Parking light bulb failed warning

[Clkrichard]

Around half the time I am getting a malfunction message telling me that my front n/s front parking light has failed on my W209 CLK ...... When it hasn't !
Its getting a bit annoying ...... Any ideas ? I could remove and replace the bulb and see if that works but that seems illogical

 

[AANDYY]

It's worth removing the bulb and popping it back in, might be a dodgy connection. look for dark burning on the contacts also look for white powdery corrosion.

 

[KillerHERTZ]

They are also known to bring up the error when the bulb is about to die, in a couple of days it might indeed blow.

 

[Clkrichard]

Thanks KH but its been going on since the beginning of the year when MB replaced the instrument cluster - coincidence ?

 

[SavMan]

I had a similar issue with my S211 Olly at PCS changed the build when it was in for some other work and the message has not come back for at least a month. Worth changing the bulb to see if it works .

 

[kit17]

Is it a MB bulb? for some reason my old W203 didn't like non genuine bulbs sometimes they would be ok for a bit and other times they would throw up a error, but MB bulbs would always work fine

 

[Clkrichard]

Its the bulb that was in it when I bought it 15 months ago so until I take i out I wont know if it is MB but there was no problem for the first 12 months.