Is this a fault or the latest safety gismo.

DXP55 · 1 Sep 2019 at 11:38

I stopped at crossroads in village and coming towards me on the other side was a 4x4 - These crossroads are not quite opposite so 4x4 had to put a bit of left lock on - as he did so his nearside fog light came on then half way across he put right lock on and near side went out and offside came on. Has his 4x4 got a fault.
I have never seen it before.

ps - never got make of 4x4

Haze · 1 Sep 2019 at 11:41

LOL, observation on the roads is not a strong point of yours, this has been on cars for years

TheVoice · 1 Sep 2019 at 11:51

Lots of cars do that as a "cornering light", no idea why as it seems mostly pointless.

Akagi · 1 Sep 2019 at 11:55

As above

Meaker · 1 Sep 2019 at 11:56

Depends how the lights are positioned byt on my i10 they added a fair bit of angle to the visibility round a dark corner.

ZG002 · 1 Sep 2019 at 12:46

You stop noticing it after a while, but was easily noticeable when I first got my Leon with it. Does add a chunk of light to the corner on a night.

DXP55 · 1 Sep 2019 at 13:26

I never drive in the dark these days if I can help it. - It will come to you one day. - Yes I go to the opticians yearly - Yes I wear glasses and yes I find headlights these days very dazzling.

I would also have thought that the lights should only come on with the head lights. You live and learn

Conscript · 1 Sep 2019 at 13:41

DXP55 said:
I would also have thought that the lights should only come on with the head lights. You live and learn

On some cars they do. We have a Kia Sorento which does this, but they are controlled by indication, not steering...when the headlights are on and you are indicating, the fog light also illuminates on that side. And only below a certain speed.

Terminal_Boy · 1 Sep 2019 at 13:58

My last Honda CR-V had low speed cornering lights. Very useful for navigating tight turns in old towns/villages where the street lighting is usually poor.

Haze · 1 Sep 2019 at 15:09

DXP55 said:
I never drive in the dark these days if I can help it. - It will come to you one day. - Yes I go to the opticians yearly - Yes I wear glasses and yes I find headlights these days very dazzling.

I would also have thought that the lights should only come on with the head lights. You live and learn

They still come on during the day...

phil675 · 1 Sep 2019 at 15:22

Not a fan of them, seen them come on at roundabouts which looks like an indicator in the corner of your eye, but they aren't turning off.

ShiWarrior · 1 Sep 2019 at 16:22

Conscript said:
On some cars they do. We have a Kia Sorento which does this, but they are controlled by indication, not steering...when the headlights are on and you are indicating, the fog light also illuminates on that side. And only below a certain speed.

my dads 2009 Citroen lights come on with steering, going around corners all the time, i noticed a light kept coming on , i thought WTF