mk4 golf license plate lights not working

[marcoz]

hey guys i had led number plate lights previously and i bought a interior kit and it came with license plate lights as well. the new ones were alot brighter so i put them in and when i arrived at my mates i saw that they stopped working. i tried putting the old leds back in but they dont work as well. anyone got anything on this?

[Juls]

I tried to install LEDs in mine and when i put the second one in they both stopped working. I read on some other forum that one guys replaced his door harness and that fixed his number plate lights. I know my harness is worn cause the puddle light and the interior lights don't react when I open the drivers door. The door harness is a common issue for all mk4's.

[dylan8]

blew a fuse?

iv run LED number plate lights for a good 5 years now no problem

[marcoz]

I tried to install LEDs in mine and when i put the second one in they both stopped working. I read on some other forum that one guys replaced his door harness and that fixed his number plate lights. I know my harness is worn cause the puddle light and the interior lights don't react when I open the drivers door. The door harness is a common issue for all mk4's.

door harness? as in the rubber seal?

[marcoz]

blew a fuse?

iv run LED number plate lights for a good 5 years now no problem

yea the old leds were working fine untill i put these in it could be a fuse ill have a look tomorrow cheers

[Juls]

The harness runs through the rubber grommet tube bit that you see when you open the door up. The mk4's (golf/jetta etc.) came out with a harness shorter than required and as a result the wires go bad overtime. I don't see why the license plate lights would be connected to the door harness in any way. With any luck yours is just a fuse though

[dylan8]

actually if I recall correctly it makes a difference which way you put the LEDs in. flip them around (both new and old)

[marcoz]

actually if I recall correctly it makes a difference which way you put the LEDs in. flip them around (both new and old)

ive flipped them both with the new and old ones im going to try the old globes today when i fit my roof racks but if that doesnt work ill have to go get some fuses

[dylan8]

Why not just check if the fuse is blown, takes 2 seconds

[marcoz]

Why not just check if the fuse is blown, takes 2 seconds

what fuse am i checking? would you know?

[dylan8]

not off the top of my head, but on the back of the fuse cover is a bit of a diagram, should be able to narrow it down to a few

[marcoz]

not off the top of my head, but on the back of the fuse cover is a bit of a diagram, should be able to narrow it down to a few

yeah found out the cause is the new leds i put in, but everything is closed now so it will have to wait untill tomorrow, i dont know if its the parkers that are blowing the fuse aswell it blew the dash lights and me being the curious idiot put a brake light fuse to see if it was the problem and i killed another one so its either dash lights or a brake light.

[marcoz]

late response but it was just the new leds that blew both the fuses that control parker lights and the brake light parkers! thanks guys!