Hello guys !

 

On my O3, the coming/leaving home activated is activated. It uses the rear lights (quite normal) and the front beams (xenon). I have found in Carista and option to activate the fog lights, but the beams are still being used. 

 

Do you know if there is an option (in carista or VCDS) to use the fog lights ONLY during coming/leaving home ?

 

Thanks

Maybe take a look at Außenlicht_uebergreifend-Coming Home Leuchte in the BCM 

4 hours ago, Woland said:

Hello guys !

 

On my O3, the coming/leaving home activated is activated. It uses the rear lights (quite normal) and the front beams (xenon). I have found in Carista and option to activate the fog lights, but the beams are still being used. 

 

Do you know if there is an option (in carista or VCDS) to use the fog lights ONLY during coming/leaving home ?

 

Thanks

Yes, this can be done.  The instructions for the pre-facelift and facelift are different.  I think it may also be different for vRS and non-vRS models. 
 

I have my facelift vRS set to use just the fog lights for CH/LH lights. 
 

 

It's in the VCDS tried and tested thread but as said above might differ for the FL models or VRS models.

 

 

Quoting for above thread:

 

To turn off the dipped beams for CH/LH:

 

Change the following channels:

 

(8)-Leuchte6ABL LC5-Lichtfunktion C 6 from Coming Home oder Leaving Home aktiv to not active

 

(8)-Leuchte7ABL RB1-Lichtfunktion C 7 from Coming Home oder Leaving Home aktiv to not active

 

For maximum illumination change the following channels for the LED DRL strip to be 100% brightness for CH/LH only - it wont affect any of the other operations (side light, DRL etc).

 

(10)-Leuchte2SL VLB10-Dimmwert CD 2 from 35% to 100%

 

(10)-Leuchte3SL VRB21-Dimmwert CD 3 from 35% to 100%

 

Edited 3 February, 20224 yr by lway

To clarify. The procedure for pre-facelift and facelift vRS models is definitely different. I’ve done both. 
 

Checking the OP profile, looks like they have a 2015. Which is pre-facelift. So the procedure in the linked thread above will be correct. 

Thanks a lots guys !

 

I will check on that, I have looked at the VCDS thread but did not understand that the adaptation were for the xenon headlights.

 

And I have a pre-FL RS 230 from 2015.

 

Cheers !

The Obvious issue for those in the UK with Fog Lights that come on when just entering or exiting cars is that you can be parked on Public Roads and then having these un-necessary lights coming on and other road users seeing these,.

It is like the 'Front Fog lights' coming on automatically as reverse is selected.

 

It is a pity that the UK's Highway code and the use of fog lights does not mean anything to Manufactures and Construction & Use.

55 minutes ago, roottoot said:

The Obvious issue for those in the UK with Fog Lights that come on when just entering or exiting cars is that you can be parked on Public Roads and then having these un-necessary lights coming on and other road users seeing these,.

It is like the 'Front Fog lights' coming on automatically as reverse is selected.

 

It is a pity that the UK's Highway code and the use of fog lights does not mean anything to Manufactures and Construction & Use.

Turn the light switch to “Off” in those situations then (parked on a lit highway). The CH/LH lights don’t operate when the switch is at “Off”, only “Auto”. 

Lots of people drive cars and they have settings that previous owners had or as the car came to them with.  They can know little of what lights do.  Auto to front fogs on in reverse or what comes on when leaving or entering vehicles.   Dealerships seldom put cars back to Factory settings when prepping resale.   Steering assist, brake assist, XDS changes all as the previous keeper had them. 

Edited 4 February, 20224 yr by roottoot

1 hour ago, roottoot said:

The Obvious issue for those in the UK with Fog Lights that come on when just entering or exiting cars is that you can be parked on Public Roads and then having these un-necessary lights coming on and other road users seeing these,.

It is like the 'Front Fog lights' coming on automatically as reverse is selected.

 

It is a pity that the UK's Highway code and the use of fog lights does not mean anything to Manufactures and Construction & Use.

 

The lamp will be homologated for dual use so when used for cornering and reversing, it's a 'cornering' lamp rather than a 'fog' lamp and perfectly fine...

It is a front Fog light / pair of on a Yeti if reversing and enabled. A pair to the front or one on and one off as the steering turns.   One of those strange things the EU allowed.  Call them cornering if you like.  They are what they are.  Not Driving Lights.   You can fool some of the people some of the time. 

