Just purchased a 2008 Santa Fe Limited. Is there an easy way to re-wire the fog lights so they can be turned on alone or at least only with the parking lights?
It would be ideal if they could be turned on alone, stay on when the high beam headlights are on, and turn off when the ignition key is turned off.
With today's more complicated wiring schemes, I may be asking too much, but would appreciate any advice. Thanks.

Count me in as another Santa Fe (2007) owner who would love to make this modification.


New Up-Date.

I was able to get to the wiring of the Fog light switch (located to the left of the steering wheel on my 2007 Santa Fe). The panel of switches pops out quite easily and then you can access the back of the Fog light switch where the wiring harness is located. Several wires are connected to the switch. I was able to find the input wire (bright yellow wire) from the headlight input (it is only 'live' when the parking lights or headlights are on).

I figured that if I bridged a 'live' wire to the input socket of this yellow wire at the back of the switch, then I could 'trick' the switch into thinking that the headlights were on (when in fact they weren't, the headlight switch was in the 'off' position), and then the Fog lights could be switched on (without the headlights being on).

Well it sort of worked. When I turned on the ignition to standby with the 'bridge' wire in place, the Fog lights did come on (without the headlights being on), but the Fog light switch itself did not work; the Fog lights could not be turned off while the 'bridge' wire was in place.

Anyone out there with the electrical knowhow of how to proceed from here?

Mike

This post has been edited by simcoe84: Oct 10 2008, 09:26 PM