Third brake light replacement gasket

mikeyk101 · April 1, 2020

I have searched high and low and cant locate the thread. Luckily right now, my third brake light does not seem to have a leak but my sharkfin was replaced last year because of leaking. I want to be preemptive because I'm convinced it's not an if but when my brake light starts to leak so I want to replace the gasket. I remember seeing a thread that recommended an aftermarket thicker replacement gasket and several mentioned they had used the replacement with excellent results. I think it was a VIPMOTOZ gasket that can be bought at Amazon but for the life of me, I cant find that thread again. I just wanted to confirm it before ordering. The good thing is that it's only about $7 and free shipping.with Prime so I wouldnt be out much if I'm wrong but I'd like to just replace the gasket once and be done with it. So can anyone confirm this is the one that was mentioned?

VIPMOTOZ Gasket on Amazon

mikeyk101 · April 1, 2020

So I ended up ordering that gasket last night but on ebay as Amazon wasnt going to deliver it until after Apr 21st. It should be here in next couple of days...

Either way, I procrastinated too long. Today, I was getting ready to bring the truck into the dealership to have oil change. When getting my son into his booster seat in the back, I noticed the carpet under the rear seat was wet. Rutroh! I then felt the back wall behind rear seat and it was wet too. I looked up at the headliner and the tell tale staining was on both the rear passenger and drivers side! So since I was going to dealer anyway, I had them take a look. Sure enough, the theird brake light gasket/seal was leaking. Luckily I still had 2 more weeks left on my Bumper to bumper coverage. The repair cost me nothing. I dont know what they used but they got rid of the staining on the headliner and dried out the back wall and carpet very good. So I should be good now for awhile. I just cant believe that this could be an issue so soon and have seen many threads about this happening even sooner. That's a bit ridiculous for the amount of money that paid for these vehicles. So now I have experienced a leak from both the sharkfin and the 3rd brake light. Hopefully it will hold for a while. Luckily I will have a nice thicker replacement gasket for the 3rd brake light if it happens again... When can I expect my rear slider window to explode, the trans to crap out on me, and of course, the lifters to fail???

Eddie 70 · April 2, 2020

Just about every time I come to this forum, I find another something to worry about on my truck. Lol!! Glad you got yours fixed. Now I am thinking I need to be thinking about replacing the 3rd brake light gasket on my 14. Did you wind up buying the VIPMotoz gasket on Ebay?

mikeyk101 · April 2, 2020

Yeah, I bought it last night but wont be here for a couple days. And wouldnt you know that today is when I find that I have the leak. My thoughts were that I could wait a couple days and just replace it myself. But I figured that since I still had a couple more weeks on my bumper to bumper warranty, I would let the dealership do it and see what they would do to take care of it. I think they did a pretty good job. I will just toss the new gasket on a shelf in the garage and save it for if (although it's probably more like when) I need to replace it. The next time will be on my dime anyway...

Eddie 70 · April 26, 2020

I ordered the one in the link you posted earlier in the thread. It took several weeks for it to get here. I jumped up in the bed of the truck to change the gasket. I removed the screws and could not get the lens to come loose from the truck. I just put the screws back in and put the gasket on the shelf since it had not been leaking anyway.

mikeyk101 · April 27, 2020

Surprisingly it only took 5 days to get delivered for me. Like I mentioned, because of the circumstances, I ended up getting an OEM one installed by the dealership just under the wire on my BtoB but will have this one ready to go if/when it happens again.