HOW DO YOU TURN ON FOG LAMPS 2002 FORD EXPLORER XLT?

SEEMS LIKE YOUR CAPS LOCK KEY IS STUCK IN THE ON POSITION!!

I'VE TRIED IT AND NOTHING HAPPENS

Could there be a seperate push button near the right side of the radio bezel? Searcher1

I AGREE IT APPEARS SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH HIS CAPS LOCK KEY.

BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT! :)

Cheers,

-sd

Turn the switch to either park or headlamp position and pull the switch outwards. The foglights automatically turn off when high beams are selected...

Of course not. You have to turn off your caps lock, first. H

You can download a pdf of the manual from

To operate the fog lights, turn on your headlights and then pull out the knob. They will only operate with the head lights are on low beam.

The fog lights are intended for use in fog. Please keep this in mind. Some of your fellow road users (like me) get pissed at SUV drivers who use fog lights as weapons of intimidation. And before you tell me how much they help you see, don't waste your time. I've owned 1 Explorer, 2 Expedition, and a Mustang with fog lights. From time to time, I have turned them on. I have found them useful once - when trying to follow the edge of the road at low speed in a snow storm. In that case, the fog lights did a reasonable job of adding light to the area immediately to the front and sides of the vehicle. At a low speed this was useful for following the edge of the road. At normal highway speeds, anything in this area would already be to close to respond to. When driving in town, all the fog lights do is annoy other drivers. I did have one person tell me that they used their fog light when parking to help illuminate the parking space as they turned in. This seemed reasonable (maybe as good as the old "turning lights"). Otherwise I write off all the people who ride around with fog lights ablaze as inconsiderate jerks.

Finally, typing in all caps is considered rude. But then so is top posting. Oh well, I guess we can survive this top post.

Ed

relic wrote:

I think you mean when the low beams (or parking lights on some models) are selected. There is absolutely no reason to run "fog" lights with the high beams.

Ed

On my 2003 Explorer Sport the "fog lights" are automatically turned off whenever I engage the high beams. Like most of you I rarely use the fog lights and get tired of people blinding me with theirs.

Ummm ...." The foglights automatically turn off when high beams are selected..." sounds about right....

Whoops, I read it wrong, sorry. Need better glasses.

Ed

Jim Warman wrote:

I'd lend you mine but I seem to need them more and more as time goes by.... biggest problem is when I need them at home, they're usually perched on the side of the toolbox...... when I need them at work they're on top of my desk....

I have a few questions. I leave my fog lights on most of the time. I guess I never really thought about others being irritated by them. I have been the lead car in front of my own vehicle and they seem directed downward that they really aren't bright. I leave them on mainly driving in the city because I have cars that pull out in front of me from parking lots or side roads and I would rather make sure that they see me (kinda like the daytime running lights theory - which I don't really buy into personally).

Second question: what is "top posting"?

Happy Holidays!

Thanks, D>You can download a pdf of the manual from

I'm a top poster.... been doing it since 1993 and I can't see myself stopping it anytime soon. I get to see the reply right away and if I need educating, I can scroll down. Others frown on the practice, preferring to scroll through multiple kb of drivel to find "Me too" bottom posted - after several pages of unsnipped crap.

As for the fog lights..... we all assume that others live in identical bodies to ours. I'm an old guy.... I wear sunglasses a lot.. even at night depending on conditions and traffic. I can't hear worth shit because my chosen profession has delivered a really nifty condition called tinnitus.... some nights, it's so bad I'm surprised Mrs mechanic can't hear it. Old age and, perhaps, continuous exposure to off-beat chemicals, has left my eyesight less than great. We have a lot of motorists that try to impress us all because they have factory foglights..... These things shine in an old guys peepers bad enough to set up a tragedy. If someone is approaching you and finds your fog lights offensive, they will flash their high beams at you. You, forgetting the fog lights, will flash your high beams back. Nothing gained .... however, the fog light guy will be branded a dick ( rightfully so). As responsible adults, we must be conscious of the effects that our actions have on others.

Wouldn't it be nifty if the guy coming at you has poor vision, a dirty windshield and can't see squat because you are using your lamps in a manner other than what was intended (they are called "fog" lamps).... and runs smack into you.

Driving down the road is NOT all about me.... it IS all about US. Safe motoring is all about teamwork amongst people that will never, ever meet each other. "loose cannons" that disregard common courtesy set us up for a real bad night.

Turn off the foglights and have a safe and merry Xmas

"Don-Don" wrote

I leave them on

Am I the only one to see the contradiction, here? H

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Nope... there's no contradiction here.... more like a real, heavy-duty, died-in-the-wool, certified brain fart..... Much better to blind someone since we can be sure that the other motorists SAW us at least for a split second. That way it makes it much harder for them to aim at us with any accuracy. Besides, it's much better to have lights on than to ummmm, errrrr...... have lights on, I guess.

I don't understand the reluctance some have to have DRLs or the downright dislike that some have of them. They are an innocuous device, relatively trouble free and are proven to reduce daytime MVAs (

and on, ad infinitum).