Golf Mk3 Owners - A Quick Question

[pmanson]

Recently purchased a 94 L VW Golf. However I keep on leaving my lights on because there is no buzzor to remind me I have left them on.

I'm guessing if it has one that a fuse has gone. Any ideas?

Cheers,

PHill

[mike s]

Dont you see 2 bright lights infront of you when you get out?

[pmanson]

mike s said:

Dont you see 2 bright lights infront of you when you get out?

Haha! Sometimes have my sidelights on when i'm driving to work (leave quite early) then by the time i've got to the office its daylight so I forget their on. Shut the door, press the keyfob and walk off. (Did exactly that last night at the gym and came out to find my lights on)

[KITT]

I'm guessing they don't have a buzzer as there's a woman who often parks her Golf next to me at work and I've reminded her twice about leaving her lights on! Or perhaps the buzzer going is a common fault?

[pmanson]

KITT said:

I'm guessing they don't have a buzzer as there's a woman who often parks her Golf next to me at work and I've reminded her twice about leaving her lights on! Or perhaps the buzzer going is a common fault?

Its a royal pain in the arse! Oh well i suppose it'll become part of the routine.

[vixpy1]

Nope , no buzzer. I used to do this!

[raceboy]

A couple of DIY buzzers........

www.elises.co.uk/diy/buzzer/

www.porsche964.co.uk/technical/lightson.htm

[Ahonen]

There's a little green light just above the light switch that seems to illuminate when the ignition's off and the lights are on, but it's very easy to miss. I used to leave ex-g/f's Golf's lights on quite often.

Whatever did we do before they invented buzzers...

[gRsf12]

erm...had a relay that switched them on only when the ignition was on? Why is that so hard?

What are sidelights for anyway - whether you need to see or be seen, just use full headlights.

And why do manufacturers only insist on fitting front fog lights as supplementary lighting? What I want are integrated driving lamps so I can actually see up the road at a sensible driving speed!

[DanH]

I had an N reg Golf VR6 and it most certainly did have a buzzer...

[Munter]

gRsf12 said:

erm...had a relay that switched them on only when the ignition was on? Why is that so hard?

As was fitted to my fiat Punto sx. i never thought that Italians would have better electronics than the germans!

[vixpy1]

Munter said:

gRsf12 said: erm...had a relay that switched them on only when the ignition was on? Why is that so hard? As was fitted to my fiat Punto sx. i never thought that Italians would have better electronics than the germans!

yes but how long did the Puntos work for?

[GlenMH]

gRsf12 said:

erm...had a relay that switched them on only when the ignition was on? Why is that so hard? What are sidelights for anyway - whether you need to see or be seen, just use full headlights.

Don't forget that there are some circumstances when you are supposed to leave them on when parked after dark.... in an unlit speed limit above 30?

Guess who needs a refresher on his highway code

I own a 92 K Mark III and it does not have a buzzer either. 2 push starts in 12 months... grrrr

Glen

[blueski]

I have an L-reg Golf MK3 GL, and there's definitely no buzzer (either that, or the fuse has blown too..).

[tigerk]

I had a 93 Golf CL, and it didn't have a warning buzzer. my 96 GTi has got one. Guess it depends on the model. How about picking up one from a breakers and fitting it.

[edc]

Who would have thought a 1997 Seat, which pilfered VW parts, would have one and that it works.

[WBC]

I have a 1995 Golf 1.8CL and it definitely does have a buzzer.

[walsingham]

mine has a buzzer and a faint gren light behind the plastic by the switch.

Noisy little bugger it is.

[smb]

The buzzer on a Mk3 is a relay type device that plugs into the fuse box. Not a terribly good design, becuase in the act of buzzing and vibrating it, rub the solder on the small pcb inside the relay away, and eventually it doesn't work! Some of those without a buzzer might just have relays that have failed.