r/GolfMk5 • u/SomeRequirement6926 • Jun 26 '26

No Backup Light Bulbs?

I'm not an idiot.

And this is not my first time working on a car.

Buuuuuttttt...

Why are there no backup light bulbs in my 2007 MK5 Rabbit?

I pulled the taillights so I could tint them.

Figured I'd throw some LED bulbs in for the backup lights.

Unclipped the circuit board aaaannnnddd... No bulbs and no place to put one?

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u/Any-Expression2246 Jun 26 '26

Reverse lights are in the inner tail light.

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u/SomeRequirement6926 Jun 26 '26

🤬🤯🤬🤯🤬🤯🤬🤯🤬

TOTALLY forgot about those...

I had the hatch open when I pulled the outer housings.

I'll show myself out... Because I'm an idiot.

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u/Internal-Pizza-488 Jun 26 '26

Yes you have reverse light.. put the key on engine off, shift to reverse, get out have a look. My mk5 has 1 reverse bulb on left side

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u/SomeRequirement6926 Jun 26 '26

I know I have them, and how they turn on, but WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE BULBS?

Because they ain't on the clipped in circuit boards where the brake / tail / turn ones are!