[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by rick-l

These sockets depend on a point contact of metal and nothing short of replacing the bulb and socket will be a long term fix (or at least repeat the less than satisfactory life cycle).

edit: You have never gone into a service department armed with facts and being reasonable but pissed and got them to fix something in a newer car?

If you clean the metal and grease the socket, you've eliminated the current corrosion and inhibited future corrosion.

No, I haven't. When it comes to a GM dealer, hell no I haven't. My wife's Cadillac SRX AWD had a clunk when on/off power at about 65. I came armed with a stack of info on the issue, including the new PN low-lash center differential that was designed to fix it. First they lied to me and told me it had the newer center diff PN (it didn't, I checked). Then the service manager finally rode with me in the car and acknowledged the problem. You know what he offered me? They would tear down the diff and inspect it. If it was out of tolerance, they would replace it. If it was in tolerance, I would pay for all of their labor. The problem was a center diff that had too much gear lash BY DESIGN, so of course I'm sure the center diff would have checked out fine. This was on a Cadillac that was $45k new and STILL UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY. I even tried a different dealership with similar results. If it's a complex issue and there's not a TSB, you're SOL with these morons. I sent a nasty letter to the dealership and Cadillac then sold the damn thing. One of the many reasons I feel no pity for GM's current situation.

So give it a shot, but I doubt they give a rat's ass about your light issue.