[denisond3]

My suspicion would be that the bulb might be okay, but the bulb socket could be bad, or the connection the socket is making to the instrument panel. This would require getting to the back of the cluster I think.
And I might look for a state inspector that wasnt so vigilant. I get cars inspected in Alexandria and Springfield and Annandale - and dont recall my favorite inspectors spending time looking at the dashbaord.