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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 11:52 PM
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On fog light

when i turned on my fogs today, i noticed that one of the tail light was very bright and the other one was at normal brightness. does this mean that i have to change tail light bulbs or is it normal.
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 12:03 AM
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Probably there is only one rear fog light. Most cars in Germany have it that way and since MB is a German company I can imagine even for the US models they do it this way!
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 05:02 AM
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nope, both of your tail light are good. just because when you pull the knob, you pulled it too far, the 2nd level only used for European, they drive cross countries and some of them , like UK drive in the left lanes. the brighter side of you tail light indicate the driver's side of the car. However, you may get pulled over by cops here in ther US just because of that. FYI
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 05:55 AM
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You can use it in the US and you won't get a ticket, but you'll probably be really annoying to other motorists. It's a rear fog light, so your brake lights are more visible in heavy fog. If you don't want it on, don't pull the light knob out all the way.
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You can also see if you have the front and rear fog lights on by the indicator lights. Green once is on if you pull the knob out one notch, and green and orange light comes on if you pulled it out 2 notches indicating the rear fog light is on too. The green light is on the right hand side of the light switch, the orange one is on the left hand side of the switch.
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Originally Posted by merc687
when i turned on my fogs today, i noticed that one of the tail light was very bright and the other one was at normal brightness. does this mean that i have to change tail light bulbs or is it normal.
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It IS normal that there is only 1 rear fog light on.

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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 03:40 PM
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This is, of course, covered in owners manual.
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