Hey Everybody,
After 14 years, the light in the shifter on my '90 GLI finally burned out....Volkswagen wants $50 for the bulb, and I can't fathom spending that for a dinky little light...so, does anybody have a working light that they would be willing to part with?
Please let me know,
Regards,
Peter
wow... i didn't know those things EVER worked :-D
I hate it when things that should work in my Jetta don't...
After 14 years you're going to complain about things not woring
When everything else in the car functions as it should, it annoys me when something doesn't work as it should...and I'm not complaining that the bulb only lasted 14 years....
Is that the up arrow light during shifting? I can't believe that light bulb cost so much.
No...I poorly worded the question....it's the light in the centre console for the Automatic Transmission Shifter...
That's what i was thinking when I wrote that... but reread and figured out it was the other light...
me three...
The one in my 95 Golf went out a few years ago. It took 'til recently to realize there was a gear indicator on the dash. 8p
GLIs were available with autos? I knew that late A2 8V GTIs from '90 were, but GLIs (16V?) were too?
My parent's bought my Jetta new in 1990 at Queensway Volkswagen in Toronto, Ontario....It is a Canadian Spec, Jetta GLI (which in itself is odd, b/c at the time the GTX was also being marketed...) anyway, I checked the VIN when I worked at VW and it confirmed that it wasn't a rebadged GL....The odd thing is that it is a 1.8L Digifant engine....go figure...
I called a fellow who worked at the Port of Brunswick, where the car was shipped to, and he checked port documents....this car was 1 of about 50 sent to Canada as Wolfsburg built, Jetta GLIs with Digifant Engines. Mine is a Wolfsburg Edition as well, so it has power windows, power locks, MFI, and a Ski Sack, as well as the time delay dome light.
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