Rear Reflective/Fog Lights?

[Artanis02]

Hello.
I'm getting ready to purchase a 2012 2.0 Mazda 3 (not speed version though), however the unit I'm looking at has different (are those just reflective or for lights?) lights on the rear lower bumper than most images on the web. I'm curious if the bumper is custom (The owner is slow to respod) or replaced with one from a different version.
Here are screenshots:
What it usually looks like - *image in the attachments - file named "3"*
What the unit I'm about to buy looks like - *image in the attachments file named "1"*
Also, if the car doesn't have the park assist button *image in the attachments file named "2"*, does that mean it doesn't have park assist at all? I'm asking because the unit has sensors on the bumper, but no park assist button.
Cheers

[MS3Shadow]

You'll get an better answer on mazda247 forum.

Those are definitely not fog lights.

Sent from my Pixel XL

[StevenPThomas]

Never even heard of these having park assist.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Artanis02]

They are actualy quite common.
http://scr.hu/85m5/2us7d

[tegxsi]

Not in the US....
Where are you from?

[Artanis02]

Poland.
TBH the parking switch doesn't bother me as much, those lights are more of an issue.

[StevenPThomas]

That's crazy. I couldn't ever imagine actually needing assistance when parallel parking.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[tegxsi]

Don't know what to tell you... These minor things can vary depending on what country you are in.

[Artanis02]

The car is from Switzerland if that helps.
The reason I asked about the lights is because most replacements usually have different shape, it might be difficult to get the ones I'd have.

[frothy]

Appears to be stock:



They're reflectors, not lights.

If they went to the trouble of installing sensors in the bumper, chances are good there's some sort of backup assistance in place.

From what little research I did, that button you posted a picture of is for cars that have sensors in the FRONT bumper of the vehicle (hence the arrow pointing to the front). You'd have to engage the button for the front sensors to become active, the rear ones are active by default when the vehicle is placed in reverse.