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turn signal but no parking light

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#1 · (Edited)
Hey guys, my passenger side turn signal works but the parking light doesn't. Any suggesyions?
 
#4 ·
Plot twist. Never got around to changing the bulbs but turned on the parking lights and the lights are on.

Parking light didn't come on before on the passenger side but the turn signal worked and when light was on low beam mode, the amber light was on.

Now the amber light is on in both parking light mode and low beam and turn signal....weird
 
#5 ·
Plot twist. Never got around to changing the bulbs but turned on the parking lights and the lights are on.
Halogen bulbs have a curious property of being able to self-repair. If the 2 ends of the broken filament remain aligned, they can reform a working circuit. When the bulb is switched on, tungsten in the filament evaporates to be redeposited when it's off.

This may explain the so-called fix of thumping the dashboard for a faulty instrument cluster globe.
 
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