Check Engine Light Gone ?

[LeaMedhurst]

Hi All

I am new here , check out my intro here. I sure hope you guys are nicer then the "new Jetta" section

Anyway I am going to start with a real dumb question and yes I did try searching and googling etc.

My car has a rough idle , I am pretty sure its plugs / leads / coil but just to be sure I want to check the fault codes but on my 95 Mrk3 VR6 (pretty sure its ODB I) where is the check engine light ?
I have a sneaking suspicion its been removed.

Here is my dash, should it be between the battery and head light ?


Any help appreciated.

[Ben J]

80% sure OBD1 VR6's dont even have a check engine light from factory! My old one definitely didnt.

[LeaMedhurst]

aha , thanks for that , so the only way to get error codes is using the appropriate reader ? ........ right ?

[KKK VR6]

Here is my dash, should it be between the battery and head light ?


Any help appreciated.

Welcome to the forums man
yes thats right, in between the battery and hand brake light ! (assuming that strip where all the warning lights are, is the same as a GL).
Check egine lights only come on when something bad has happened/about to happen that has the potential to screw the motor up (pretty sure of this), so having a rough idle wont bring that light on.
im pretty sure you carnt get to the back of that warning light strip, you can only change the bulbs i think.
oh an thats a 98model dash.
go through the basic catergories (air, fuel, electrical) to figure the problem out.
and i think tocheck for error codes the only way is using some vagcom cable thingy.

[LeaMedhurst]

Thanks guys, very friendly and I have to say that the manual VR6 is the family favourite above the new jetta