I Guess this is normal ?

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skippy
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I Guess this is normal ?

Post by skippy »

Hello,

I parked today at the side of the road and unknown to me I had left the indicator stalk down when I switched off. The dashboard 'pinged' at me but no obvious reading on the MFD. I locked up but when walking away from the car noticed that the nearside sidelight was on :?

I walked back to the car and as I did a bloke in an old'ish Clio yelled at me and said, its because you have left the indicator switch on mate!

Sure enough, when I moved the indicator back to the 'off' position, all was normal again. Had not seen that before, but having thought about it, I have seen VW's from years ago with just one sidelight left on (parking light).

Being new to VW ownership, I guess I just stumbled upon one of their 'features' :)
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Re: I Guess this is normal ?

Post by jonallen628 »

Yep, Vw's have had this feature for some time. :yes:
08/11 - 12/13 2.0 TSI R DSG, Black / Black Vienna
01/09 - 08/11 2.0 TSI GT DSG, Black / Truffle Vienna

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skippy
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Post by skippy »

Many thanks for confirmig Jon, I must confess to being surprised that a Clio driver was able to tell me what the issue was. He must be familiar with VW's!
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Xcal
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Re: I Guess this is normal ?

Post by Xcal »

If memory serves me right, I had it on my very first car, a VW Polo Mark II '83.
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Re: I Guess this is normal ?

Post by Candy Monster »

a lot of cars have this parking light feature these days. handy :yes:
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