Jetta light alarm question

[Boon]

Got a 06 Jetta TFSI which sounds the high pitched alarm at times when I get out of the car. Noticed only last night that on of the headlights and brake lights remained on. The alarm only goes on once every week or so. HAve tried to turn it off to no avail. Any ideas?

[team_v]

Got a 06 Jetta TFSI which sounds the high pitched alarm at times when I get out of the car. Noticed only last night that on of the headlights and brake lights remained on. The alarm only goes on once every week or so. HAve tried to turn it off to no avail. Any ideas?

If one of the headlights remains on it would be the parking light that has activated.
I see this on the police cars in the city all the time.

Basically if you turn the car off with the indicator still on it will leave the light on a low output to warn other motorists that you have parked (usually useful in foggy/snowy areas).

Happy to be proven wrong.

[MJT]

I dont believe you need to have auto lights on Clay. But yeh if the indicator is left in depending which direction determines which sides parkers are left on.

[blutopless2]

no need to have auto lights.

[jessv3]

Yep its your indicator which has been left on, its only really useful if your parked in a blind spot or its poor visibility. Ive had the feature on my last 3 cars and dont think ive ever needed to use it.

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[Boon]

They are parker lights! Mystery solved

[Jmac]

They are parker lights! Mystery solved

Yep left or right and has been since Mk1 days mate!!!!! they never fail to surprise us mate, actually in the old days especially for the Mk2 and Mk3 people on here there is a party trick amongst techs, hold the main beam on and you can then use the wipers and horn with ign off and key in pocket, feeds off the X relief relay, although the Jetta also has this relay its way to smart to let you do this

cheers
Jmac