Re: free 405 clear headlights!!
Angel G. Fernández-Chavero (agfernandezch@sprintmail.com)
Sat, 01 Feb 1997 17:27:08 -0500
Jim Lill wrote:
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> Are they glass or plastic? I think we can thanks the US Feds for this!
> Thanks them for a change!!!
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> On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, Angel G. Fern=E1ndez-Chavero wrote:
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> > To all my fellow 405 owners who have suffered from those yellow head
> > lights:
> >
> > First, sorry about the overly dramatic subject to this e-mail,but I
> > couldn't find a short, as descriptive a subject that was less dramati=
c
> > that would help searching the archive, now that we have one.
> >
> > Just this last Thursday morning (1/30/97), I had just started slowing=
to
> > a stop in front of my babysitter's house when the dreaded STOP on my
> > instrument panel went on (and of course, the rest of the indicators l=
it
> > up like a Christmas tree), and smoke started coming out from the hood.
> > I stopped, cursed my Pug (I confess to a love-hate relationship with =
my
> > 405, given the problems you all know we have with the 8-valve engine)=
,
> > then panicked, thinking I might have to buy another car, when I opene=
d
> > up the hood and saw oil all over the engine and all over the street.
> >
> > Okay, enough of the dramatics. Turns out the oil pressure hose broke.
> > My mechanic, Carl Franco of the now Branford Dodge, formerly Dependab=
le
> > Motors, utterly trustworthy but too "orthodoxly" Peugeot, called me w=
ith
> > the good news (again, I was afraid to hear about some new horror like
> > the last one I experienced, where the cylinder head had to be replace=
d,
> > evidently a known problem with the 8-valves, but that this time I'd h=
ave
> > to pay for it!!), when he added casually, "Oh, and I replaced your
> > headlights too."
> >
> > Evidently PMA has just issued a Technical Service Bulletin to its
> > remaining Peugeot dealers that it will replace the yellowed headlight=
s
> > under warranty with new headlights that will not yellow!!
> >
> > This was almost worth the 2-day inconvenience!! The change in lighti=
ng
> > is dramatic. As good as any 1997 car. So, 405 owners, drive, don't
> > walk, to your nearest Peugeot dealer!!
> >
> > Angel Fernandez-Chavero
> > 1989 405 DL
> > almost 66,000 miles, with piercing white light beams!
> >
> >
Jim and everyone,
The housing is plastic, not glass. But the change is still dramatic. I
think they'll wear well.
God, you mean we have to thank the Feds? Never thought I'd see the day.
Angel