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Subject Topic: rear fog light
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11/5/2007 at 9:53pm
 Location: Glasgow
 Outfit: Bailey Pageant Burgundy Kia Sorento
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Hello

The rear foglight on my van is on constantly . Is it the van or the car? Just had a new tow bar fitted



11/5/2007 at 10:00pm
 Location: Devon
 Outfit: Bailey Maru
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You have some bad wiring somewhere, has it been alright before? if yes it could be the car but may be the van.

Sorry a bit ambiguous but that the way it is, if the van is pre-used the previous owner may have rewired to suit his badly wired car socket, however as you've just had a new tow bar fitted and we must assume wiring it could be your wiring at fault

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11/5/2007 at 10:17pm
 Location: Lancashire
 Outfit: Caravan now Sold
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looks like a fault on no2 of your 12N plug wiring

Trailer Wiring I

Socket and plug wiring instruction 167
12N Normal Socket 12S Supplementary Socket
1) Left indicator 1) Reverse
2) Fog 2) Battery Charge **
3) Earth 3) Earth
4) Right indicator 4) Power feed
5) Right side light 5) Spare
6) Brake 6) Fridge **
7) Left side light 7) Earth for pin 6 (1998 on)
**NB It is essential that pin 6 is wired through a split relay from 1998 on!!

Relay wiring diagrams



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11/5/2007 at 10:39pm
 Location: Glasgow
 Outfit: Bailey Pageant Burgundy Kia Sorento
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Towed the van to a site and the lights were fine . Hitched up to come home and the foglight came on . I ended up taking the bulb out!



12/5/2007 at 7:14pm
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Could be a loose wire in the plug. Have you tried disconnecting the 12S as that's the only plug with a constant power supply, which is also on the same pin as the fog light which makes me wonder if they have been crossed over. Does the fog light stay on with the car unplugged? if so, must be the caravan at fault.


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13/5/2007 at 8:05pm
 Location: Stanley Co Durham
 Outfit: None Entered
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We have just had the same bother, had a towbar fitted at home by a proper firm but the fog light stayed on all the time while towing. They came back out and found that the fitter had wirred a perm live to the fog by mistake, so could be wirred wrong or a loose wire touching.



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