Reverse lights

metz · Post by **metz** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:16 pm

its m.o.t time in the morning and i gave the car a once over earlier to find out the reverse lights have packed up, checked the m.o.t handbook and can't find any mention of them being a requirement..anyone know if thats right?

bulbs are fine fuses are fine and ALL other lights work perfectly..well apart from the blue l.e.d interior light half the l.e.ds have packed up but i think thats a totally different story.

ste mk1lx · Post by **ste mk1lx** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:45 pm

there is no requiremant for reverse lights at all.

metz · Post by **metz** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:46 pm

omicron · Post by **omicron** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:17 pm

Not a fail point at all. The one on my old panda didn't work in all the time I had it until I finally added a manual on/off switch on the dash for it.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 8:06 pm

hmm, maybe just your wire has got unclipped?

anyway, nope, reversing lights are purely optional (there as an accessory so you can better see what's behind at night - not as a warning to other road users!*) ... fog lights is what they get uptight about.

though i think if you had an old mk1 you could probably get away with that and all - cant remember what the manufacture date was that allowed you to not have fogs...

* not that the dopey sods ever pay ANY attention to them ever, anyway

metz · Post by **metz** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 11:42 pm

They work now..seems the plug on the gearbox wasnt fastened on right..i wonder how that fell off

passed the m.o.t without a single problem yet again.