lamp.  The bulb in it is an H11- the one from amazon comes with one in it already, but it is removable from the housing with no tools (I was able to pull the bulb without removing the mud guard by reaching up under the bumper- twist <90 degrees counter-clockwise.)

If anything is broken beyond what the picture shows from Amazon, there is a bracket that is available from Nissan that mounts to the bumper, it is a different part number for each side.

Editing to add photo:

Edited June 21, 2015 by Decades

[Zachary]

Sorry to bump this old thread, but I just replaced a shattered (driver side) fog lamp on my 2015 SL, and I wanted to add a couple observations. Removal of the broken lamp was mostly straightforward, except for the upper left (if facing the lamp lens) Torx screw.  Even with removing the mud guard, I found there wasn't space for me to maneuver a ratchet or screwdriver with the T15 bit. There seems to be an angled bracket immediately behind the mount that gave me only a an inch or so of space directly opposite the screw head. After much experimentation and strain, I discovered than an Allen wrench was short enough to fit into the gap and turn the screw (albeit, only 1/4 turn at a time). Tedious and a bit painful, but I did manage to remove the old lamp and then repeat the tedious and painful process to secure the new one using the original screws.  

Edited November 18, 2022 by Zachary