The owner of this 2008 Mercedes C220 CDi, was told by his neighbour that when he followed him the other evening, the rear lights were flickering and flashing around, like a 60s disco. He popped along to let me have a look and sure enough, with the side lights on and his foot on the brake, when the indicator was turned on the whole lamp pulsed in reaction to the amber indicator.

Removing the bulb holder to have a look I saw that the bulb fittings were all good but the connecting plug between the bulb holder and the loom had a burnt terminal. The good news for the owner is that the bulb holder and the connecting plug and terminals are all available and so the repair could easily be made ensuring the problem would not reoccur.

A quick check of the other side was also made to ensure that this wasn’t going to go down the same road, but that was all nice and clean.

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