So the wife's car failed it's MOT yesterday.

Not totally happy as it only failed on bulbs, We have blue 501's fitted in the side lights and rear number plate lights.

MOT chap has listed the side lights as incorrect colour,
and the number plate (bulb blue) Not illuminating the registration plate.

Odd as I find the blue bulb is 100% brighter than clear bulb.

I don't get the wrong colour as it just matches the rest of the headlamp.

Is he just being picky or what?

But at least for a 12 year

Hi All

The tailgate latch on my Astra J 1.7 CDTI estate has packed up and doesn't respond to me unlocking the car either with the remote key or using the switch on the facia panel.

Thanks to a post on this forum, I was able to unlock the tailgate from inside the car which got me out of trouble.

I checked the fuse (assuming I checked the correct one) and it seems fine.  In any case I can see 12v on a couple of the pins in the connector that plugs into the lock mechanism.

I took a punt