by gregoryuconn » Mon Aug 05, 2019 8:04 pm
Am I right in assuming there are three potential issues?
1. A fault covered by warranty or otherwise repaired for free?
2. Electrical fault, expensive to fix and paid by you?
3. A cheap fault, paid by you?
Is 3 a busted lightbulb? Is 1 not a failure at all? Or something that is trivial to fix? Bingo. This is pretty much close enough.
****SPOILER****
I was driving home from work a couple months ago, when a message popped up saying my brake light was out. However, it didn't say which brake light, and as I live alone, I had no way of verifying which brake light it was without enlisting a stranger's help, which I wasn't going to do. I had had one of the brake lights replaced just a couple months ago, and it was still covered under warranty. However, the other brake light was pretty old and not covered. There were three possibilities, as GalFisk pointed out:
1) It was the same brake light as before that broke, they sold me a faulty brake light, and it would be covered under warranty.
2) The brake lights weren't breaking at all, rather there was an electrical fault on that side of the car, which would be very expensive to fix, and not covered under warranty.
3) It was the other brake light, which I would have to pay to fix, but not much.
Turns out it was #3, which I would have known if I knew which brake light was out. But since I didn't know, it could have been any of them and I was worried about the possibility of #2.