Rear Fog activation
Hi, This is my first post and I hope someone can help me. Can I add rear fog lights (included in the tail lights) to my 2007 US GTI? How? Do I really want rear fogs ? :-
Thanks, Phil
DIgging up the past here, but was there ever any info turned up about this? Thanks
Quite honestly, at least in the area I live, it is rare to encounter fog conditions severe enough to properly warrant illuminating the rear fog light. Last time I encountered such conditions was February 2007. Using a rear fog when conditions do not require is just rude and should get you pulled over.
My first experience with rear fog lights was in a German rental car (all cars sold for use in Germany have a rear fog light by law). I discovered if you ignorantly leave the rear fog on when its is not needed in Germany, the other drivers will go off on you too
Yes, a rear fog light can be added to the US market Mk V GTI. The process physically involves adding a headlight switch with rear fog control, adding a wire from that new switch to the Central Electronics Controller (to activate rear fog indicator in the tach), moving the driver's side inner tail light wire to a new location on the CEC and a fixture or bulb change to the driver's side inner tail light. Reprogramming of CEC settings with a VAG-COM completes the task.
I activated mine mainly because the LED tail upgrade came with rear fog and I was less than anxious to disassemble the fixture to remove the red lens. I used a VW Vortex
Jetta rear fog DIY as my guide. As it relates to the rear fog wiring and controller settings, the a5 Jetta/GLI and the a5 Golf/Rabbit/GTI /r32 are the same. LED tails have tungsten filament inner fixtures, so the process is the same for any tail light fixture too.