It was dark and stormy. I was following my mate. He said that one of my front fog lights was out, but I would have expected a warning light? I wonder if only the off-side fog light is supposed to work? 

 

When parked in daylight, I can't seem to replicate the problem. I always leave the light switch on Auto. On the night in question, the it was on Auto and the fog indicator below the Auto position was also lit.

 

Any ideas? Thanks.

Edited 5 November, 20223 yr by freelunch

Intermittent break in wire to the fog lamp, have you got down and wiggled the wires around, and followed the loom back and done the same?

You have to pull the light switch out, 1st position is fronts fogs on, 2nd position also puts on rear fog light, confirmed by tell tales on LH side of light switch.

Must have been cornering fog lights operating he witnessed.

21 minutes ago, Kenny R said:

2nd position also puts on rear fog light,

Should be banned!! Too many people use the rear fogs when not needed and then forget to switch them off.

Youre probably all missing a trick... many seem to forget this part  

 

Your fog lights are also your cornering lights! sometimes only one will come on in the direction you turn the wheel!

13 minutes ago, ApertureS said:

Youre probably all missing a trick... many seem to forget this part  

 

Your fog lights are also your cornering lights! sometimes only one will come on in the direction you turn the wheel!

See my post above

Thanks all. As soon as things dry out, I'll get down on the ground and start wiggling. 😁

The same happened to me back in August when we visited friends in Lithuania.  At the end of the evening when we were leaving and pulling away from their apartment, the husband rushed over to tell me only one fog light was working.  I showed him how they come on when you steer left or right and he went back inside feeling a bit sheepish.

So did you actually turn them on? Or did you simply leave the light control in auto?

I don't think fog lights are auto so your mate was probably seeing the cornering light.

Edited 6 November, 20223 yr by MarkyG82
Typo

10 hours ago, freelunch said:

Thanks all. As soon as things dry out, I'll get down on the ground and start wiggling. 😁

You have to do it to music, otherwise neighbours might have you sectioned under the mental health act.

 

Given you didn't get a bulb failed warning, odds are it was cornering fog lights, but I didn't want to insult your intelligence by saying you didn't know if you had that function.

 

Static fog lights take a few seconds to check, and cornering a little extra as you need to move steering wheel.

20 hours ago, freelunch said:

It was dark and stormy. I was following my mate. He said that one of my front fog lights was out, but I would have expected a warning light? I wonder if only the off-side fog light is supposed to work? 

 

When parked in daylight, I can't seem to replicate the problem. I always leave the light switch on Auto. On the night in question, the it was on Auto and the fog indicator below the Auto position was also lit.

The obvious thing to say to yourself and your friend would have been, "my foglights were not switched on!"

 

With so many unnecessary automatic systems on modern virtually self driving vehicles many people think that everything happens automatically and expect a warning light for everything.

Edited 6 November, 20223 yr by J.R.

Don't worry about my intelligence: I have a thick skin and/or know where the 'ignore button' is.

 

I've only ever had my light switch set on Auto, except when the car is serviced and find out much later that the mechanic has switched the lights of Off.

 

Also, I have never pulled the switch out to enable fog lights. When I read this in the manual, I went to the car, tried to pull the switch out and it wouldn't budge. I will now add fiddling to my list of things to do...

 

Thanks!

It won't pull out in the auto position.

 

You'll need to rotate it to side lights or low/dipped beams first 👍

2 hours ago, J.R. said:

The obvious thing to say to yourself and your friend would have been, "my foglights were not switched on!"

 

With so many unnecessary automatic systems on modern virtually self driving vehicles many people think that everything happens automatically and expect a warning light for everything.

You're right.

Since the glove box and the box under the front arm rest have air-conditionning I had expected I could get some ice-cubes when I put a small bottle or a can in there, but I have no "sorry, ice-cube function temporarily unavailable" message on the cockpit... Is this normal?

 

OK. sorry... Just kidding

 

Are you an American?

 

I had one at my Apparthotel in the frozen North complaining that there wasn't an ice machine on his floor, I said that's because there isn't one on any floor sir!

 

He then asked where he could go to buy some ice, I was tempted to say Antartica but refrained, I had never seen it for sale and still havn't, Paris perhaps?

 

Another said that the airconditioning which we dont have was not working, he had turned the thermostat down and it was no cooler, I explained that it was the thermostat for the underfloor heating and far from turning it down he had set it to 40°c managing to break the stop intended to prevent people switching it over a safe temperature, he may have thought it was Fahrenheit and wanted to make his own ice 😆

2 minutes ago, J.R. said:

Are you an American?

No, I'm french.  

I know, it was my humour.

 

Vous me prenez pour un Américain hein!

Edited 6 November, 20223 yr by J.R.

OK. Sorry, sometimes I miss jokes... Not bilingual, only 'fluent' 😄 

3 hours ago, langers2k said:

It won't pull out in the auto position.

 

You'll need to rotate it to side lights or low/dipped beams first 👍

mine pulls out for front and rear fogs when in the auto position. 

51 minutes ago, ApertureS said:

mine pulls out for front and rear fogs when in the auto position. 

 

Seems you're correct based on the owners manual, I'll have to try mine when I next drive 👍

 

Wonder when/why it changed, certainly on the MK2 is wasn't possible:

2 hours ago, ApertureS said:

mine pulls out for front and rear fogs when in the auto position. 

Same thing for mine.

The front fog lights are fixed aren't they? They dont swivel do they? I know the bulbs fit other cars, i just want to be sure they dont move, before i start my next project.

Thanks

6 hours ago, Bigeater said:

The front fog lights are fixed aren't they? They dont swivel do they? I know the bulbs fit other cars, i just want to be sure they dont move, before i start my next project.

Thanks

 

yes, definitely fixed - no moving bits.

 

they r used as "cornering lights", but unlike the headlights, they don't swivel.  

it just turns on the individual fog light on the turning side/direction.