[V6-12v] V6-12v Digest, Vol 51, Issue 10

[dave_haralson at hotmail.com]

You may have broken wires going through the hinges on the door.  Lots of 
wires cross through there and they notoriously break, so it's worth a look.

I'd look at the left side boot first as that's where I repaired a majority 
of the problems I faced.  Although I didn't have reverse lights out.

Just pull the boot down from the tailgate side and see if anything is 
broken.  Get some of the really small 16-18 & 20-22 gauge butt splice 
connectors and go to work.  If you're really anal about electric work you 
could solder them back together and then figure out how to wrap them up.

I also used a proper wire crimper that pinches down on the middle of the 
butt splice connecter instead of just pinching it into a flat oval.  The 
crimp from a good tool holds the wire better than the simple crimp tool you 
can buy.

Hope that makes sense and good luck finding the problem.  I looked at my 
boot and had to make about 5 splices - fixed a non-working rear wiper & 
washer, non-working dome lamp in the rear, and my rear defroster actually 
heats up the whole window now.

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>   1. reverse lights out on 1995 A6 Wagon... (Rob)
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> Subject: [V6-12v] reverse lights out on 1995 A6 Wagon...
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> A little stumped here...
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> Both reverse lights are out on my ex-wifes A6.
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> Changed bulbs they are good.
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> The gear indicator in the dash (its an automatic) shows that it engages in
> reverse.
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> The car GOES in reverse (had to throw that one in there :D )
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> I checked over fuses, they were good.  Is there a relay somewhere in the
> circuit that normally goes bad?  The car has 162k miles on it.
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> Just hoping for some BTDT...
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> Thanks!
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> Rob
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