robm2
Active member
I hate headlight switches. I have been driving Subarus for 15 years, and the headlights and running lights on those all turn on with the engine. It is impossible to leave them on, unless you hit the "newbie" switch, which turns on the running lights. Once you know about it, it is great.
My 2003 Jetta has a light switch which turns on the running lights, and the headlights if the engine is running,. Kind of like the Subaru newbie switch, but you need it for the headlights too. Really dumb system, it has the worst aspects of both systems: No headlights unless the engine is running, and it is easy to leave the lights on and run the battery flat.
Which is what I did the other day. It is on the charger now. I hope the demobilizer and radio won't give me any grief.
Is there any way to rewire the lights so both the running lights and the headlights come on with the engine, and cannot be left on by accident? Can it be done by rewiring relays, or by playing with the configuration with VCDS?
If someone can tell me the relevant pages in the Bentley manual to see all the headlight wiring, I would be very grateful. I have a scanned PDF version of it, and it is not easy to get around.
My 2003 Jetta has a light switch which turns on the running lights, and the headlights if the engine is running,. Kind of like the Subaru newbie switch, but you need it for the headlights too. Really dumb system, it has the worst aspects of both systems: No headlights unless the engine is running, and it is easy to leave the lights on and run the battery flat.
Which is what I did the other day. It is on the charger now. I hope the demobilizer and radio won't give me any grief.
Is there any way to rewire the lights so both the running lights and the headlights come on with the engine, and cannot be left on by accident? Can it be done by rewiring relays, or by playing with the configuration with VCDS?
If someone can tell me the relevant pages in the Bentley manual to see all the headlight wiring, I would be very grateful. I have a scanned PDF version of it, and it is not easy to get around.