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Quote: Originally Posted by jcoatz (original)

I have a mini cooper 51 plate, and recently discovered my brake light wasn't working. I checked it out today, and found that while my left brake light isn't activating when I press the brake, the side light on the same bulb is fine, so the bulb is fine. Are there any obvious fixes/checks I can do??

Thanks a lot!

Brake light and side light use 2 differenet filaments in the same bulb - just because the side light works does not mean the bulb is fine.

However because the side light works it means that the earth connection to the bulb is fine.

New bulb required - try swopping the RH bulb to LH. this will prove if it is tyhe bulb or not