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Old 03-06-2014, 08:56 PM
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Fog light problem

So I recently upgraded my drls to led, put a harness etc on it. just last week I went to the dealership and got my oil changed. but recently about the same time that I got the oil change
my fog lights have been acting up. I start the car but the fogs won't turn on until I drive a bit. even so only my driver side turns on and after a while the passenger side would turn on.

my fog lights are hid, also with a harness. usually to turn on both fogs I would have to flip the fog switch off and on or else just the driver side would turn on.

Now would this be a battery problem? or just a bad fog light connection. The weather here is also been really cold the past week -20 to -48.
Old 03-06-2014, 09:01 PM
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Could be an issue with the harness.
VLEDS sells plug and play LED fogs. I've never understood why there needs to be a harness for foglights
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HID Fogs eh? Did you install them yourself? How are they wired up?
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the delay upon turning them on sounds like an electrical problem associated with either the ballast or the wiring.
recheck your work.
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Yes I installed them myself. used a relay harness. I've had them on for 4 months or so now so they worked quite well before hand only thing was that I had to flip the fog switch to make them both work. But now it's acting funny.
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If it's been that cold, its possible its too cold for the ballasts or ignitors to light up the bulbs.
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I solved this problem, it was the ground wire. The bolt in which the ground was attached to was not properly tightened. It mustve unloosened itself when i did my drls. Thanks anyways guys
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