Fiat 500 '14 DRL keeps blowing.

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Mon 14 Jan 2019 12:03
Fiat 500 '14 DRL keeps blowing. - J0HNuk

My partners MOT is coming up and she's worried about it failing on DRL, offside blows as soon as I change the bulb.

I suspect only answer is a garage / auto electrician, but before I do that - is this a common fault, anything I could check easily myself? It's not a fuse. I can barely get in to change the bulb, so checking wires isn't easy, but all I can see looks OK. Probably a short somewhere.

Just to confirm - if a car has DRL's then they have to work for an MOT pass? Could I not just cover them up and say it doesn't have them?

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Mon 14 Jan 2019 13:31
Fiat 500 '14 DRL keeps blowing. - elekie&a/c doctor
Drls are only testable on car produced from 2018 . So these won’t be tested until 2021
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Mon 14 Jan 2019 18:54
Fiat 500 '14 DRL keeps blowing. - J0HNuk

Oh that's great news.

She reckons that the local mechanic, who services her car and will MOT it, says they do form part of the test.

I'll check with him before the big day.

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Mon 14 Jan 2019 18:58
Fiat 500 '14 DRL keeps blowing. - elekie&a/c doctor

Only if they are also side/park lights . You will probably find that the holder has burnt out ,not a fault with the bulb.

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