Yet Another VY Foglight Problem

[744driver]

I have a VY series 2 S with genuine foglights


It has Genuine foglights which i assume came stock


The problem is that they do not turn on unless i put the high beam on, they do not come on when i turn the headlights on.

Most of you will say, why dont you pull the switch outwards as this will turn them on, this is the switch i have:



and no, it doesnt pull outwards.

When i look under my car i see these loose wires:






Can someone help me to get these damn things to activate when i turn the headlights on? These parts where all pre-installed in my car, and appear to be 100% genuine, i just dont know why the wont work on low beam...

Thanks for any help.

[Calaber]

Those two loose wires are for the second horn. Fitted to most Commies, I think, but only used in Calais upwards unless second horn is optioned.

Obviously the wrong light switch, and I'm not sure that they are genuine lights. They are not the same as my Berlina and all VY fog lights were the same, regardless of whether they were fitted to SS, Berlina or Calais, so it seems that your car has been fitted out by a previous owneer. You could probably swap the switch feed from the high beam to low beam at the back of the switch, or try buying the correct switch which is only about $47.

[0081]

Get your self a new swtch mate

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Who ever wired them, did them as driving lights, which can only come on with high beam. Fog lights come on with parkers, so you have to change the feed wire from the high beam circuit to the park light circuit. My guess is they have a separate switch somewhere? If not and they come on whenever high beam is turned on they are illegal anyway. You need to have a separate switch, whether it is a toggle or the genuine switch that can be pulled out.

[744driver]

How do you change the wiring from hi beam, to parker? sorry i suck with auto electrics.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

You need to find the main feed wire that is spliced into the high beam wire at the headlight and move it to the park light.

[744driver]

at the head light or the foglight?

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

The headlight. There should be a wire that connects to the high beam wire on one side. That should go to a relay. But then again, if you don't have a separate switch, it may be just wired directly to the fogs.

[744driver]

do you know if the lights are genuine?

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

No idea. The SS in the lens suggests they are, but I'm not sure.

[Calaber]

I don't think they are genuine. As I said earlier, the lights are the same, regardless of whether they are fitted to a Calais, Berlina or SS and my Berlina lights lenses dont have SS on them. They have some form of identification moulded into the very bottom of the lens, just inside the bezel.

[Farlig]

genuine method for fog lights to activate are, when lights are switched to parkers/normal you can pull the light switch outwards and fogs turn on, together with the fog light symbol on the dash.

a few members have installed the genuine method, basicly purchase the genuine switch and relay the fog lights.

having them turn on with high beams is absolutely useless thou, serves no purpose to aid in "fog" conditions

[744driver]

Damn are you telling me my lights are fake?