Mysterious fog light fuse

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frosho

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Since before the PO of my car had it, the fog lights never worked. We replaced the fuse multiple times but to no avail. Then recently, I was under the dash fiddling with my clutch pedal after the adjuster got stuck in traffic, and I noticed this one lonely fuse that didn't look very factory-esque. I pulled it out and sure enough it was blown. I replace it with a new one and voila! I have fog lights! But this leads me to the question, why the **** would someone wire in a separate fuse solely for the fogs? There is nothing special that should be drawing any more power for them, just stock stuff.:shrug:
 

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no wayyyy... doesn't the owner's manual say that there's a fuse for them in with the main fuse block under the dash? :slap: man, i wish someone had told me about that when i originally posted about the problem... haha:oops:
 

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The Ford wire diagrams show a 15A in line fuse for the fog lamps.
 

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Sorry to wake up this thread.. Where is this fuse? I'de like to know. I lost my fogs recently.
 

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Says under the dash near the fuse panel attached to the main wire harness. Looks like directly under the headlight switch or near the ebrake pedal from the diagram.
 

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i wonder if thats whats goin on with mine too...anyone wanna take a picture so I know what "not factory-esqe" looks like??

Thanks
 

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FOUND IT...and yes, that does look aftermarket....but alas, not the culprit..anyone got anyother fixes that dont involve removal, replacement and rewiring...OR could i just use the vents as brake cooling vents??my Trans am has them underneath the fog lights in the front valance...would i have to run hose or just remove the lights??Thakns
 

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Well IMO, it's not that strange that they did it that way. Think about it...SHO's were the ONLY Taurus that had factory fog lights.
 
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