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YOUR RESEARCHDo I have a light out?
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I agree, make sure your headlamp switch is in the correct position, then check your bulbs.
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So, yes, it looks to me, at least, like you do in fact have a passenger side running light out.
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It looks like I have a light out� the dealership tells me that only the drivers side tail light has two red lights and the passenger side doesn�t. Is that right?
You don't have a "Light out". You have your rear fog lights turned on and there is only one light by design.
To turn off, push your light switch all the way in, should feel two clicks.
Pulling it out one click turns on your front fog lights, two clicks turns on the rear one.
You go to the dealership over a possibly burned out light bulb? Really? I agree, make sure your headlamp switch is in the correct position, then check your bulbs.
lol I don�t know why you need to be hostile, but yes, I went to the dealership. I happen to live closer to a Porsche dealership than I do to an autozone out any other automotive store and I enjoy going there. I went to buy the bulb that I
thought
was out.
Also my fog lights are not on. It�s pushed all the way in
DBJoe996 is quite helpful all around on the forum, and I think a generally nice guy, based on forum interactions. However, he's often the first to jump in and to poke the originator for any issues.
To paraphrase potential topics:
- You paid a dealer to do that?! Really? You can easily do it yourself.
- How can we help you if you don't give us information on your car!? Unbelievable!
- Did you even bother to search the forum? Amazing.
No hard feelings DBJoe996, you serve an important function here!
That said, I'll try one. Have you bothered to read the manual?!
I'm actually not 100% on the details from memory, but it will clarify the function of the fog lights. They really do only have one driver side rear fog light. It's apparently a German thing because they only need one on the street-side when street parking. I haven't read it in a while, so you might have to investigate why that light is on if your switch is actually off as you say.
It does kind of look like the fog lamp is on in our photo, but its probably just light bleeding from the side marker and the less than ideal photo quality. If the fog lights were actually on, the extra lamp on the driver side would be quite a bit more obvious -- at least mine is.
When I have just my regular lights on, i have two lights on in both tail light assemblies. The larger one directly facing rear, and the smaller outmost one that is pretty much side facing. When I turn the rear fog lights on, i get an extra light between them on the drivers side only.
So, yes, it looks to me, at least, like you do in fact have a passenger side running light out.
Go out, turn the lights on and give the RHS taillight a friendly smack or two with your hand. I bet it the corner marker will come on. Happens to me all the time. Probably should get some Porsche labeled sandpaper or scotchbrite (Deutschebrite?) and clean up the terminals, but then that would remove another layer of quirkiness from the car.
Here ya go. I just went out to check, and sure enough it needed the love tap. I'm opposite from you in that the driver's side is the one who needs the percussive maintenance.
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