Skidoor

Would anyone happen to know why Acura decided it was a good idea to make the fog lights pointless and useless, since you can't turn them on unless the headlights are on?
I was very disappointed to discover this tonight in whiteout conditions...at night...I turned my headlights off (daytime running lights and hazard flashers on) and then I could actually see where I was going thanks to the dim highway lighting, then figured the fogs might help....well, nope! No fog lights for you, Mister.....

Fog lights are supposed to be used INSTEAD of headlights in fog or whiteout snow conditions, in case anyone doesn't know that.....I can't believe they committed such a stupid engineering faux pas.....wow!

jcross1231

I've wondered that, too. I think a good percentage of people have lost their focus and just think they look cool rather than using them functionally. You'd think Acura would know better, though.

chickdr

Most cars I have owned with fog lights are set up that way. No headlights, no fog lights. You could likely make some wiring changes to do what you want though.

dirleton

"I can't believe they committed such a stupid engineering faux pas.....wow!"


There must be a logical explanation. As far as I know they are all set up that way.

Skidoor

My guess is that it's a safety (or stupidity-prevention) thing, what else could it be?.... they don't want people driving around with fog lights on and headlights off when its not foggy....just another very annoying example of theoretical what-ifs trumping (in many cases) common sense.
Because common sense in the consumer is sometimes lacking. And sorry that I used the word Trumping.

Oh, by the way, my 2005 Murano was wired to have the fog lights ON 100% of the time, they acted as the daytime running lights, the main headlamps were completely OFF during the day....another oddity.....I saw other Muranos around the same model year (give or take a few years) that did not do this.

Have they mandated daytime running lights in the US yet? Just curious.....