vw sharan 2001 tdi - non working fog and reversing lights

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Mon 6 Jun 2011 22:43
vw sharan 2001 tdi - non working fog and reversing lights - tombstoneted

Hi the fog and reversing lights stopped working, i have checked every fuse in the holder and they are ok. the bulbs, the loom on the rear door, (i have a reversing beacon that is wired in by the rear cluster and thats not working too). I'm now thinking it could be the reverse cut out switch for the fog lights? There is a tow bar fitted. the wierd thing is after checking things on a friday evening when nothing worked i tried saturday morning and the reverse lights came on for about a min while i checked it all worked properly, then stopped again. Can anyone hep?? thanks.

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Tue 7 Jun 2011 14:37
vw sharan 2001 tdi - non working fog and reversing lights - TeeCee

> There is a tow bar fitted.

Ah! Have a look at how that's fitted. You may well find a load of scotchlok-and-insulting-taped crud lurking around somewhere in the rear loom.

If your towbar has both 12N and 12S connections, fogs are pin 2 on 12N and reverse are pin 1 on 12S. See if you have volts there when they should be on.

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