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Originally Posted by andrewwynn (Post 1217297)

On mine I was pretty sure the water got inside and the seal was holding it in. Never really found the source as I left the rubber button off.

I was referring to the top edge seal on the long plastic handle itself - not the hatch button cover. The factory seal fails and lets water into the entire hatch handle area. :rolleyes:

The new design seal fits in addition to the original factory seal and fixes the water ingress issue.

https://c1552172.ssl.cf0.rackcdn.com/23360_x450.webp

https://www.ecstuning.com/b-genuine-...t/51137062294/

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/17MAA...GX6/s-l400.jpg

Ahhh that makes sense. Prob where my water ingress problem was.

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Originally Posted by andrewwynn (Post 1217303)

Ahhh that makes sense. Prob where my water ingress problem was.

Most likley. I discovered the fix when my license plate lights started filling with water... :confused:

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Originally Posted by Bmwe5320023.0 (Post 1217299)

Yes its been updated in fact to prevent leaking.
I've seen pictures on this forum.
I've also seen 2-3 different designs as I've pulled like 5 of these complete trunk latch panels from the scrap yard
I was not able to find a single one with everything working lol. All of them at least one licence plate light wouldn't work. Either left or right side. So I just ran a wire from the working side to the non working side and for now I live with a light error, until I find one in a better condition.
But the ones I removed with updated design, there's no rust and they're very clean at the latch button area.

My experience exactly, if and when I do happen to see one that is still there.

Last week I went to the pic n pull yard, saw the trunk strip was there and looked to be in great shape. I was so excited (and incredibly cold) that I totally didn't notice the hack soldering job hard wired to the lights :rolleyes:

button also doesn't work so it's hard to call it an upgrade from the one missing a light and doing the phantom open when it gets wet.