The headlight warning buzzer wasn't working on my newly purchased 6n2. Not a massive problem, but one that bothered me and one that seems to be fairly common so I thought I'd post up a how to. To be honest it's probably unnecessary as it's a simple process, but hopefully it will help someone.

Remove the clocks following j1polo's guide at http://www.clubpolo.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=254236I would add that the outer casing clips that hold it to the inner are very stiff so some squeezing of the trim may be required to free it.

Once the clocks are out and disconnected, open them up using the 7 Torx head screws on the rear.

If you aren't yet sure if your buzzer is at fault, now is the time to check if pin 21 in the blue connector shorts to earth with the door open. If it does, your door switch and cabling are good. I plugged my clocks back in with the back off and held the pin and a ring connector on some 3.5mm jack headphones across the speaker terminal to check if it was just the buzzer at fault. If you do this DO NOT PUT THEM IN YOUR EARS as it will be very loud. I speak from experience :)

The speaker:

First of all you'll need to get hold of a suitable speaker. I ripped apart some old Bluetooth headphones that had been through the washing machine. Something out of a cheap set of over ear headphones will probably be fine. You'll also need a short length of cable. I had some old cheap speaker cable lying around.

Solder the wires onto the legs of the old speaker

For some reason I decided to mount my speaker on the outside rear of the clocks, to be honest it could be mounted inside to make it neater. If you do decide to mount it outside, cut or melt a notch in the ring on the back cover of the clocks where it meets the speaker and then feed the wire out through the grille on the back cover.

Solder the wires onto your speaker/sounder. It doesn't matter which way round they go.

Screw the clocks back together and mount your speaker. I hot glued my speaker to the back of the clocks in a location that wouldn't foul the mountings.

Refitting is the reverse of removal.

Now turn on your lights, open your door and revel in the whiney buzzing sound.

Nice job buddy, such a simple job to fix. Never thought of using something else to replace it, I just tried to find the same one which was no easy.

Also, you can get buzzers that have a housing that screws down etc, same principle and will last just as long but may be a better route then ripping your headphones apart :)

- sticky?

There are definitely neater options for sounders but the headphones were laying around broken when the idea hit me :)

Hello! I have the same issue and tried replacing the buzzer exactly like in the pictures, with a speaker from a stuffed toy. The problem is, the speaker turns on everytime a door is open, even if the lights are on or off so i cant have the car with the doors open at all. Anybody knows why?