Park light oddities

[InMused]

I have notices a strange glitch (maybe) with my lights and need help diagnosing. This has happened three times. I have searched the manual.

• 07 Jetta TDI
• I drive with my lights on all the time (never taken out of the on position).
• When parking I remove the key and open the door and a chime sounds three times with no warning light or message on the dash.
• I get out and lock the car.
• When returning to the car, the left (passenger) park light is still on but all the lights are off.
• When I unlock the car the lights return to normal (on).

Any idea what the chime is and why the park light remains on?

[simonn]

check that your indicator stalk is centralised, to the left the left parkers will stay on, to the right the right parkers will stay on, the chime is to ensure you are aware that you have done this.

[InMused]

check that your indicator stalk is centralised, to the left the left parkers will stay on, to the right the right parkers will stay on, the chime is to ensure you are aware that you have done this.

The wonders of VW engineering will never cease to amaze me. Cheers, you are right.

[Von Richthofen]

Just a European Safety feature to mark the extremities of your car when parking it at night.

I use it often...... Especially in narrow side streets.

[mikinoz]

It's been a feature of all Golfs, since the MK1.