[BruceWayne]

Not sure how this happened seeing as it's factory.
Can this be cleaned from the inside or is it the bulb?
Yes I know I have a parking light out...I'll get to it.

Thanks for any input!

 

[dgr401]

It might be the bulb. I have seen pictures like that on the forum.

 

[Mrsig]

It might be the bulb. I have seen pictures like that on the forum.

I have also.

 

[IDoMy0wnRacing]

I agree, it looks like it could be the light bulb. The bulb is easy to inspect, and/or replaced.

 

[Jamie Smith]

Super easy to take out and replace and since your DRL is also out, good time to go led's. I replaced every light, inside and out with Led's. Couldn't be happier.

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[JeepGirl92]

Unfortunately, this has happened to our 2015 Trailhawk before. The bulb melted the housing. The repair is to replace the entire fog light, which isn't very difficult. We replaced the fog light and installed a new bulb and it has been fine for 10,000 miles or so, however the other fog light is starting to darken now, so I am anticipating having to fix that in the near future as well. I wonder if there was a bad batch of fog lights that cant handle the heat. What year is your Renegade?

 

[BruceWayne]

Alrigth. JeepGirl92 exactly right.

I wanted to take a moment during this quarantine and update everyone in case someone else runs into this.
I have a 2016 Dawn of Justice edition Renegade. Both my fog light and my DRL's keep going out.
I replaced them with LED.

Here is what I bought
"Alla Lighting H11 LED Fog Light Bulbs" from Amazon
"BP1157LED-N Daytime Running Lights" from Napa.

I've attached pictures of the burnt bulbs and housing.

The fog light bulbs never actually burnt out just melted the housings real bad and blackened the lens so it looked like they didn't work. The DRL bulbs...the filaments were fine but the contacts on the back would melt off.
From what I've been reading and what a few mechanics have told me it's condensation. The guys over at Napa suggested I use dielectric grease on the DRL bulbs to ensure proper contact. The fog lights were about $55 a housing and the LED's I bought were around $20 a set. Don't go to the dealer each housing was $160.

The install is VERY easy. The only frustrating part was the driver side fog light housing, it's tight in there.


Hope this helps someone out there.

 

[puddlesplasher]

Unfortunately, this has happened to our 2015 Trailhawk before. The bulb melted the housing however the other fog light is starting to darken now, so I am anticipating having to fix that in the near future

That is a concern for Jeep users and I am glad you have raised that issue as I was earlier contemplating changing my lights.

I must keep a watch on my fog lights though in the UK I very rarely have to use them. Possibly around well, hmm, can't recall, but not a lot of times a year as we don't experience much fog here but we do get a lot of rain and on occasion I use them at that point.

If your other fog light is starting to darken could it be a similar issue to your previous experience and I suspect needs attention now?

 

[Mrsig]

I went LED a long time ago and have not looked back!

 

[puddlesplasher]

I'm old school when it comes to bulbs and fear that I will order the wrong bulbs. The forum is full of recomendations dating back many years but someone must be able to direct us to the correct modern seller of LED bulbs for all aspects of the Jeep Renegade.

Is anyone willing to try so I can order. I feel that I am not getting enough side spread on my headlights but I don't want to dazzle on coming vehicles as I had to change to yellow driving glasses to remove the glare form the Xenon type, high intensity bulbs and now LEDS.

Off topic: Yellow tinted driving glasses are superb. A dull day is changed to an image of a brilliant bright day and night-time driving is a doddle as the headlights that were like starbursts are but a little dot as you look at them.

I know you guys can provide word of mouth recommendations as opposed to guess work.

 

[BruceWayne]

If your other fog light is starting to darken could it be a similar issue to your previous experience and I suspect needs attention now?

Both my fog light did this...

 

[brokenpinata]

Both my fog light did this...

Sorry to raise this post from the dead, but I just noticed this on my 2018 Latitude. Passenger side is dark, driver side has even worse with reddish brown crap all over the inside of the lense.

I'm still within warranty, so hopefully they will be covered.

 

[brokenpinata]

Just to update, mine were covered by warranty since they were melted by factory bulbs. I wouldn't be shocked if this led to a recall.

 

[Clintonius]

Super easy to take out and replace and since your DRL is also out, good time to go led's. I replaced every light, inside and out with Led's. Couldn't be happier.

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Alrigth. JeepGirl92 exactly right.

I wanted to take a moment during this quarantine and update everyone in case someone else runs into this.
I have a 2016 Dawn of Justice edition Renegade. Both my fog light and my DRL's keep going out.
I replaced them with LED.

Here is what I bought
"Alla Lighting H11 LED Fog Light Bulbs" from Amazon
"BP1157LED-N Daytime Running Lights" from Napa.

I've attached pictures of the burnt bulbs and housing.

The fog light bulbs never actually burnt out just melted the housings real bad and blackened the lens so it looked like they didn't work. The DRL bulbs...the filaments were fine but the contacts on the back would melt off.
From what I've been reading and what a few mechanics have told me it's condensation. The guys over at Napa suggested I use dielectric grease on the DRL bulbs to ensure proper contact. The fog lights were about $55 a housing and the LED's I bought were around $20 a set. Don't go to the dealer each housing was $160.


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The install is VERY easy. The only frustrating part was the driver side fog light housing, it's tight in there.


Hope this helps someone out there.

we have this problem with our 2015 renegade. We replaced with LEDs but now they constantly flicker.

 

[puddlesplasher]

LEDs must be of the model type, "Canbus Error free" to prevent any error codes and flickering.

I agree 100% with jamie in that it's really easy to change all the bulbs. Only the rear of my Jeep remains to be changed.

Overheating is a thing of the past with LED bulbs and it won't be long in the modern day car market that all cars will have LED lighting.

 

[MandyfromTexas]

Not sure how this happened seeing as it's factory.
Can this be cleaned from the inside or is it the bulb?
Yes I know I have a parking light out...I'll get to it.
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Thanks for any input!

Was it the bulb? Did the burnt look go away?

 

[FiatPower]

I got two new housings from RockAuto - but that project is gonna have to wait until it gets a bit warmer!

 

[Crashgg]

I had this same problem on my passenger side. I just got done changing the housing but noticed the plug itself has also melted. The bulb itself was still working but I'm not going to attach that damaged plug into a new housing and bulb. Looked up the plug itself and it's 80$😂 but found the whole wire with plugs for 40$. Just have to do some research and figure out where the power end plugs in, or if any h11 plug will work