๐๐ Vehicle information: 2021 Polo 1.5L Automatic Pleasure Edition
Vehicle color: white
Mileage: 30,256 km
What happened:
๐ฅ Usually after work, I park my car in the open space outside the house, isn't this changing season, I want to check the car, and take good care of my car in the fall. When I checked the tire, I found that there were many small pebbles in the seam of the tire, and I couldn't pick it off. So I grabbed my keys, got into the car, put on an R gear, and wanted to retreat to the wider road to try it. Before I could stop I heard my husband shouting something in the back, I pressed the window and saw him running over and saying that my Polo reversing light was broken. I was shocked, what's going on, how did the reversing light break for no reason? I didn't bump it, it was broken in just over two years, and it was too fragile. I was a little suspicious, afraid that he didn't see clearly, so I quickly asked him to reverse the car and ran behind the butt of the car to see what happened.
๐ฅ๐ฅ Sure enough, the little Polo only had the reversing light on the right and the dark on the left. Surprise, disappointment, sadness, doubt, mixed feelings. I don't want to go to the 4S shop to fix it on the weekend, I still have to go to work during the week, and the frequency of reversing is not high, which should not be a threat to driving safety. My husband suggested that if you go to the town car repair shop first, the small problem will be dealt with there, and if it is troublesome, then go to the 4S shop. It's also a way, the car repair shop in the town, it's only ten minutes to drive.
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ As a result, the people in the garage told me that Polo only has one reversing light on, and the left light is not on. Well? No, it's a little embarrassing, I've been driving my car for more than two years, and I don't even know this, haha. I'm ashamed~
๐ฅ I went back and flipped through the maintenance manual, and also checked other information, indeed the Polo reversing light is only one on, but there is also a reason for this design. It is mainly to distinguish between braking and reversing, which plays the role of warning vehicles and pedestrians behind the car. Secondly, at night, the reversing light is on the right side, which can make it more convenient for drivers to reverse and stop on the right side of the road. In many developed countries, there is only one regulation for reversing lights, which is already reflected in the law.
๐๐๐ Of course, there are also vehicles are equipped with two reversing lights on the left and right, when there is only one light, it is not normal, the probability is that the bulb of the reversing lamp is damaged, or the problem of the line, which still needs to go to the 4S shop in time to repair. I personally think that the design of Polo only has the right reverse light is still very humane, although I also drove the car for about two and a half years before discovering this function. If the rider feels that one is not bright enough, it is necessary to have two lights on, then it is recommended to go to the store and install another one.
