mot failure - no fog light warning

mot failure - no fog light warning

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s3 bob

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74 posts

286 months

Monday 29th January 2001
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My S3 has just failed its mot on the henious crime of having no warning light for the rear fogs. The trouble is, the car isn't fitted with one! (not one that I can find anyway). It's an early S3 with the three non-illuminated rotary switches on the centre console. There doesn't seem to be a symbol for it on the warning cluster on the dash either. The testing centre says its a legal requirement for any car post 1980 so its a mistery how its passed its last 7 mot's! Any help gratefully received.

s3 bob

Original Poster:

74 posts

286 months

Monday 29th January 2001
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It seems that the S1/2 had the warning light in the curved display to the left of the steering column and the S3 had the illuminated rocker switch with the warning light built in. As mine is an early S3 (with S2 type switchgear) it has neither! Edited by s3 bob on Monday 29th January 23:20

s3 bob

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74 posts

286 months

Monday 12th February 2001
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My car has a redundant led fitted under the column from a previous alarm so I wired that up from the back of the rotary switch. A bit heath-robinson but I didnt have to drill any new holes and it kept the mot tester happy. My switch did have two wires from it suggesting that it was wired for an indication but too difficult to trace where it goes to! I suppose if thats the worst they can find on a ten year old car then I should be happy.