so... strange issue this morning when i was coming into work. i locked my car up and noticed my driver's side fog light was on... i thought it was strange as i didn't turn my lights on at all when i drove in today...

unlocked the car, verified lights were off, and then turned them on and off and the light still stayed on. walked around back and my driver's side brake light was on too.

any ideas? i had to run into work and have been crazy all day... hopefully it turned itself off and i don't walk out to a dead battery at 6pm.

 

That's a strange problem. I have not read about any problems with that. I wonder if it's a short in the system somewhere. Did you search NAM?

 

i did search nam, but haven't really found anything... poo.

 

hmmm. Someone on here has to have some insight...

 

Your left turn signal is on.

 

This will keep the fog light on after shutting off the car?

 

it does!! i went out and sure enough my left turn signal was on...

turned it off, lights went off... car started right up too after 8.5 hours... thanks for the info!

 

Hmmm. I'm going to have to try that with my MINI when it comes back from the shop. Interesting. Thanks for the info. You've got to love NAM

 

yah same thing just happend to me, when you leave your turn signal on while parked, your lights stay on. Mine did the side markers front and back, but not the fog lights... odd problem, with a rather simple solution

 

This is actually a safety feature. In Europe, all cars are equipped with the capability to leave the front and rear parking lamps turned on - on one side of the car only. This is useful when you are parking on a poorly lit street.

 

Glad I could help

Even gladder that you battery wasn't drained.

(Had a friend this happened to who pulled the fuse to keep the battery from draining... the felt like an @$$ once they realized the issue, and having spent 'happy hour' searching for the right fuse.)

 

You probably wanted to say "parking light" not the fog light. As mentioned above, it is a safety feature that people actually use in Europe

 

now with this safety feature... does it drain the battery??

 

This is a very common feature on European cars. It's used when parking on very narrow streets to make the car more visable.

 

I had used this feature on few of my cars while living in Europe at the time. Never had a problem with battery draining... Then again, the ligths were not on more than 8 hours

 

Interesting insight. Thanks NAMers

 

curious to try but unsure if i want to drain my battery.... who knows may use it may not.. granted my side markers are tinted; which i might add looks sweet if anyone is looking to do it.