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Offline dragonfly

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No reverse lights
« on: 07 October 2009, 21:07 »
The reverse lights on my mk2 16v GTI don't work. The bulbs are fine, so am I right to assume it's the switch?
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Offline Crookie

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Re: No reverse lights
« Reply #1 on: 07 October 2009, 21:59 »
I had the exact same thing on mine, it was the switch which is attached to the gear box. I just replaced it and has been fine since.
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Offline Wayne

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Re: No reverse lights
« Reply #2 on: 07 October 2009, 23:57 »
Pull the plug off the switch, bridge the terminals on the plug if they light it is the switch.
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Offline dragonfly

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Re: No reverse lights
« Reply #3 on: 08 October 2009, 09:23 »
Quote from: Wayne on 07 October 2009, 23:57
Pull the plug off the switch, bridge the terminals on the plug if they light it is the switch.

Yes of course, I didn't think of that!!
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Offline dragonfly

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Re: No reverse lights
« Reply #4 on: 08 October 2009, 19:16 »
Quote from: Wayne on 07 October 2009, 23:57
Pull the plug off the switch, bridge the terminals on the plug if they light it is the switch.

Well I gave that a try.... and still no lights. :cry:
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Offline Jay

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Re: No reverse lights
« Reply #5 on: 08 October 2009, 19:38 »
Fuse?

Someone else recently said he tapped the switch lightly  (or the gearbox near the switch) and said that loosened the bearings and made it work, worth a tap. This reminds me, I should also look into my reverse lights...
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But for the purest engine experience, displacement has no replacement. All other methods are simply attempts to artificially recreate the benefits of displacement.

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Re: No reverse lights
« Reply #6 on: 08 October 2009, 19:50 »
you dinnae need reverse lights anyway
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Offline Jay

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Re: No reverse lights
« Reply #7 on: 08 October 2009, 19:56 »
You don't but there are enough idiots out on the roads they need as much hand holding as possible (refering to the idiot who tried driving into me with a mostly frosted window this morning and made my tyres smoke breaking to not hit him).
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Quote from: PenguinGTI on 11 May 2012, 17:49
But for the purest engine experience, displacement has no replacement. All other methods are simply attempts to artificially recreate the benefits of displacement.

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Re: No reverse lights
« Reply #8 on: 08 October 2009, 19:58 »
i lived without reverse lights on my first mk2 golf. people realise you're reversing when your car starts moving anyway so it makes no difference.
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Offline dragonfly

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Re: No reverse lights
« Reply #9 on: 08 October 2009, 20:04 »
Are reverse lights covered on the MOT?

Fuse is fine - number 14 15amp.
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