Fog Lights / High Beams?

On my Evoque the light switch won't allow me to turn on the fog lamps when the high beams are on. Is this lighting limitation a feature on the Evoque or do I have a faulty light switch? If it is a feature is there a work around to have the fog and high beams working together. As the fogs do a great job of brightly illuminating the road directly in front of you the combination with the high beams would be very good on poorly surfaced dark country roads at night.

It could be something to do with USA construction rules as in my UK spec car I can, if I use the manual on facility, have high beam with front fogs so long as I put the headlights on using dipped beam first then switching on the front fogs. However in the UK, as far as I am aware, it is illegal to drive with front or rear fog lights on when it isn't foggy.

I thought the law allowed pensioners to drive with rear fogs on, if it rains a bit!

(20-04-2014 10:45pm)Redrob Wrote:  I thought the law allowed pensioners to drive with rear fogs on, if it rains a bit!

And for the next 48hrs, incase the fog returns

(21-04-2014 08:52am)doug Wrote:  And for the next 48hrs, incase the fog returns

no doug they are being used as drls.

(20-04-2014 04:45pm)mstraka Wrote:  On my Evoque the light switch won't allow me to turn on the fog lamps when the high beams are on. Is this lighting limitation a feature on the Evoque or do I have a faulty light switch? If it is a feature is there a work around to have the fog and high beams working together. As the fogs do a great job of brightly illuminating the road directly in front of you the combination with the high beams would be very good on poorly surfaced dark country roads at night.

My 2012 RRE only allows the front fog lights in low beam...not sure if the rear works in high beam or not. I have had other vehicles that did the same for the front fog lights w/low beam only.

(22-04-2014 06:09pm)moofish Wrote:  My 2012 RRE only allows the front fog lights in low beam...not sure if the rear works in high beam or not. I have had other vehicles that did the same for the front fog lights w/low beam only.

yep my fogs only work on low beam as well. {uk}

It appears that Land Rover has taken the 'big brother knows what's best' attitude and believes there are no driving conditions that would require both fogs and high beam, assuming that given the possibility, we would unwisely drive through a fog bank turning on our fog lamps and high beams together, endangering ourselves and others.

MY 2012 Dynamic, front and rear fogs work with high beam, just checked.

(23-04-2014 03:56pm)Tony Wrote:  MY 2012 Dynamic, front and rear fogs work with high beam, just checked.

And my MY 2014.