Does the standard US car come with 2 operational rear fog lights ?
My, new to me, 2007 vehicle has a rear drivers side thats fine but the rear passenger side does not work , although the bulb has 2 elements.... and yeap it's a good bulb.
thanks
Check out the FAQ:
Planet Porsche - FAQ: Indiosyncrasies
You may want to search. There is a thread on this.
But short answer is that for rears there is only one on the drivers side.
ONLY one..... (driver side)
Same thing with my wife's Mercedes.....
thanks for the rapid response and the steer to idiosyncrasies.
Hi, I bought an '05 987 a month ago. Both passenger and drivers side rear fogs work.
Unusual indeed. Can we see a night time photo to understand what two rear fogs and tail lights look like? It must be confusing to cars following but a photo would help.
When its foggy I'd like to be lit up as much as possible, so two rear fogs (which my Cayenne has) seems bleeding sensible - the bulbs and the circuitry looks to be there - but it would be interesting to see if RHD cars have single or double rear fogs.
Anyone have access to wiring diagrams ?
The drivers following you cannot distinguish between the fogs and brake lights..as explained in the many topics on this as these examples discuss:
http://www.planet-9.com/cayman-chat/31561-rear-fog-light.html
http://www.planet-9.com/cayman-boxster-tech/10332-foglight-question.html
Remember it is about the person following you.
I've not seen any factory configured cars sold anywhere with two operational fog lights, but perhaps there are. Also, perhaps a prior owner modified the car.
A car with 2 lit fogs can be dangerous for 2 reasons: (1) it can make it very difficult for a following driver to see when your brake lights come on and (2) the convention is that the 1 fog is illuminated only on the passing side of the car so if that "correct" side fog bulb burns out you'd be left with 1 lit fog on the passenger side. In a LHD car, a following driver may thus incorrectly assume the remaining illuminated passenger fog (on the "wrong" side) means that the bulk of the car's width is to the right of the light, not the left as would be the case, increasing the chance of getting rear-ended. Exactly the result you hope to avoid with a fog light in poor visibility conditions. Arguably, if 1 fog makes the car easier to see, presumably 2 is better. Don't know how those positions stack up in the real world.
I am content to assume there is logic backed up by safety studies that have resulted in the 1 fog design. It wasn't to save the cost of adding another bulb.
On my 2001 A4, I wired up the rear fog lights to only engage when the brake lights came on. I don't live in an area where fog is an issue more than a few days a year and I wanted as much brake light output as possible.
Has anyone done something like this to their
Boxster
?
I was wondering about this. On my headlight switch I have front and rear fog lights that I guess are turned on when you pull back on the knob. There seems to be two settings. I just went into the garage though and I didn't see anything happen when I tried the switches. Does the car need to be turned on to see the fog lights? I have an 07 CS.
When your
headlights
are on in the low beam setting, you can turn on the front fog lights and/or the rear light. The driver side tail light gets brighter. That is the standard configuration for European cars. You will often see people driving around who clearly have it on by accident.
I just bought a
2007 cayman s
. When i crank the car a warning pops up. Check rear fog light. The rear fog light comes on everytime I turn the
headlights
on, even with out pulling the switch out. Its not a big deal but I south Carolina with one tail light brighter than the other, it may prompt a traffic stop. Has anyone had this problem? If so whats the fix on it? Thanks I am new to
porsche
.
Denny, been a couple years but did you figure it out? Having the same problem... thanks.
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