VW Passat b5.5 City Lights Replacement 

I'm about to take delivery of a really nice 2005 Passat wagon. I didn't even know the B5.5 had "city lights", so this is something I'll have to look for. My goal with this car will be to have one that's as close to new as possible, and having all the lights working is part of that. Thanks for posting this.

I was told you had to remove the front bumper to change the bulbs. What a time- saver this post was. Thank you so much.

Many thanks Mark for showing how this is done, it wasn't easy but I wouldn't have had a clue without your video. Much appreciated.

Your vid does help! Man, I fought with the bulb on the driver’s side. I thought it was a clockwise or counterclockwise turn! Thanks for showing how it’s done👍🏻

Thanks for this video Mark! I knew how to get access to those lights, but how to pull them out- no clue... Now I got it :-) Tomorrow I'm on it!!! Cheers

Great! I just changed both of them myself thanks to your video!

It was bloody hard to do but thanks to this vid I won the battle 💪

Thank you very much. I couldn't get mine to turn counterclockwise to remove it, and I learned that it just pulls out. Saved me from more frustration.

Thanks alot for this video!

helped a lot thanks

Job done 🎉🎉🎉 thx for te tutorial mouvie

Thank You so much!

thanks mate!

Thanks, helped.

Are the new bulbs in the video the same brightness(lumens) as the same 2825 bulbs used in the interior of the car?

The video helped a lot - thanks! I suggest you also make a video on replacing the high beam lights, as I couldn't find any.

Thank you

thank you!

thanks for help

Thanks man

Thank you.

Absolute b*stard to reach to but finally managed to get pliers on it using a mirror to see. Thanks for the video.

How did you come up with the name city lights? What is their purpose if they are so low intensity? Are they supposed to be like parking lights only used while parked still?

So that's what they are called? I couldn't find a name for that bulb and I needed to replace it. Can you pull it out by pulling on the wires or did you have to grab a part of the housing to do it? That looks fairly easy. So how did you get it back in? Thank you for sharing.

Hi, When I turn on the lights these come but are dim or yellow. Day running lights work fine. Bright's work fine.Should these be bright?

Mine won't come out. I'm afraid of pulling on the wires too hard. Such a simple task made difficult

I can get to the black bulb connector but can't pull it out to change the bulb. Do I need to use more force??? (2003 VW Passat)

how do you pull it out, by a special instrument or by hand, if by hand how do you reach it or do you pull by the wires, if you pull by the wires(like i did) willl they not break or be damaged(mine are okay but i did it only once) but if you do it like 100 times there is a chance that the wirse will just break and the city light will just stay in there disconnected and dead how will you get it out then? just asking cuz i know il have to do it again and again.

One time i pull it so hard and the bulb flyed in the headligt

we cool them a parking lights.

I pulled hard asf on my 2003 B5.5 Passat city light and it didn’t budge..What the hell was VW thinking when the put that bulb way up there..fuck sake. The rear coolant flange was easier to change than this bulb.

I gaveup, couldnt pull it out

Ok

It's just impossible. Don't even try.