Tail lights out on one side
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Asked by bristles7 Jan 15, 2014 at 02:51 PM about the 2001 BMW 3 Series

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

The tail lights are completely out on the passenger side of the car. I checked the bulbs
and they're fine. The fuses are good too.

What could be the problem?

2 Answers
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Luke answered 10 years ago

the earth line in the plug to the globe holder can frequently burn out, its possible to hard wire a replacement earth to rectify it

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