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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Polson" <tp@whsmithnet.co.uk>
To: "David Marshall" <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 1:20 AM
Subject: Re: Why is there an additional signal marker dash
lamp on European vans?

> David Marshall wrote:
> >
> > Both my Syncro Camper and my Syncro Single Cab Tow Truck
> that I imported
> > from Germany have an additional signal indicator lamp
> mounted on the dash
> > that flashes once when I turn the signal markers on.
Why
> is this?
>
>
> Hi David,
>
> Just a thought from the east side of the pond, but are
> either/both of them fitted with a tow hitch and Euro
> electrics for a trailer?
>
> If so, the additional indicator lamp is to confirm that
the
> turn indicators on the trailer are working as they should.
> The lamp is designed to flash in synch with the trailer
> indicators.  If the connecting plug(s) is/are not fully
> inserted, or if there is a wiring fault, the normal turn
> indicator lamp will flash as usual but the additional lamp
> will not, thereby indicating the problem.
>
> I have an extra lamp on my Vanagon(Transporter)'s dash and
> that is its purpose.  It was fitted when the tow hitch and
> trailer electrics were installed.
>
> Tony
> (in the UK)
>