Reverse / Reversing light/s

[Dirty_Big_Bjelke]

Can any of the members here who have taken delivery of a MkVI tell me if the new Golfs still have the single reverse light? Anyone able to take a photo and post it up? Thanks in advance.

[golfmk6]

I'm not sure.. I will have a look into the morning for you !

[SLA14h]

Yep, mine has 1 reverse light and a bright red fog light on the other side.

[maca]

Kinda strange if you ask me, they've got enough space there to have both reverse and fog on the inner cluster yet they still opt to have one of each..

[Shteifen]

its just cos they would have to think of another place to have the fog light. makes it a little more simple. only just though. VW, go figure!

also the park lights on the hatch go off when you open the boot too. know why? pollution. really, you say? yeah thats so the alternator doesnt have to sun that little bit harder, draining power from the engine, causing slightly worse emissions. im not making this up, i work for vw, they told me this at training!

freakin germans, they think of everything
-Steve

[phaeton]

Yes still one on the passenger side of vehicle.

I saw one being reversed at the Dealership

[Dirty_Big_Bjelke]

Yes still one on the passenger side of vehicle.

I saw one being reversed at the Dealership

Thanks!. I find the one on our MkV completely useless guess the MkVI will be the same

[pologti18t]

its just cos they would have to think of another place to have the fog light. makes it a little more simple. only just though. VW, go figure!

also the park lights on the hatch go off when you open the boot too. know why? pollution. really, you say? yeah thats so the alternator doesnt have to sun that little bit harder, draining power from the engine, causing slightly worse emissions. im not making this up, i work for vw, they told me this at training!

freakin germans, they think of everything
-Steve

Wow... i would have thought that slamming the hatch with the lights on may reduce the lifespan of the bulbs. But I suppose there is no reason to have lights on if they can't be seen

[geoff_gti]

Surely it would be easier for VW just to have both lights in each cluster, like the Mk IV... the fog light is only plugged in on one side, but because they would be interchangable for RHD and LHD that means there's only one set of lights to be designed in the factory. With the MkV and now VI they'd have to have specific RHD and LHD sets. Maybe that's cheaper for them to design and build, rather than having the space for both lights in each side but it still seems a bit weird....

Clever by them if the lights turn off when you open the boot though! I wouldn't have thought of it

[mark4323]

Yep, mine has 1 reverse light and a bright red fog light on the other side.

So the 'did you know that one of your reversing lights is out' comment lives on.

[blutopless2]

you can always change the foglight one to a reversing one.. just buy a euro taillight assembly.
I want to do this with my jetta... think it looks better and rear foglight doesn't get used anyways.

[geoff_gti]

you can always change the foglight one to a reversing one.. just buy a euro taillight assembly.
I want to do this with my jetta... think it looks better and rear foglight doesn't get used anyways.

Assuming the wiring loom is the same on both sides! Otherwise you'll have to engage reverse, and flick your rear foglight switch on for it to work

[Corey_R]

So the 'did you know that one of your reversing lights is out' comment lives on.

Yeh - that's SO annoying! Grrrr

[blutopless2]

Assuming the wiring loom is the same on both sides! Otherwise you'll have to engage reverse, and flick your rear foglight switch on for it to work

sorry i didn't explain the whole deal here....
you have to obviously change the wiring as the loom is not the same for oz and euro cars.
all you need to do is loop the wiring from the existing rear fog light over to the other taillight assembly.
i did this on our nbc so it has two reverse lights and no rear fog light. imho it looks much neater on the rear of the car.

[geoff_gti]

Ah well done. I was wondering if the loom going to both sides may have actually accomodated both circuits but only one was connected etc depending on LHD or RHD. Assume you just ran it through the inside of the panel work under the boot lid then.