Q: Light bulb

asked by on January 20, 2017

Is it ok/ safe to leave new light bulb inside the headlight assembly? I did it accidentally when I try to put the bulb in it, and the it loose and stay inside the assembly

My car has 144000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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