See if they turn off when you turn on the high beams. If they do, you probably have a bad combination switch with inoperative fog lamp contacts. If they don't, you probably have a bad IPDM.
Foglights on 2017 Altima SV stay on in auto/ off positions
Hoping someone can please help, my foglights stay on in on and auto positions, turn off when car is off
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ok they dont, whats an IPDM? lol
whats an IPDMSee if they turn off when you turn on the high beams. If they do, you probably have a bad combination switch with inoperative fog lamp contacts. If they don't, you probably have a bad IPDM.
the fuse?
Is this something a Car dummy can handle?
Not a fuse. The IPDM is the control box for most of the lights and power in the car. It's upside down at the back of the black fuseboxes that sit in front of the driver's side strut tower. It should be plug-and-play on a '17, no tools needed to swap it out. However, a new one isn't cheap.
ok thanks, i had heard relay as well possibly?Not a fuse. The IPDM is the control box for most of the lights and power in the car. It's upside down at the back of the black fuseboxes that sit in front of the driver's side strut tower. It should be plug-and-play on a '17, no tools needed to swap it out. However, a new one isn't cheap.
On a '17 the relay is inside the IPDM, it isn't serviceable. BUT... Do you have two bulbs in your fog lamp housings? It just occurred to me, some of the '17's came through with LED fogs, but some came through with "split level" fogs like the '16's, which had separate fog and DRL bulbs sharing the same housing. If there are two bulbs in each housing then what you're seeing are peanut bulbs for the DRL's, the fogs will only come on with the fog switch on and the headlights on low beam.
honestly no clue, right now they turn on as soon as I start car. They do not look like bright ledsOn a '17 the relay is inside the IPDM, it isn't serviceable. BUT... Do you have two bulbs in your fog lamp housings? It just occurred to me, some of the '17's came through with LED fogs, but some came through with "split level" fogs like the '16's, which had separate fog and DRL bulbs sharing the same housing. If there are two bulbs in each housing then what you're seeing are peanut bulbs for the DRL's, the fogs will only come on with the fog switch on and the headlights on low beam.
Then see if they get a lot brighter when you hit the fog switch, I bet you have split levels and what you're seeing is DRL's.
I think you may be right, when I start the car with the brake enabled the lights do not turn on, once brake disengaged the lights come onThen see if they get a lot brighter when you hit the fog switch, I bet you have split levels and what you're seeing is DRL's.
Yep, those are DRL's for sure. If there's a fog switch on your combo switch then you may have burnt bulbs, if there's no switch then they probably aren't connected, you'll need a kit to get the fogs working.
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