polo driving lights

[darkfriend]

Hi all,

Went with my partner today to pick up her new Polo TSI and its a very nice car. The manual says that it has driving lights (page 92) and that there are two ways to activate them:
1) get the service people to do it!
2) lift up the indicator stalk while also pushing it back, turn on ignition for three seconds then turn off.

We have tried this and it doesn't appear to work. Are we doing something wrong, or is the manual not correct for the Australian model

ie: does the polo TSI actually have driving lights? If so how do you activate the little guys.

Said girlfriend bought a pepper grey metallic polo that looks great but hard to see. Driving lights would help. Really like them on my golf!

Thanks

[GTI mk6]

If it's the same as my Golf, try lifting up and pulling towards steering wheel and hold till you hear a beep sound, still turn ignition
on for 3 seconds then off.
I wanted mine off so that was pushing indicator switch down and towards steering wheel then ignition on and off again.

Going by memory here, as it's been a while since I had to do this
Hope this works

PS sorry not sure if POLO does have driving lights or not, my manual covers all options, quiet a few are not available to us in Oz

[pologti18t]

Driving lights? Or do you mean daytime running lights?

[darkfriend]

Driving lights? Or do you mean daytime running lights?

I think the two things are may actually different....but I'm not sure how. The manual for the Golf mentions both, I don't know about the Polo. Anywho, would like to turn on day-time/ driving lights in the Polo. Has anyone got these on? Does the Australian model have them like in the Golf??

Anyone?

[pologti18t]

Driving lights where usually additional lights that came on with highbeam. Can't think of any stock production car with them except the accessory lights on a new MINI.

No Polo model then has driving lights.

[William_Foster]

Driving Lights [Fog Lights] are available on the Polo as part of the Sports Package; Daytime Running Lights are only available on the Polo GTi [At this stage].

Basically if you don't have a Polo GTi you won't have the Daytime Running Lights [Even if you have a GTi it is unlikely you will have them because I don't know if there is one in Australia with them given the discussion in other threads]; the Driving Lights [Fog Lights] are installed in the lower half of the front bumper on the standard Polo, but if you don't have the Sports Pack you won't have them.

Hope this helps!

[STV4SYT]

To the OP. What is wrong with running with low beam on?

Even though my GTI has DRL's aesthetically I prefer the low beam. I just leave low turned on and lights come on and off automatically with the ignition. May be the same in polo but haven't tested.

[GTi Crow]

Polo without comfort pack does not have the GTI auto off lights. Turn the ignition off with lights on and it beeps at you reminding you to turn your lights off.

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