Is there only 1 reverse light on a passat - 2001 Volkswagen Passat

yes it could be that but ide take it in for a service to

check the neutral safety switch for it being broken or out of adjustment..

no yu have a blow bulb on oneside

the car is smoking since you put the remote system in? i suggest you call a lawyer and sue the **** who incorrectly wired in the system for you for starters.... chances are something was wired up with reverse polarity or reversed connected wires to the high draw and low draw sides of your starter system

If you are talking about the bulb it self pull the back cover off of the light assembly unplug the bulb and then release the locking tab and to instal do it in reverse.

disconnect the reverse gear switch located at the gearbox. It's a two pin Connector with two wires, one of them is BROWN, and th other BROWN with BLUE stripe along. Make a short connection between those two wires, easiest way is to do it by usin simple paper clip. Turn the ignition IGN to ON position. and check the reverse lights. If Lights are on, than you need to replace the switch that you just disconnected as it's faulty.

Update me about your progress and we'll solve this easily.

Good luck

99 passat wont shift into reverse from park...locked up

its on top of the gearbox 2 wire connection and is not a complicated job

There is no any swithch on transmission. There is only one cord, on a top of trnsmission, try to see is that cord good, cause i has the same problem, whan i had a passat. the problem was in that cord exactly.

on the side of the dash behind panel on drivers side (right hand drive)open the door and the fuse panel is on the end of the dashboard..