How Do I Change My Fog Light Bulb?

[magg]

The manual describes how to change the high and low beam bulbs, but not the fog light.

 

I can't really see any obvious way of doing this either. Do I need to take off the front bumper to get at the bulb??

[stimulator]

Open the access cover at the base of the wheel arch liner below the fog lamp.

 

Disconnect the wire connector

 

Turn the holder ANTI clockwise

 

Remove the bulb and fit new one, do not touch the bulb

[magg]

Open the access cover at the base of the wheel arch liner below the fog lamp.

 

Disconnect the wire connector

 

Turn the holder ANTI clockwise

 

Remove the bulb and fit new one, do not touch the bulb

 

Thanks!

 

I didn't even know there was an access cover there. Doesn't say anything about it the manual..

[fishears]

Open the access cover at the base of the wheel arch liner below the fog lamp.

 

Disconnect the wire connector

 

Turn the holder ANTI clockwise

 

Remove the bulb and fit new one, do not touch the bulb

 

I'd been scratching my head about this for ages... Thanks for the help. On mine the sequence was actually:

open flap

twist cap

disconnect wire connector

fiddle with spring clip for a long time

replace bulb

[magg]

fiddle with spring clip for a long time

 

I did a lot of fiddling too. I got the bulb in there in the end, but part of the clip got jammed somewhere in there, so the bulb couldn't be seated properly. Now the bulb is pointing upwards.. I think I need to let the dealer sort it out for me.

 

It's illegal to use those foglights over here anyway, but as long as they're there they need to be working.. Apparently.

[fishears]

It's illegal to use those foglights over here anyway, but as long as they're there they need to be working.. Apparently.

 

Are you sure about that? UK legislation states they are only to be used in conditions where visibility is serious impaired – generally when you cannot see for more than 100 metres (328 feet). Got that from a friend on the force.

[stimulator]

Yes but he's not in the UK is he look at his name and location Norway

[fishears]

Yes but he's not in the UK is he look at his name and location Norway

Typical "island" mentality, eh? I always assume I'm addressing another Brit...

Will try to widen my horizons in future. Thanks for the correction.

 

BTW is there no fog in Norway? I'm curious now.

[magg]

Typical "island" mentality, eh? I always assume I'm addressing another Brit...

Will try to widen my horizons in future. Thanks for the correction.

 

BTW is there no fog in Norway? I'm curious now.

 

There's not much fog here, actually. But when there is alot of it or there's heavy snow you can use them. Some people use them anyway despite the fines of around 150 pounds if you're caught driving with them..

 

For the past four years they've only come in handy for me once and that was in a snowstorm where everything ended up beeing white and you couldn't see the where the road was going without them.

 

I think they're pretty useless in the fog too. And I really don't understand why they've designed the switch on the c3 so that the front fog lights need to be on in order to use the rear ones. I find I need to use the rear ones alot more often than the front ones anyway.