Rear brake light bulb

magpies79

Can anybody tell me if this bulb has gone or figment is partially broken?

So car warning came on rear bulb gone which I thought was strange as change it not that long ago so thought I’ll check it first at work.

The thing is when I put it back in the light started working again but to me that looks broken so is it maybe sometimes reconnecting when I go over a bump or maybe it hasn’t gone completely when I took the bulb out can a little rattle when you shake it like a piece of the figment has broke off.

FrugaiMacDugal

magpies79 said:

Can anybody tell me if this bulb has gone or figment is partially broken?

So car warning came on rear bulb gone which I thought was strange as change it not that long ago so thought I’ll check it first at work.

The thing is when I put it back in the light started working again but to me that looks broken so is it maybe sometimes reconnecting when I go over a bump or maybe it hasn’t gone completely when I took the bulb out can a little rattle when you shake it like a piece of the figment has broke off.

It's maybe just your imagination, though it does look broken..

Try swapping brake bulbs over.

WellKnownSid

Looks broken.  And yes, if the filament is broken when you thump it or it goes over a bump whilst it's 'on' the loose end will briefly touch to make the connection, with enough heat generated to produce a tiny little spot weld at that point so it'll work for a bit then fail again, probably over the next bump.

If you don't want bulb failure messages randomly popping a hundred times a day just replace the bulb.

Try to get hold of a fresh, decent replacement - I've always found the ones you buy at a filling station which have probably been sat on the shelf for 15 years are never any good.

fatbelly

You can get long-life versions, which should be better

Lorian

It's very broken on the left it's just lightly reattached itself until the next pothole.

magpies79

Yeah thought so I’ll definitely change it I was at work last night so didn’t have a bulb with me so I’ll pick one up on way and change it thanks 

droopsnoot

If you connect it to a battery, does it light up? If not, it's blown, whether it looks blown or not.

magpies79

No I haven’t tried that it still works because it had gone out and wasn’t working took it out to have a look as only change it a few months ago so thought maybe it’s come lose or a connection problem but then obviously bulb looked like that.

Put back in and the bulb out message disappeared reversed up to a glass door in car park and could see it was working again but as mentioned maybe it just briefly making a connection sometimes. I’ll pick a new bulb up tonight on way to work.

Grey_Critic

Does not have to be the bulb but wiring connection/loose wire

magpies79

Yeah that’s why I took it apart and checked yesterday but first signs do point to the bulb going to buy a new set today