I recently purchased a late 2012 Model Yeti Elegance 1.2Tsi auto and am delighted with it.

 

Recently someone pointed something out to me and searching the manual I am still unsure whether there is a fault or not.

 

When the driving lights are on, everything seems fine with the front two driving lights illuminated.  When on full beam everything is fine too with both headlights and both front driving lights illuminated.  But when on dipped beam headlights, the nearside driving light goes out leaving the two headlights but only the  offside driving light illuminated.

 

Is this the way it should work or is there a fault?.  If the latter I'd like to get it attended to before the warranty runs out later in the year.

 

Also, is the rear high intensity fog lamp just located on the off-side of the vehicle or should there be a pair?

 

Many thanks

 

Alan

 

 

 

rear lights, just the offside! no idea about the other question

Perhaps I'm being thick, but the Yeti doesn't have "driving lights".

Do you mean the Daylight Running Lights? Those are the ones in the upper section of the centre lights.

If so then they should not be illuminated when the sidelights are turned on.

 

However.....

 

If you mean that one of the lower portion of those lights is illuminated then, as you have an Elegance, that is the "cornering lights" illuminating the fog light on the side that the wheel is turned towards and the indicator is set to that side.

 

Your posting also suggests that you might be driving with your fog lights on all the time. Are you pulling the switch out as you turn it? If your fog lights are on there should be an additional light on in the speedo.

I'm wondering if this is a steering angle thing, and it is foglights being discussed...?

Welcome to the forum.

 

Do you mean that the lights show like this, but the drivers side one is the Odd light on?

Is this not the cornering function on the Elegance trim ?

Tony

Is this not the cornering function on the Elegance trim ?

Tony

 

Which is what I asked in #3.

DRLs

Fogs

Driving lights(?)

High beam

Low beam

Cornering function

Confusion

Add Sidelights and single sidelights on as Parking lights to that, 

but as long as you know what you need on you can not go to far wrong even in Australia.

Firstly my apologies for using the wrong term (driving lights when I meant running lights, although in my defence they are described as 'Daylight dr lights' on the dashboard menu of the Elebance) - also that when sitting in it you cant tell exactly what lights are on except when you come up close behind a stationary vehicle.

 

The jpg posted by goneoffSKion1 illustrates it perfectly.  The fog light switch was definitely NOT operated when it was first pointed out to me. 

 

I have now done what I should have done in the frst place and carefully observed the effect of all the various switch combinations on the lights from outside the vehicle with the negine running.  The foglight housing contains two lbulbs within the same housing.  When just the running lights are on the top bulb illuminates.  With  the foglight switch operated  the bottom bulb of each lower light comes on.  With the fog light switch off then they are not normally illuminated (unless running light option is taken) until the headlamps are switched on.  Then they remain off until lock is applied when the lower bulb of the appropriate side foglight illuminates corresponding with the turn.  So yes, it is to do with the cornering function of the Elegance and not a fault,  Thanks again.