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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 03:04 PM
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I had my lights on today as I was sitting in front of a store and I noticed my foglights were on but they weren't, the light on the cluster was on. Anyone else having this issue?
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 04:39 PM
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I had my lights on today as I was sitting in front of a store and I noticed my foglights were on but they weren't, the light on the cluster was on. Anyone else having this issue?
Are you sure it's not the headlight indicator that's on?
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 05:04 PM
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no its the foglight indicator, I have to roll the switch up to turn them on.
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Old Jan 25, 2010 | 09:17 PM
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check the fuse panel? just a idea.
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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 05:39 AM
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^ What he said. Check the simple things first like the fuse.
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Old Jan 28, 2010 | 04:04 PM
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Brand new car, fuses going out? I don't think they have worked since I picked it up.
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 05:04 AM
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Well if you don't think they ever worked I wouldn't even bother trying to fix it yourself and take it straight to the dealer and have them fix your issue. Plus, I don't care how new the car is, if you have an electrical problem you can blow fuses plain and simple. That's why I wouldn't even mess with it if it's brand new and have the dealer look at it.
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 10:16 AM
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I had the same thing happen to me... the fuse blows as soon as you put in a new one.. I was told theres a major short for that to happen, maybe a broken cable
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 10:29 AM
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If you recently had the front bumper off, maybe you forgot to hook up the connector in the front. I did that after my IC install and the cluster light was on but no fogs.
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 01:42 PM
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nope i took it off and checked. either way that being disconnected would not pop the fuse
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 02:54 PM
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If you have a cut in the insulation of the positive (+12 V) wire running to either one of the fog lights and the bare wire is touching something metal you could cause a short when you turn the fog light switch on. This would then cause the fuse to blow even if the fog light was not connected/plugged in.
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Old Jan 29, 2010 | 09:00 PM
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seriously if you can't check a fuse then just take it back to the dealership. you do have warranty.

if the fuse is blown try and replace it ONCE. AND DO NOT INCREASE THE FUSE (10a to 15a for example)

if it blows again after turning the switch on you got a short.
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Old Jan 31, 2010 | 06:06 PM
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I checked the Fuses and they are fine. I plan on dropping my car off at the stearlership last this week. we'll see what they come up with.
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