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Fault alert

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steve853
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Fault alert

Post by steve853 » Fri Dec 02, 2016 1:04 am

Hi,

Every time I start my car I get a fault alert telling me that one of my rear fog-lights has blown a bulb.

But it hasn't.

Any ideas anybody?

Steve
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Re: Fault alert

Post by Turks » Fri Dec 02, 2016 5:36 am

Remove the bulb, and the others from the rear cluster and clean up the contacts with light sandpaper / wire wool. It is most likely that corrosion is kicking out a fault because of strange signals when current sent to the bulb.


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