About three weeks ago I noticed my driver's side tag light was burnt out, so I decided to go ahead and replace both lights with LED bulbs from 42dd. But last night I noticed that the driver's side bulb wasn't lit up once again. So now I'm thinking that the tag light assembly needs to be replaced. But before I do that, is there anything else that could be causing this?

 

^im somewhat in the same boat.
except when i replaced mine i bought ebay ones and they burnt out. today i replaced them with the 42dd ones. My ebay ones have corrosion all over them... if they burn out again im going to buy new cover pieces from audi cuz there is a leak somewhere.

 

I never considered a leak... Either way, a whole new assembly should solve the problem. And they are only ~$14 from ECS.

 

really? you got a link?
pop it out and take a look to see if you have corrosion on the ends of the blubs.

nevermind i found it.
its 14 bucks per side. is that the lense and black surround piece?

 

^ i broke the black sliding tab when i was putting in my 42DD led's.

so i duct taped that mother. rofl.

 

It's dark and stormy out right now (Oklahoma weather sucks) but I'll check for corrosion first thing tomorrow...

 

Oh and here's a dumb question... On ECS's website it lists two assemblies, a left side and a right side assembly. Which one is the driver's side assembly? I'm assuming left...

 

do those just pop out or what? I noticed there is a large dead insect inside of one of mine. how it got in there i don't know...

 

^ they slide inward. dont make the same mistake i did and try to pop them off with a flathead screwed. you break the tabs =)

 

i got mine off with a flat head... guess you just need some skill


now that it is dark i checked to make sure everything is good to go. My license plate lights are 2 dif colors. I emailed 42dd... one is bright white and one is a pale lookin white. I checked and both of them face 100% down so i dunno. Hopefully they will send me another