tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239694080870817712.post5723345553683867883..comments2024-03-01T01:07:13.368-07:00Comments on No, but seriously: The benefit of front foglightsSteven Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01856604112181023270noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239694080870817712.post-51205393515328632712017-03-25T09:09:50.281-06:002017-03-25T09:09:50.281-06:00Brian
That's pretty much how they all are. You...Brian<br />That's pretty much how they all are. You typically don't ever want to use high beams in fog which is why the foglights turn off with high beams. The peculiarity with Subaru is that they won't allow the fog lights with side lights. As you said you have to have at least the low beam on. Honda don't do this, VW don't do this and my current Range Rover doesn't do this. It allows foglights and side lights without the main headlight being on (i.e. No low beam)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15322134770888868709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239694080870817712.post-6471932698724907062017-03-24T13:42:33.035-06:002017-03-24T13:42:33.035-06:00I drove a 2004 Subaru Forester in the Colorado mou...I drove a 2004 Subaru Forester in the Colorado mountains for many years, and I needed to use the factory-installed fog lights many times. Unfortunately for Subaru owners, the cars are wired so that the driver can only use the fog lights while the low-beam headlights are on, even though the fog lights have a separate switch.<br /><br />Here are Subaru's options: low beams only, high beams only, secondary lights (corner markers, etc) only, or low beams with fog lights. The fog lights will not illuminate with the secondary lights or high beams. I thought this was a manufacturing defect, and when I asked the dealer to correct this, they knew nothing about it, could find no relevant service bulletin, could not explain why it worked like this, and sent me away with my repair order marked, "Vehicle performs as designed."<br /><br />In subsequent reduced-visibility situations I either used the secondary lights only or the low beams. The built-in fog lights were useless.Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239694080870817712.post-416340555105521542014-02-28T14:01:41.693-07:002014-02-28T14:01:41.693-07:00What a good idea would to make it mandatory to giv...What a good idea would to make it mandatory to give this lesson as part of gaining a drivers licence. I never see fog light used in the correct fashion. To many people, especially juvenile males with every light thats available on the front of the car lit up. And if they have high intensity rear lights those morons have them as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com