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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: CBruff on 21 November 2007, 18:11

Title: Reverse Lights
Post by: CBruff on 21 November 2007, 18:11
Hi,

Bit of a simple question (I Hope).  My reverse lights don't work.  The buls are Ok.  Is there a common problem (i.e. microswitch broken?) that is might be?

Any help is greatly appreciated,

Chris
Title: Re: Reverse Lights
Post by: vw-bob on 21 November 2007, 18:58
sorry to come across from the mk2 section  :tongue: but when i got my carf the reverse lights didnt work, turned out to be the switch on the gearbox. have you checked the switch?
Title: Re: Reverse Lights
Post by: CBruff on 21 November 2007, 19:05
Ha - being my first Golf, I didn't know where to look?  Is it under the gearstick gater?

Cheers,

Chris
Title: Re: Reverse Lights
Post by: vw-bob on 21 November 2007, 19:41
on mine it was on the top of the gearbox, just pull the plug off and undo with a 19mm spanner.


not sure on the mk4 though
Title: Re: Reverse Lights
Post by: J5H VW on 21 November 2007, 20:42
I had this problem on my Mk4.  Changed the bulbs, the fuse and the switch (located on the gearbox) but it turned out to be a fault with the wiring that an auto electrician had to find.

Good luck mate - but if the switch and fuse (cant remember if its the same fuze as the lights) seems ok, there might be need to call for help!
Title: Re: Reverse Lights
Post by: richw911 on 21 November 2007, 20:44
Quote from: J5H VW on 21 November 2007, 20:42
I had this problem on my Mk4.  Changed the bulbs, the fuse and the switch (located on the gearbox) but it turned out to be a fault with the wiring that an auto electrician had to find.

Good luck mate - but if the switch and fuse (cant remember if its the same fuze as the lights) seems ok, there might be need to call for help!

Yeah mine was a wiring fault aswell  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Reverse Lights
Post by: J5H VW on 21 November 2007, 21:46
Its a good job not everything in life is as [un]reliable as a volkswagen!  :evil:

Anyone had a issue with sidelights that seem a bit "sensitive".  I have the OE xenons on mine, and the left hand side side light/parking light seems to not always decide it wants to work.  We all know how much of a mission it is to change the bulbs too - so investigating it seems a nightmare, i just live with it!

(ps: sorry if it seems i might have hijacked this thread)
Title: Re: Reverse Lights
Post by: ub7rm on 22 November 2007, 08:01
Yes!  I noticed my passenger side sidelight had blown, after spending about half an hour trying to replace it I abandoned the project.  I checked in the hope that I had sorted a dodgy connection but nothing.  A couple of days later it was working fine!  I noticed that if I switch to full beam then back to sidelights it seems to work but often (not always) not just by turning the sidelights on.  Mysterious.....
Title: Re: Reverse Lights
Post by: J5H VW on 22 November 2007, 23:17
Yes - its spooky!  Seems that they have a mind of their own!

Also - since the swines have made everything in the engine bay so cramped, its a nightmare trying to do anything with the headlights!

Anyone noticed the illumination on the climatronic ever flicker - like its cut out for a millisecond.  I often "think" i see this out of the corner of my eye, but not sure if its just a pigment of my imagination.