Tailight Fuse???

[snipa_mini85]

Just a general question for mkIV Jetta owners. Do you know which fuse is for the tailights?
Just bought my mkIV and I was yelled at by another driver yesterday because my tailights weren't on at night. So I pulled over into a parking lot to see if the lights were burnt out but the signal lights and brake lights worked fine.
So I am wondering if it's a fuse for the running lights of my tailights? Or could both of the bulbs be burnt out?

[nismodrifter]

Re: Tailight Fuse???

Your running lights are NOT your brake lights.

Running lights are 2nd from the bottom (ie: reverse is at the bottom of the taillight...running lights are in the strip above them).

Check/replace your bulbs.

[snipa_mini85]

Re: Tailight Fuse???

Ok, so basically it's the bulbs if all the other lights in the tailight assembly work fine?

[Jester B]

Re: Tailight Fuse???

I have a MK4 Golf and have learned to carry spare bulbs with me for my tail lights. I am always replacing tail lights, brake lights, etc. From the number of lights out, I know I'm not alone in this...

The nice thing about the German engineering is it takes about a minute to replace them.

[Khyron]

Re: Tailight Fuse???

Odd. My car is an 02 with 80K and I've only changed one rear bulb. And I don't find them easy compared to other cars.

Khyron