MacHighlander
13-03-2011, 11:16 PM
I purchased an 8 month old Golf Match last Friday which I'm loving, although with it being the weekend, I've hardly driven it (can't wait until the commute to work tomorrow ;) )
So I headed out with the kids and the wife on Saturday afternoon - I drove the Ford S-Max and I let the wife get a shot of the Golf in the daylight, so she could get used to it (although it's my baby).
Driving back from the mother-in-laws I passed the Golf and noticed the strangest behaviour from the fog lights. It was around 6.30pm so it was dark and the dipped headlights were on and the fog lights were switched off. Anytime an indicator went on, the fog light on that side lit up as well. The fog light didn't blink - it just stayed solid. So the fog light lit would change depending on whether the left indicator or right indicator was selected (both fogs never lit).
As I say, I have a Match and the fog lights don't come as standard. So they've either been fitted when bought as new, or retro-fitted after. They are genuine VW fogs. I actually purchased the service manager's car from my local VW (company car), so it wasn't owned by a member of the public.
Either way, if the job was done at build time or if the job was done in my local VW garage, it's been botched. It's obviously been wired up wrongly.
I know the answer to this one before I ask it, but thought I'd ask it anyway. Is this intentional behaviour? Some sort of new safety feature?
So I headed out with the kids and the wife on Saturday afternoon - I drove the Ford S-Max and I let the wife get a shot of the Golf in the daylight, so she could get used to it (although it's my baby).
Driving back from the mother-in-laws I passed the Golf and noticed the strangest behaviour from the fog lights. It was around 6.30pm so it was dark and the dipped headlights were on and the fog lights were switched off. Anytime an indicator went on, the fog light on that side lit up as well. The fog light didn't blink - it just stayed solid. So the fog light lit would change depending on whether the left indicator or right indicator was selected (both fogs never lit).
As I say, I have a Match and the fog lights don't come as standard. So they've either been fitted when bought as new, or retro-fitted after. They are genuine VW fogs. I actually purchased the service manager's car from my local VW (company car), so it wasn't owned by a member of the public.
Either way, if the job was done at build time or if the job was done in my local VW garage, it's been botched. It's obviously been wired up wrongly.
I know the answer to this one before I ask it, but thought I'd ask it anyway. Is this intentional behaviour? Some sort of new safety feature?