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During the MOT Nearside side light and nearside tail light and fog all went at the same time.hem before it went to test. changed bulb and its not that. Cant be the fuse as nearside is working. where else to check? can they be related? has mr. mot man disloged something?
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? earth supply to that side - if no earth then the bulbs won't work
probably a loose/split rubber boot on the plug and water ingress from the vent above, corrosion,bad contact

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Of course, crown of earths time maybe. The back of light cluster looks good.
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earths for lights are part of the cluster bolted to chassis in the engine bay I think, just check for continuity at the plug to chassis, if it's not that possibly the earth contact in the lamp cluster has broken

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