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Posted on Jul 19, 2009

Right passenger brake light doesn't work but parking light and turn signal does. Is the bulb bad?

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Most likely yes, most bulbs that are used for both the brake light and turn light have 2 separate filaments in them basically making 2 bulbs into one, to which frequently one of those filaments will burn out but the other will still work. The replacement bulb type will be in your owners manual, or you could just take out the bulb and read the number off of it.

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