Reverse / Reversing light/s

[craig_the_german]

Hi David,

There is only one reverse light....you are not imagining things.

[Maverick]

Hi All,
Just need a straight answer seeing as the dealer here is useless.

In what way?

I have a golf MK6 2009 (november) with the comfortline model 7 speed DSG TSI.
When in reverse it appears I only have one reverse light on the one side. Are there supposed to be two lights?

Thanks in advance.
David

The manual covers this and so does looking at the back of the car as you can see one red lense on the drivers side for the rear fog light and on the passenger side a white light for reversing.

If you do a search as well you will find this topic has been done to death.

[Lima]

They've done a slightly better job of disguising the different lights with the Mk6, but on the pic below (click on it for a larger image) you can see the rear fog in the left cluster and the single reverse light on the right cluster...



...it is worth noting that the fog light should appear on the drivers side of the car. The image shown above is a LHD vehicle, so on the OP's car the fog/reverse light arrangement should be the other way around.

[donweather]

Apologies if this has already been discussed elsewhere as I'm on the Tiguan forums as opposed to the Golf forums, but our next door neighbour has recently purchased a Golf (diesel, auto) and noticed that only her lefthand side reverse light comes on when in reverse. She took it back to the dealer and they said this was standard. Can anyone confirm or dispell this for me please?

[daft009]

yes there is only one, most european cars only have the one.
The other is a rear fog light.

EDIT: pretty sure the tiguan would be the same too!

[donweather]

yes there is only one, most european cars only have the one.
The other is a rear fog light.

EDIT: pretty sure the tiguan would be the same too!

Thanks. Tiggy is different as it has two small reverse lights just above the bumper.

Just for clarity, her tail lights are these ones:

http://www.bks-tuning.com/WebRoot/St...iginal_1_1.jpg

[donweather]

yes there is only one, most european cars only have the one.
The other is a rear fog light.

If it's a rear fog light, why is it clear?

[daft009]

Thanks. Tiggy is different as it has two small reverse lights just above the bumper.

Just for clarity, her tail lights are these ones:

http://www.bks-tuning.com/WebRoot/St...iginal_1_1.jpg

If it's a rear fog light, why is it clear?

My bad, I thought it would be exactly the same as the Mk5 (which is what I have)..
perhaps wait for someone with a Mk6 to comment or read the manual

[Maverick]

Apologies if this has already been discussed elsewhere as I'm on the Tiguan forums as opposed to the Golf forums, but our next door neighbour has recently purchased a Golf (diesel, auto) and noticed that only her lefthand side reverse light comes on when in reverse. She took it back to the dealer and they said this was standard. Can anyone confirm or dispell this for me please?

Why did she bother taking it to the dealer and wasting their time if she wasn't going to believe them?

She could start with RTFM which will tell her this, or she could look closely at the lights at the rear and see that clearly one is a fog and one is a reverse, or she could test it with the fogs and reverse light on or .......

[Brendan_A]

If it's a rear fog light, why is it clear?

The Mk6 Golf only has one reverse light on the left side and the other side is a fog light. The reason for it being clear is because it's a high intensity red bulb. If you had of looked closely you would see it's a red bulb.