Rear Lights...?

**Gumpf** · 19-11-2011, 12:44 AM

Hey all. I'm going to excuse the seemingly stupid nature of this question but its been on my mind since Monday night and figured I'd finally ask it. I was informed that when I put the car in reverse, only one side had a reverse light turn on. I thought he was being a clown and didn't believe it so I checked and sure enough one reverse light. The right hand side light only turned on when I pulled the rear fog lights on, and that was red as well.
My question is whether or not thats normal. I would have expected both left and right light clusters to show reversing lights.
Do I need to book in to my dealership to get this looked at?
Anyone?

**wilditr** · 19-11-2011, 05:24 AM

I was also concerned aboutt this in my GTI that was delivered last week but the dealer advised that it only has the one reverse light and the other is the fog light.

**Gumpf** · 19-11-2011, 06:29 AM

Phew. Well I feel better. Thanks mate!

**dylan8** · 19-11-2011, 09:25 AM

yeah believe a lot of cars come with just 1 reversing light (mums focus is the same, not just vdub)

**gavs** · 19-11-2011, 12:43 PM

You will find nearly all euro cars have only the 1 reverse light so yes, completely normal

**Gumpf** · 19-11-2011, 02:18 PM

Thankyou all for clearing that up for me!
I've come from a family of Toyotas and as such have grown up with 2 reversing lights. Mum has a Prius, Dad drives a Hilux, brother owns a Camry and they all have got them. I'm the black sheep of the family and got a little crazy!

**RoknRob** · 19-11-2011, 08:11 PM

I've asked this before, and I will ask it again...

Am I the only one to think this is ridiculous?

The (single) reversing light is so dim as to make it almost useless!

And how, exactly, is this rear fog light meant to be useful? It can only be turned on when the lights are all already on! So, a little wedge of red under the taillight is supposed to make a difference?

I'd be pleased to be enlightened...

**apples** · 19-11-2011, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by RoknRob

I've asked this before, and I will ask it again...

Am I the only one to think this is ridiculous?

The (single) reversing light is so dim as to make it almost useless!

And how, exactly, is this rear fog light meant to be useful? It can only be turned on when the lights are all already on! So, a little wedge of red under the taillight is supposed to make a difference?

I'd be pleased to be enlightened...

I'm with you on this. I love my Polo except for this horrible excuse of a reversing light. There aren't a lot of street lights in my street and the reversing light is too dim. It's the one thing I miss about my Astra - two bright reversing lights.

**PoloDave** · 19-11-2011, 09:58 PM

even my E46 BMW only had 1 rear light, so I'm used to not having them. In combination with my black rear windows it basically comes down to reversing while using my memory on where some poles/curbs/potholes are

**babs** · 24-11-2011, 07:06 AM

Originally Posted by apples

I'm with you on this. I love my Polo except for this horrible excuse of a reversing light. There aren't a lot of street lights in my street and the reversing light is too dim. It's the one thing I miss about my Astra - two bright reversing lights.

I wonder if it's possible to use a stronger watt bulb for the single reverse light without getting any errors on the dash?