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Towbar electrics 13pin and fog lights fault

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The fog lights on my towbar mounted bike rack don't work on one car (2015  A4 estate), but work when connected to the other car, (a 2015 Golf).

I have therefore assumed that the fault is not with the carrier, but with the first car. <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">I have checked the fuses in the car boot and they seem ok.</span>

When I connect the bike carriers electrics they disable the cars fog lights, but don't work on the carrier.

I have booked it into the auto-electricians in a for a couple of weeks time but wondered whether it was something obvious that I was missing.

Any ideas ?

 
Posted : 09/06/2022 5:37 pm
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Check for voltage on the pin on the towbar, if that's fine then it'll be a dodgy connection when you plug the rack in. If there's no voltage then it's a problem with the car wiring. Not unknown for one pin to have corrosion or just splay out enough for one not to work but the others all be fine.

 
Posted : 09/06/2022 9:21 pm
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Cheers.

 
Posted : 09/06/2022 9:57 pm