Number plate lights out

[REVHE4D]

I had a light com on the dash last week, telling me I had a blown bulb. After looking I found the Number plate lights out, I took the covers off and checked the bulbs, all good.

What I found was the left housing had cracked slightly causing the positive bulb housing to break and become loose causing a short. I checked the fuses but could not find a blown fuse, I also ordered a new housing from VAG and have installed it, but still not lights as I expected.

I took it to my auto electrician today to have a look, he said they were getting no power, and no fuses were blown, so he said I need to take it to VAG as they have the means to fix it, amd it could be a body control module .

Every other light on my T5 works, any ideas on how I could fix this small issue cheaply?

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[TheKiwi]

If you haven't tried, try disconnecting the battery for a while then see what happens.

Sunny43 gave this tip in another thread and it worked for them....

[REVHE4D]

If you haven't tried, try disconnecting the battery for a while then see what happens.

Sunny43 gave this tip in another thread and it worked for them....

TheKiwi thanks for that tip, I would never have thought about doing that, and it has fixed the issue. One would have thought it would just blow a fuse?
I am so happy this has been fixed, another modern car idiosyncrasy.

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[Sunny43.5]

If I had been home earlier I would have beat the Kiwi with the info , had to work about 4 hours north of Brissie today so late getting back . Yes it is a strange thing the way the circuits shut down after a short .

[LogicprObe]

I have that same light up and can't find why either!
Sometimes it comes on straight away........and other times after a few minutes of driving.
I think I'll plug the computer in and clear it on the weekend and see what happens after that.

[TheKiwi]

Don't thank me Rev head, I'm purely stealing Sunny's great work!

My T6's front left day time running light is always going out. Its not blowing the bulb, it's a dodgy connection with where the bulb holder "screws" into the head lamp assembly... Drives me up the bloody wall having the warning light pop up all the time.