Bottom spinner insert always lit: it is a GI lamp, not a stuck one
The spinner has five inserts but the lamp chart lists four controlled lamps. The bottom spinner insert is general illumination and is meant to stay on all the time, so it is not a stuck lamp driver. For a lamp that really is stuck on, follow its wire colour back to the lamp driver board pin and replace that lamp's driver.
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