Hi!

Bought my Superb two months ago, and I'm very satisfied with my first car =)

Now I am experiencing a little trouble with the light system on my Superb 2003model.

I get the message lights failure in the message display, at random times. The message doesn't allways need to come when I start the car, but it can come while driving, not in any special weather conditions.

I've been walking around the car with the lights on, and the only problem I can find is that the right rear foglight doesn't work.

The left rear foglight works, so I've tried replacing the bulb with a new one, and cross-changing the left and right bulb.

Still only the left side works.

The right rear marking-light, which uses the same bulb as the foglight works as normal.

Does anyone have any suggestions for where I can look further to find the problem? Are the lights controlled by software in the cars computer, which means that it could be a software-bug, or maybe it could be a broken cable or bad contact in the circuit?

Of course it also could be an issue with bad contact with other bulbs, for example the front parking lights, who aren't so easy to see in bright daylight.

Any suggestions out there for how I can solve this?

Thanks in advance

The Superb only uses 1 foglight, which will be on the drivers side, to get them both to work you will need to add an extra wire (from the other foglight) to the light cluster.

Try checking the headlights, I have the same problem and it transpired that the xenons were not self leveling, wiring problem.

Ok, I think I'm maybe having the same problem as you Greg. It doesn't seem like my xenons are self-leveling at all times. Did your wiring problem transpire in bad contact with the cable and connection-point, or cable breakage?

Hi!

Bought my Superb two months ago, and I'm very satisfied with my first car =)

Now I am experiencing a little trouble with the light system on my Superb 2003model.

I get the message lights failure in the message display, at random times. The message doesn't allways need to come when I start the car, but it can come while driving, not in any special weather conditions.

I've been walking around the car with the lights on, and the only problem I can find is that the right rear foglight doesn't work.

The left rear foglight works, so I've tried replacing the bulb with a new one, and cross-changing the left and right bulb.

Still only the left side works.

The right rear marking-light, which uses the same bulb as the foglight works as normal.

Does anyone have any suggestions for where I can look further to find the problem? Are the lights controlled by software in the cars computer, which means that it could be a software-bug, or maybe it could be a broken cable or bad contact in the circuit?

Of course it also could be an issue with bad contact with other bulbs, for example the front parking lights, who aren't so easy to see in bright daylight.

Any suggestions out there for how I can solve this?

Thanks in advance

hello

first there no option for fog light in the left side its avaliable only in the right side so there is no problem with that

the error masseage is probbly from one of the brakes bulbs cheack it!!

yos1111

Edited 14 May, 201016 yr by yos1111

As Gizmo says, it's easy to enable the LH foglamp on the Superb - everything is there including the bulb. All you need is a link wire from the RH lamp. I fitted this when wiring my towbar.

It's a cheapskate trick wiring up one lamp. My car goes to mainland Europe quite often - I don't want a single red lamp on the wrong side.

rotodiesel.

hello

first there no option for fog light in the left side its avaliable only in the right side so there is no problem with that

the error masseage is probbly from one of the brakes bulbs cheack it!!

yos1111

Sine I drive my Superb in Norway I have the steering-wheel on the left side, thats why I have the light on the left side, and you on the right.

I've checked all the bulbs, and there aren't any problems with them, so I'm pretty sure the problem is the xenons not self-leveling.

Sine I drive my Superb in Norway I have the steering-wheel on the left side, thats why I have the light on the left side, and you on the right.

I've checked all the bulbs, and there aren't any problems with them, so I'm pretty sure the problem is the xenons not self-leveling.

Self levelling it is. Try getting your hands on the VAG COM, it'll reveal everything. I've been getting that same message since last autumn. VAG COM indicates voltage problem with the level sensor. In autumn I had a suspension link refitted by a buddy of mine, due to the failure to pass yearly tech inspection (eq. the MOT). I reckon the guy left the sensor lever in a wrong position so it can't operate. But I'm pertty sure that the error message you get is also due to self-levelling issue.

As for the non-working right side rear foglight, mine didn't also, so I took a closer look and in the right side wire bunch (harness) there was a loose wire that I just connected to a pin, that corresponded to a pin that was used on the left side rear light. I found, that otherwise right side was an exact mirrored image of the fully functional left side, except for this one pin that lead me to conclude this is the unused right side foglight connection, and so it was. I didn't even have to draw a new wire, everything was there, including a bulb. Just fitted a connector and snapped it on, voila

P.S. I'm in Finland, so, almost neighbours