2005 Golf TDI bulb replacement question

[koolerking]

HI,

Im going to be picking up my newly purchased TDI this weekend, and i know the light bulb fault dash light came on when i was testing it. I've told the garage i'll replace it, but wasn't sure how or if you can tell which bulb it is. From looking at the comfortline and VW spec its a clever car, but can it tell you which bulb it is or is it a case of walking around the car with the light on/brake pedal being pressed?

[Maverick]

HI,

Im going to be picking up my newly purchased TDI this weekend, and i know the light bulb fault dash light came on when i was testing it. I've told the garage i'll replace it, but wasn't sure how or if you can tell which bulb it is. From looking at the comfortline and VW spec its a clever car, but can it tell you which bulb it is or is it a case of walking around the car with the light on/brake pedal being pressed?

You can plug the car into a dealer tool or RossTech vcds and that will tell you which bulb, the cars with the full height MFD actually tell you which one has blown but without either of these two you just need to do the walkaround. Most bulbs are monitored including the footwell, headlights, indicators, brake, tail, number plate, reverse and fog lights.

[koolerking]

Hi Maverick,

Thanks for the reply. I was thinking it may be a walk around! I'll get them to help out when i pick it up!

[mhaverk]

My 08 TDI tells me which globe it is and I only have half height MFD.

[koolerking]

My 08 TDI tells me which globe it is and I only have half height MFD.

Hhmm, im going for the 2005 comfortline tdi, which i think has the 2 1/2 displays? Would that tell you which one it is?

[maca]

My 08 TDI tells me which globe it is and I only have half height MFD.

Are youuuuuuu sure? All Golf's/Jetta's MY08+ have the full height MFD.

[Maverick]

Are youuuuuuu sure? All Golf's/Jetta's MY08+ have the full height MFD.

From memory on the Golfs it's

MY06 -> Cars with factory satnav have full height MFD
MY07.5 GT Sports have full height MFD
MY08 GTI/R32/GT have full height MFD
MY09 all models have full height MFD (or it might have been MY08.5 when they released the pacific and other upgraded models)

[HiTorque]

2005 model with half size mfd would not tell you which bulb gone, just walk around...easy