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Thread: What's the fuss about these light bulbs

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    What's the fuss about these light bulbs

    Being a new D3 owner I have been keen to soak up lots of info on the car.
    One thing I have been intrigued about is the fact that a blown bulb can cause the car to blow a head gasket!What's the fuss about these light bulbs What's the fuss about these light bulbs
    Driving home today I was behind another D3... low and behold it had a brake light out. The car wasn't blowing smoke and hadn't jettisoned all is fuel. I'd seemed to be actually working. Is this possible??

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    is this a conspiracy theory?

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    He may have had an aftermarket GPU fitted. Globe protection unit...

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    I have one number plate globe blown, I did see a funny looking black helicopter following me a couple of times ....


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    The bulb filament for the brake lights burns through at one end causing the filament to bounce around and short to the taillight circuit or be intermittent. The brake circuit is used by some of the ECUs as an input to determine what to do and voltage spikes on the inputs are outside of the allowable parameters and errors are generated causing the ECUs to go into limp mode.

    If the filament burns through and can't short there is no issue.

    An intermittent brake switch can cause similar problems.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PeterOZ View Post
    I have one number plate globe blown, I did see a funny looking black helicopter following me a couple of times ....

    They want you to think you saw a helicopter it was actually a hologram.

    Stay away from tall buildings, and don't drink coke, it's mind control juice

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