Is this possible?
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Is this possible?
So I leave my lights on 'Auto' about 99% of the time becuase it seems to work well for me. I do have one issue, however, I would like my front fog lights to turn on when the 'auto' lights turn on. Do you think this is possible?
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Foglights are "auxilliary" lights for use only in foggy weather. They are not "primary" running lights for nighttime use. Therefore they are not wired to illuminate with your car's regular low beams. I suppose they could be rigged to do so, but I would not see why you should.
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Originally posted by MB-BOB
Foglights are "auxilliary" lights for use only in foggy weather. They are not "primary" running lights for nighttime use. Therefore they are not wired to illuminate with your car's regular low beams. I suppose they could be rigged to do so, but I would not see why you should.
Foglights are "auxilliary" lights for use only in foggy weather. They are not "primary" running lights for nighttime use. Therefore they are not wired to illuminate with your car's regular low beams. I suppose they could be rigged to do so, but I would not see why you should.
Basically what I am wondering is if there is a DAS setting to enable the fog lights to work with the auto setting. I will avoid 'hardwiring' the fogs as a work around...
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It would have been better if when the switch was in the Auto position that you could turn the fogs on if needed. Instead you must turn the lights to on and then the fogs. I find it funny that I can turn on the fogs with just the parking lights but I can not select the fogs when in Auto mode. So I chose to only use them when I need them or I turn the lights on Manually. My switch is left in Auto mode %99 of the time so that the lights will come on at night when unlocking the car.
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Originally posted by mctwin2kman
It would have been better if when the switch was in the Auto position that you could turn the fogs on if needed. Instead you must turn the lights to on and then the fogs. I find it funny that I can turn on the fogs with just the parking lights but I can not select the fogs when in Auto mode. So I chose to only use them when I need them or I turn the lights on Manually. My switch is left in Auto mode %99 of the time so that the lights will come on at night when unlocking the car.
It would have been better if when the switch was in the Auto position that you could turn the fogs on if needed. Instead you must turn the lights to on and then the fogs. I find it funny that I can turn on the fogs with just the parking lights but I can not select the fogs when in Auto mode. So I chose to only use them when I need them or I turn the lights on Manually. My switch is left in Auto mode %99 of the time so that the lights will come on at night when unlocking the car.
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So does the foglight turn on when it's foggy under "auto"? I never have fog, so I never use 'em, but I guess it's nice to know. Actually once I was driving home at 3am and it was pretty foggy. I actually couldn't see.
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Originally posted by vyse
So does the foglight turn on when it's foggy under "auto"? I never have fog, so I never use 'em, but I guess it's nice to know. Actually once I was driving home at 3am and it was pretty foggy. I actually couldn't see.
So does the foglight turn on when it's foggy under "auto"? I never have fog, so I never use 'em, but I guess it's nice to know. Actually once I was driving home at 3am and it was pretty foggy. I actually couldn't see.
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Originally posted by mctwin2kman
My switch is left in Auto mode %99 of the time so that the lights will come on at night when unlocking the car.
My switch is left in Auto mode %99 of the time so that the lights will come on at night when unlocking the car.
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My locator lighting only works in auto mode. This must be a change on the 2003. I have tried it both in Auto and with the switch in off mode and only auto works on mine.
