3.12 Position lamps (clearance lamps

In accordance with European Union directives EU 76/758 and ECE R7 (as well as §51 b. STVZO in the Federal Republic of Germany, vehicles with a width greater than 2,100 mm must be equipped with position lamps.

All chassis and chassis with platform body are not equipped with position lamps as standard (standard vehicle width 1,922 mm or 1,990 mm).

The specified vehicle width (standard width: 2,120 mm) is exceeded by the following chassis in the VW Crafter range: chassis with single cabs and double cabs, as well as Crafter 5.0 t chassis and double cabs with platform body. Position lamps are mounted on the vehicles at the front sides on the cab roof and the external units of the 6-unit lamps at the rear of the vehicle are configured as position lamps (standard equipment: PR no. 6S3).

Position lamps for the front and rear must be ordered as well when ordering a chassis intended for a body with a width greater than 2,100 mm (PR no. 6S3).

 

If the body manufacturer installs the rear position lamps on a vehicle intended to have a width greater than 2,100 mm, it is only possible to order position lamps on the roof at the front (PR no. 6S3). (Deletion of combination tail, brake, reversing and turn indicator lamps in PR no. 8SZ; combination tail, brake, reversing and turn indicator lamps preparation).

 

Note: Subject to errors and technical amendments. The electronic version of the body guidelines is the decisive source of up-to-date data on body guidelines.August 2007

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