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Old Jul 21, 2006 | 08:45 AM
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Last night i was driving and i saw that the passenger side fog was out. I only turn them on while i drive, since i hate them being on all the time when you leave them on (Who thought of that crap!) So at 7500 miles we have one down, guess its time to call the dealer and have the neww harness installed and a new bulb.
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Old Jul 23, 2006 | 12:04 AM
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why are you using them when u drive all the time? you should only be using them in fog.
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Old Jul 23, 2006 | 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Merrill'spontiac
why are you using them when u drive all the time? you should only be using them in fog.
It makes the car look better at night. "Real fog lights" are yellowish in color to cut through the fog.
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Old Jul 25, 2006 | 01:26 AM
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why are you using them when u drive all the time? you should only be using them in fog.
It makes the car look better at night. "Real fog lights" are yellowish in color to cut through the fog.
They are definately more for show then actually for fog. They do point down a little more than the dims but dont really help with fog which we get alot off here. They help me see deer more than through the fog.
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Old Jul 26, 2006 | 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Merrill'spontiac
why are you using them when u drive all the time? you should only be using them in fog.
pfft, sounds like something the Ex' would say; Stock foglights are damn near useless might as well use them for a "cool feature" they're not worth anything else but for show; Besides, as I said before the GXP'* a 35k car, you should be able to use anything in there and not have to worry about nothing being remotely defective!
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Old Aug 3, 2006 | 09:02 PM
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I think we could more realistically call them driving lights, not fog lights. My wife and I always said the real "experienced European drivers" use them.

We said that for years before every car on the road had them installed/available.

Now, we're the experienced European drivers...
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Took the car in for the foglight and they replaced the bulb, they said the harness was fine. I also said i heard a clicking noise from the front and they actually replaced the entire intermediate shaft. I thought the would have lubed it, but they replaced it at 7828 miles. My mom was worried that it needed to be replaced so soon, but i said it a common problem with the bonnie.
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Old Sep 1, 2006 | 05:28 PM
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I just got mine back from the dealer. I asked about a tsb on the fog light harness, and was told that it only applied to 2004 SLE'*.
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Old Sep 1, 2006 | 06:12 PM
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I just got mine back from the dealer. I asked about a tsb on the fog light harness, and was told that it only applied to 2004 SLE'*.
That was just an excuse. There is a TSB and that TSB covered my 2005 GXP when the foglights blew. Thay changed both harnesses.
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Old Sep 2, 2006 | 10:25 AM
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Shadow, any chance you have the TSB number?
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