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Fri 25 Aug 2006 17:05

Passat Estate - Rear Bulbs- - Glaikit Wee Scunner {P}

Just before holidays I noticed NS stop light filament had gone on my Passat (2002 Model).

Easy to get at the bulbs unlike front ones. Remove side cover in boot - undo indicator bulb holder, 1/4 turn twist- carefuly move the two retaining tags and then the whole bulb holder assembly comes away. Assembly is the reverse.

The bulb is 21W/4W and has the assymetric pins - so took me a while to find a garage selling them.

BUT the bulb next to the stop/tail one is identical and is wired up to use ONLY the tail bulb filament. Weird.
So I could have simply swapped the bulbs around and been OK.

The saloon may be the same.
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I wasna fu but just had plenty.

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Sat 29 Dec 2012 13:29

Passat Estate - Rear Bulbs- - JAE

Thanks for this, Excellent Advice, Bulbs Swapped, Problem solved!

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