 

Homologation or not.  You are driving along a road at night and a car is at the other side of the road stopped, light on or not and because they do not think they get out the car and on comes headlights and fog lights because they have Coming / leaving home lights.

Or they select reverse.

 

I have coming / leaving home lights, i think is there someone coming before opening or closing the doors, if so i do not exit or enter.

Edited 4 February, 20224 yr by roottoot

2 minutes ago, roottoot said:

It is a front Fog light / pair of on a Yeti if reversing and enabled. A pair to the front or one on and one off as the steering turns.   One of those strange things the EU allowed.  Call them cornering if you like.  They are what they are.  Not Driving Lights.   You can fool some of the people some of the time. 

 

The EU allows dual use cornering and fog lamps, the UK agreed to the same regulations, if the lamp meets the those regulations and is marked as such, then it's perfectly legal to use as a cornering lamp - even if you disagree with the premise or don't like it.

 

Assuming the Yeti also had type approved cornering lights, then it's fine to use them. If someone is enabling the cornering function on fog lamps that aren't type approved as cornering lamps - that's where you might be falling foul of the law.

Regardless of the EU / UK or whoever allowing the fitting and enabelling, the Highway code covers the use of Fog Lights and the Police know if there is a car sitting and the Rear or Front Fog on as they drive towards that vehicle.

The know if they drive towards a car sitting waiting to reverse into a drive and as the driver selects reverse 2 front fog lights some on. 

 

Well off topic, but the Type Approval and the Highway Code and UK Traffic law have never actually joined up. 

 

I have never understood why someone that wants Front Fog lights to illuminate as they reverse can not just switch on the Front Fogs when needed, then off once they have done their parking.

 

It is the UK and Car D1cks with Fogs on anytime or all the time is just par for the course.

Edited 4 February, 20224 yr by roottoot

16 minutes ago, roottoot said:

Regardless of the EU / UK or whoever allowing the fitting and enabelling, the Highway code covers the use of Fog Lights and the Police know if there is a car sitting and the Rear or Front Fog on as they drive towards that vehicle.

The know if they drive towards a car sitting waiting to reverse into a drive and as the driver selects reverse 2 front fog lights some on. 

 

But you're (purposefully?) missing the point that they are dual use. Therefore, they will be classed as either a fog lamp or cornering lamp depending how it is being used at that point in time.

 

If someone is sitting waiting to reverse into a drive, although it's the same light source/fixture as the fog lamp, for that manoeuvre it's technically a cornering lamp so completely fine in the eyes of the Police and highway code. Although the highway code doesn't mention cornering lamps, that doesn't mean they can't be used.

 

It might look, swim and quack like a fog lamp, but rightly or wrongly, it's a cornering lamp when used as such... 

 

I'm not trying to persuade you they are a good idea, suitable for use or even to like them, only that given the current (mess?) of regulations, they are perfectly legal to use on UK roads. If they weren't, then I would expect to see people getting prosecuted for their use and then taking action against the manufactures.

 

It's like the situation around dual use sidelight/DRL lamps. Plenty of MK2 FL vRS owners had MOT issues as both functions were combined into the LED strip despite them working correctly. It is either a DRL or sidelight depending how it's being used, it's more obvious as the brightness changed but a similar issue where one lamp performs multiple functions and causes confusion 👍

 

39 minutes ago, roottoot said:

Well off topic, but the Type Approval and the Highway Code and UK Traffic law have never actually joined up.

 

Agreed, nor do I expect them to any time soon.

MOT Testers are still failing Mk2 Fabia vRS because of no Side light / Position light because they are to stupid to see that the DRL / Sidelight unit is that.

 

Police Officers used to stop Mk2 Fabia vRS for having on Front Fog Lights but the Fabia Mk2 vRS never came with Front Fog lights.  It has never stop sales people saying they have until they are asked how to put them on, just as you do with Police Officers.

 

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/470637-drl-question

 

Just one of several threads since 2010 about Fabia Mk2 vRS.  Less common now that there is anyone posting on this, enough Officers will have made a fool of themselves.

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/305852-pulled-over-for-having-drls-on

 

 

Edited 4 February, 20224 yr by roottoot