VW Golf MkIII Resistor

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Wed 17 Jan 2007 12:55
VW Golf MkIII Resistor - Peter D
Just coming in out of the snow and notived a 10cm long resistor hanging down from the F/O/S bumber of my MkIII Golf 1995. Clearly a bracket has corroded or something but what is the resistor for. Regards Peter.
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Wed 17 Jan 2007 13:07
VW Golf MkIII Resistor - VR6
The only thing I can think of is the outside temperature sensor. Its located behind the small black plastic grill on the bottom half of the bumper.
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Wed 17 Jan 2007 13:39
VW Golf MkIII Resistor - George Porge
Has the car got dim - dip lighting capabillity?
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Wed 17 Jan 2007 23:09
VW Golf MkIII Resistor - ggh1
It is to dim the headlights whilst driving when you only have the side lights turned on. My resistor broke into two parts, and I replaced it from one off a mk 2 with slightly different resistance, mk 2, about 0.6 ohms, mk 3, about 0.8 ohms, if my memory is still active. I drove the car for up to two years without one with no problems.
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