reversing lights

[bensonsnuts]

My reversing lights have bit the dust.I,ve checked the bulbs,I,ve checked the fuse - all ok.
I seem to remember when I first got the car they were u/s but the mechanic reckoned they came back on as soon as he,d checked them.
Anybody had a similar problem or got any ideas ?

[Koi]

My reversing lights have bit the dust.I,ve checked the bulbs,I,ve checked the fuse - all ok.
I seem to remember when I first got the car they were u/s but the mechanic reckoned they came back on as soon as he,d checked them.
Anybody had a similar problem or got any ideas ?

seem to recall someone else having this problem, think it was something to do with the micro switch or wiring to it on the gearbox when selecting reverse

[valarius]

to those in the know is a manual switch for a reversing lamp mot pass or fail ????

[Guest]

to those in the know is a manual switch for a reversing lamp mot pass or fail ????

Not sure but I don't think that Reversing lights are a requirement for a car to pass an MOT anyway, never seen them tested anyway and I always watch when my car is Mot'd.

Cheers

[Linda]

Not sure but I don't think that Reversing lights are a requirement for a car to pass an MOT anyway, never seen them tested anyway and I always watch when my car is Mot'd.

Cheers

However I believe that if they are fitted there are required to work... I guess it depends how thorough the MOT inspector is...

[NiftyNev]

My reversing lights have bit the dust.I,ve checked the bulbs,I,ve checked the fuse - all ok.
I seem to remember when I first got the car they were u/s but the mechanic reckoned they came back on as soon as he,d checked them.
Anybody had a similar problem or got any ideas ?

My reverse lights did no work when I purchased the Surf so I fiddled with the switch on gearbox and they worked.Next time I put in reverse they did not.Will get around to removing switch one day and see what the problem is.I think they have a pin on the end which works off something in the gearbox and this part is probably worn.

Neville

[TonyN]

Never seen a MOT'er check the reversing lights before. Most likely to be the gearbox switch if you wanna fix it.