Rear door puddle lights MIA?

ratkc135

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Feb 21, 2013
Location
Lawson, MO
TDI
2002 Jetta TDI, 2015 Passat
I just picked up a ‘15 SEL. I noticed no rear door puddle lights. Pulled the lens off and this explains why no lights:



I thought the SEL had all options...why would the light assemblies not be there? Did they remove them for my model year?



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VeeDubFamily

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Mar 18, 2015
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Temescal Valley, CA
TDI
2013 NMS Passat TDI SEL
They’ve never existed in the NMS Passat platform. They have to be added. There’s a thread on TDI club that shows exactly what wires to tap into to enable this feature. [emoji106]


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ratkc135

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Feb 21, 2013
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Lawson, MO
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2002 Jetta TDI, 2015 Passat
They’ve never existed in the NMS Passat platform. They have to be added. There’s a thread on TDI club that shows exactly what wires to tap into to enable this feature. [emoji106]


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Mmm. Strange they put them in front doors but not the rears. I’ll dig into what it takes to add them just out of curiosity.


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06bluebeetletdi

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Sep 30, 2012
Location
Middlesex, NC
TDI
'14 Passat TDI SEL and '13 Beetle TDI
A friend of mine has a ‘12 se 2.5 manual passat, his has rear door lights. My ‘14 sel Premium tdi does not.
 

jck66

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Jan 4, 2001
Location
Greenwich, CT, USA
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12 Passat SE / 14 BMW 535d
IIRC the '12 models had them and then in '13 they were de-contented out. There were several changes like this between model years. For example, my '12 SE has both puddle lights and climatronic, but no rear vents (MY '13 feature).
 

compu_85

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Sep 29, 2003
Location
La Conner, WA
TDI
... None :S
Yes, they were there on 12's.

FWIW, adding them is a real pain. They are driven by the module in the front door, so both door harnesses, and the body harness are different.

Thanks,

-J
 
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