I noticed that my left rear roof running light was out. No big deal-- change the bulb, right. I did that and still no light, so I opened the fixture and saw it had a really badly corroded ground. No big deal--take it apart and clean it. Still no light. Oh my, the ground lead to the bulb came loose. No big deal-- remove the parts and solder a new wire to it. Still no light. A little testing revealed that although all the other running lights a lit, this one is not getting current. Yes big deal. Getting further down to look for a broken wire is not an exciting option and running a new one from a neighboring light is not easy either unless I was going to run it on the surface, which seems almost to tacky even for me. So the solution I thought of was to forget about it for now. Is there any problem with that?
DOT mandates the lights if they are mounted there make it work if not working the man will stop you I had one out and got stopped 4 times between AZ and Idaho
Go to the dollar store and buy a couple of those white led reading lights. Turn it on and stick it in the lens at night until you get it home, if not having a light is going to be a ticket magnet. I doubt it will burn all night, but for a $1, get several.