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foglight indicator on dash when braking or turn signals on

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Anyone come across this? Turn signals, hazard lights and braking displays the rear foglight indicator on the dash. The indicator is dim when headlights are off and fully illuminated when on. Got someone to push the pedals while I took a look at the back and they all work normally....ie fogs only on when activated, not spontaneously with turn signals and braking.

Just started today and I haven't messed with any of the dashboard or light switch wiring. No fault codes on my cheap handheld scanner.

  • 7 months later...

Hi - did you ever get to the bottom of this problem? The same thing is happening to me as of yesterday! Would really appreciate any insight you have.

Look for earth/negative problems - the powered-on light is using the non-powered light +ve as a return path

put your hazards on and looks for a indicator that is dimmer than the rest

that is the light cluster you need to look at the earthing, you say brake light, so it will be a rear cluster , probably all lights in the cluster will be dim

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Sorry for the late reply. I also couldn't find any resolved threads on this issue on briskoda, but managed to work out that the problem was with the dash lights only. When I got a friend to stamp on the brake while I looked at the rear lights, the fogs did not come on, even though the indicator would flash on the dash.

I ignored it for a while, and around the same time got some different looking rear light clusters. After I fitted those, that dash light issue went away. I can only assume this was a coincidence or there was something wrong with the wiring leading to the rear light clusters. I haven't faced the same problem since.

Sorry I can't be of any more definitive help.

Its quite common on renault clio's for the fog light symbol on the dash to come on when the side lights are on as well as the indicators.

Its always a loose earth on the light cluster or the gap on the plug that goes into the cluster has opend up.

Unplug each bulb and check for corrosion on the bulb itself and the wires going to it.

Failing that give the lights a quick bash and see if it fix's it!

Thanks guys, much appreciated. I'll have a play about with the wiring to the rear clusters and see if that makes any difference. Otherwise, one to ignore I think....

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