Deaglan1

Hi Richard - fuse 17 is intact. But I did check out the wires - nothing apparent although each connection point was wrapped in tape. After unwinding the tape, all connections seemed fine. All of the wire ends into the black plastic connector seemed to be intact. Clicked the black plastic connector back into attachment point on the lamp housing unit and screwed the housing back in place on the car. Felt very disappointed that nothing seemed untoward. Was considering what to do next and while mulling over this, I switched on the lights to confirm the status quo and VOILA - the lamps in the left lamp unit have returned to functioning. Upon reflection, I felt an extra sense of "click" when the black connector was reattached to the lamp housing, so perhaps this was the basis for the fault - I remember having had to brake very suddenly not long before the issue was noticed. Maybe a very slight disconnection had occurred?? Who knows, but I ain't going to remove the housing anytime soon to try and do some experimental verifications of this!!! Thanks again to you and all contributors for your advice and suggestions.

Hi Wino, thank you for that - unfortunately, for me, that is not the problem - fuse 17 is intact

Apologies bryanb. I should have said tail lights and not tail gate.

Hi Richard, Thank you so much for that very comprehensive and insightful reply. It is much appreciated. I will examine that possibility (seems very plausible) and maybe initially try to undertake the temporary fix that you suggest as a starting position.

Thank you NZ for that suggestion - I have looked at the fuse panel and that does not seem to be the source of the problem.

Hi My Roomster is a 2007 model. It is Right Hand Drive. The left tailgate lamps are not functioning correctly. When lights are switched on switched, no lamps from left tailgate light up. If I left indicate, the left indicator does function. If I brake, the brake lamp above the indicator lamp does light up, the lamps below the indicator lamp do not. I checked the bulbs and they seemed to be visually fine (filament looks intact). Are there different fuses associated with the left and right tailgates as I have not remove & replace any fuses because I cannot determine what fuse relates to the tailgate lamps and whether there are separate fuses for left and right tailgate lamps. No warning icons show up on dash to say that there is a problem. Thank you for reading this.