audihowie

I found what I think might be the only flaw on delivery, but tell me if I'm wrong about this.

The manual claims that the fog lights work when either the parking lights or the headlights are on. I can only get them to work when the headlights are on (which makes them relatively useless). Should they work when the parking lights are on?

Thanks,

Howie

P.S. Soon will post some off-road pics from the beach on Nantucket.

Dr.quattro

Depends on State, country etc...Aren't "driving lights" illegal in the U.S.?

happy allroader

I think they are working as they should and the manual is wrong to say they work with only parking lights turned on.

allroad(s) lead 2Gavin

Not! Almost all new vehicles (particularly American) now have Day Light Running lights.

I actually think it may be law to have them.

Gavin

Dr.quattro

I thought tht driving lights were lower than regular head lights. Am I confusing something?

CTallroad

It doesn't really matter - the factory fogs are so weak that they're all about looks not function

rdar

Here is a procedure to have the fogs come on with the parking lights<ul><li><a href="https://www.audiworld.com/tech/elec43.shtml">https://www.audiworld.com/tech/elec43.shtml</a</li></ul>

audihowie

Thanks... I'll have to check into this. I'm surprised the manual says otherwise.

Having been on Nantucket the last couple of weeks, and having had to deal with some fog, it would have been nice to be able to try them out.

In response to an earlier comment, I thought the whole point of fog lights was to use them instead of headlights so as to cut down on reflection from the fog and improve visibility.

MachineMan

Off
parking lights
parking lights and headlights
parking and fog lights w/o headlights
parking, fog lights and headlights
parking, fog lights, headlights and rear fog
parking, fog lights, rear fog w/o headlights
left side parking and left headlight only
right side parking and fog only

No daytime running lights

MachineMan

Driving lights (more common in Europe) are high powered, mounted low for long range night driving and are usually available as an aftermarket item in the US. They usually look similar to fog lights.

DRL as usually just the standard headlights wired in series (for half brightness) rather than parallel.