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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 07:12 AM
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Default My car has an extra foglight switch...

I rarely use foglights (only in fog or heavy snow, duh), but I had noticed that they seem to randomly shut themselves off when I 'm driving. I'd look down at the dash, and the indicator light on the switches would be out, so I'd turn them back on.

Well, yesterday, in the snowstorm, I finally figured it out. Everytime I use the right turn signal, the foglights shut off. Not the left, just the right. Weird.
Old Jan 29, 2010 | 10:10 AM
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Default Re: My car has an extra foglight switch...

That is strange. I can't imagine how the indicator switch is connected to the fog light switch. Is is at all possible that you're knocking the fog light switch as you use the indicator?
Old Jan 30, 2010 | 08:00 AM
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Different sides of the steering wheel. Once I figured out what was happening, I tried it several times.
Old Feb 1, 2010 | 01:39 PM
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Duh' Good point. Let me put my dunce cap on again..
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Strange, anything being shown if you get the car scanned? Seems like a wiring fault/short somewhere in the stalks
Old Feb 3, 2010 | 06:54 AM
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Yeah, I'm thinking the same thing. Maybe the highbeam switch (which cuts off the foglights) is shorting against the right turn signal? Hmmm....
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