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My third brake light is an LED strip of nine lights - two of them are out, is this an MoT fail?

My third brake light is an LED strip of nine lights. Two of them are out, is this an MoT fail?

Asked on 28 January 2020 by Den

Answered by Dan Powell
The car should not fail the MoT for this. It will only fail if 50 per cent of the strip is out.

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