I was told by my parts guy that the back up light switch is the same as the reverse light switch.
if is xsara picasso then: from inside move carpet on the left side, there you see two metal parts which need to be squeeze and all rear light come off. Then you take off plastic where are all bulbs in, brake, direction and reverse bulb
The reverse wire on the side of trans mite have came off or you may have afalty reverse switch on trans or a bad ground from bolbes.
Remove the cover to the shifter column. The indicator light will need to be detached from the wiring harness. Reverse the process to install the new light.
Have you tried wire woolling the termials and the flex connectors - 80% of all reverse light failures are due to bad connection - rust, damp, dirt are all the bain of caravaning.
For the classis joke, I think you need 10 French engineers. 9 of them suppose to touching the light bulb till the last one suggest to read the instruction..
The positive wire for the reverse light is typically the one that carries power to the light bulb. It is usually connected to the switch that is activated when the vehicle is put into reverse gear. You can use a multimeter to test which wire is carrying power when the vehicle is in reverse.
how to change reverse light in a 00 passat
Remove the retaining nuts holding the housing in then push the light assembly outward from the rear fascia. I just had the same problem with my '03 Grand AM GT. Well, similar problem - in my case somehow the socket was dislodged and I found the harness hanging down with the reminents of the light bulb! Needless to say I had nice pool of water in the reverse light housing.
It is called 'trans range sensor",it is part of the valve body,trans pan has to be removed to access it
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Citroen xsara Picasso dashboard light bulb is the bulb that's for the dashboard light climate control. The you tube web site gives you information as how to change the bulb.