2005 Comfortline Footwell Lights

[davidorama]

My 05 Golf has footwell lights that blink as I turn the ignition. Annoys the hell out of me. I did some research and it seems that these could be a cheap after market add on.

Did the Comfortline feature footwell lights?

If no, I’ll rip them put.

[JustCruisn]

Check the bulbs, i'd say you have some LEDs in there, the originals are just halogen festoon bulbs, not sure of the exact size and wattage.

[sebas_thefish]

Yes they did come with them, if they're flickering on startup they're probably LED replacements and the flickering is normal.

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[davidorama]

Good news. Thanks people. I’ll get under the dash and see if I can’t replace the LEDs easily.I guessed the LEDS might flicker because footwell lights, like on my old BMW, faded to black automatically - was hoping the flickering was due to the LEDs struggling with the lowering voltage... I’ll report the outcome when I get to it.

[gle1234]

Very easy to replace the footwell lights, you can just pop the housing out with a trim tool. I tried LEDs once down there - way too bright for me.

[davidorama]

For future reference, the standard footwell globes are type W5W 12v 5w globes.