Hi all, nearside rear sidelight is out, ive checked the bulb, thats fine, all other lights in cluster work - any ideas what it could be? thanks

Have you tried the simple thing of pulling the connector off and pushing it back on?

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yep tried that, the brake light is in the same bulb - that works so im a bit stumped.....

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Hi all, nearside rear sidelight is out, ive checked the bulb, thats fine, all other lights in cluster work - any ideas what it could be? thanks

the brake light works, its in the same bulb, so the contact isnt an issue

combined brake/side lights have two filaments so 2 contacts and earth.

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Am I missing something here, as 'Mona Geeza' said, try the other side. There are two filaments in the bulb, just because the brake light works doesn't mean both filaments are healthy.

Damn, you chaps type quicker than me  We Don't Care About Pot Holes !!

Yeah, CG beat me by a few seconds as well. Anyways, the conclusion, the side light filament has blown, buy a new bulb.

yes i have tried a new bulb, funnily enough that was the first thing i checked. it didnt work.

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sounds like it

cheers chaps

Hi guys
Also have the same fault on my 2008 Freelander 2. O/S rear sidelight inop but brake light works, I have tried bulbs and even got the testers out and I have voltage there but not light!? I've seen the looms are available seperately so have got one on order just wondered if you got to the bottom of your problem?
Thanks

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Not saying that this is your problem but most of the lights on the FL2 are driven from FET devices in the fuse box, these act like a relay and fuse combined.

In the event of one of the circuits being overloaded by maybe a shorted bulb or even just a power glitch, the FET "opens" like a fuse blowing and remains so until reset, to reset it you need to remove the power source momentarily - IE disconnect the battery for a few seconds, this can often resolve many faults of this nature.