Technical Fiat panda 1.2 2006 reverse light

[Nixon22]

Hey, I have a fiat panda 06 petrol 169

the reverse lights on driver side has stopped working, passenger side is fine.

I swapped the bulb but did not fix it. So I took the working lighting unit from the left and plugged it into the right and the reverse light didn’t work, put it back on left and works.

I’m wondering do they have an individual fuse per light or is this likely to be a wiring issue, the rest of the lights breaks etc are fine.

Due MOT in a couple weeks so trying to sort it out as worries it may fail on it.

 

[koalar]

Not sure I understand

I thought they had one fog light and one reversing light

 

[Nixon22]

Ahh that would make a lot more sense I thought it had two for some reason deffo feel silly now

 

[koalar]

 

[koalar]

Ahh that would make a lot more sense I thought it had two for some reason deffo feel silly now

Don't feel bad

Quote 1970 The Milwaukee Sentinel

"There is no such thing as a stupid question if it's sincere. Better to ask and risk appearing stupid than to continue on your ignorant way and make a stupid mistake"

 

[DaveMcT]

The reversing light has to work for the MoT, but it's utterly useless. Use the hazard flashers instead.

 

[irc]

I usually replace the reversing light bulb with an LED on my own Pandas, which does give a worthwhile improvement over the standard bulb (which is pretty useless for seeing anything when reversing).
(It's not monitored for bulb failure, so no warnings, and it doesn't flash or light up dimly when off.)
These ones seem to work pretty well

https://amzn.eu/d/8rf5qQ9