DS5 indicator took in water and died

[hopalong525]

I am looking for a replacement scrolling LED indicator light, drivers side for my 2016 DS5 if anyone knows where I can get one at a reasonable price. Water got in during heavy rain and the light has blown completely. Thanks

[GiveMeABreak]

Breakers or a dealer - you won't get these elsewhere as they are bespoke components.

[hopalong525]

Yes, difficult to locate. I’d have expected the Chinese to have copied these but no sadly

[PaulC5]

The dealer part may well be made in China these days, I bought some Citroen brake pads a few months ago from the dealer and on the box it said made in China.

[hopalong525]

You’re probably right and the dealer is making a 500% profit.

[GiveMeABreak]

Brake pads are one thing but bespoke body parts / lights are entirely different - it's not economically viable to make fakes / copies of these given the very small numbers they would likely sell.

[NotAnInterestingName]

Try AliExpress. The DS5 was fairly popular in China, so you may find non-original or used ones on there. There's loads of irrelevant crap in the search results, so you'll need to wade unfortunately.

I don't think there's an overall issue with them, so hopefully any used one should be OK. Perhaps yours got a knock or a pebble.

[hopalong525]

Thanks for the info.

[jamesp5041]

Mines been cracked for awhile I can't find one anywhere

[GiveMeABreak]

You can get one from the dealer or a scrappy. As I said previously, bespoke body parts are unlikely to be found elsewhere as not economically viable to copy and produce.

[jamesp5041]

Yeah been keeping an eye on scrappys only seen mk1 none Led so far.

[hopalong525]

I was quoted £480 incl vat, total ripoff

[GiveMeABreak]

Parts and replacements will only become rarer and more expensive now as production ended probably before 2018 (where they were probably selling off and running down stocks) so I can't see the situation improving.