Were all 172sfitted with front fogs?

[hipwell]

I noticed tonight that my front foglights don't come on with the rear foglights and on the left stalk there is only 1 click which turns on the rears.

I remember on my 182 1 click did the fronts and another click put the rears on.

Am I missing something? Is there a different switch for them on a 172?

If not then maybe they were fitted just for looks, but I thought all 172 came with them as standard.

 

[bloke]

wrong stalk.

 

[hipwell]

wrong stalk.

Ah right.

Would it be simple enough to swap for the correct stalk and get them working?

 

[bloke]

yup, straightforward to do.

 

[mossyv6]

I bet it has a horn button on it

 

[hipwell]

yup, straightforward to do.

Cool. Now you mention it I did wonder why my horn was on the end of the indicator stalk and not the steering wheel. But the wheel does have the symbols etc to suggest the horn button should be there.

If I purchase this correct stalk set from eBay would I need anything else to get the horn back to its correct position in the steering wheel?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Clio-Spor...625078?hash=item2ef50adb76:g:VrkAAOSwCGVX7kdV

 

[mossyv6]

It sounds like you have had an aftermarket steering wheel on at some point and some body has removed the front fogs or done a pikey move on the wrong type of horn stalk - you can get 2001 stalk with horn and both fog switches.

And yes a piece of p1ss to fit.

 

[mossyv6]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Clio-Spor...625078?hash=item2ef50adb76:g:VrkAAOSwCGVX7kdV

Yep that's the one but you can buy the stalk on its own.

 

[hipwell]

Yep that's the one but you can buy the stalk on its own.

K thanks mate.

Would it involve a lot more work if I bought a stalk without the horn button if I wanted the horn back on the wheel?

 

[mossyv6]

Put an offer in on this and possibly £8 delivered mate.

 

[mossyv6]

K thanks mate.

Would it involve a lot more work if I bought a stalk without the horn button if I wanted the horn back on the wheel?

What steering wheel you got?

 

[hipwell]

Just a normal Renault one without cruise control buttons but it's been retrimmed in fabric

 

[mossyv6]

Is the horn working when you push the centre of the wheel? If it isn't I bet it isn't wired up OR they have botched the wiring underneath the steering wheel airbag and then you will need a new squib which contains the airbag, cruise controls and horn wiring.

 

[cs_dave]

I have a squib here mate ;-) for std wheel £15 posted

 

[hipwell]

Is the horn working when you push the centre of the wheel? If it isn't I bet it isn't wired up OR they have botched the wiring underneath the steering wheel airbag and then you will need a new squib which contains the airbag, cruise controls and horn wiring.

Nah it only works from the button on the end of the stalk.

If I go for a stalk with both fogs and horn button should it just be plug and play with the existing wiring?

I'm not too fussed about where the horn is if it's gooing to mean messing with wiring

 

[mossyv6]

^^^^^ great price mate @cs_dave

@hipwell whip the airbag off and have a look at the wiring underneath matey.

 

[mossyv6]

Possibly disconnected (but why?), sounds like somebody may have melted the horn wires (very common).

Sounds like you will need new (2nd hand) squib and a stalk to get it working again.

BUT just check that wiring behind the steering wheel airbag first mate - hopefully unplugged as you say you have a refurbed steering wheel on so somebody has been removing stuff.

 

[hipwell]

Right ok thank. I'll have a look tomorrow and put some pics of the wiring on and hopefully somebody can advise me on which stalk will be the best option.

 

[hipwell]

Thanks Dave. I'll let you know once I've had a look under the airbag

 

[mossyv6]

Yep do that buddy.

Disconnect battery for 15mins before removing the airbag. 2 pins at 3 o click and 6 o click on the back of the steering wheel - flat screwdriver will push the metal pins across an release.

 

[hipwell]

Yep do that buddy.

Disconnect battery for 15mins before removing the airbag. 2 pins at 3 o click and 6 o click on the back of the steering wheel - flat screwdriver will push the metal pins across an release.

Thanks matey. Will report back tomorrow

 

[Chris_Beer]

Yep do that buddy.

Disconnect battery for 15mins before removing the airbag. 2 pins at 3 o click and 6 o click on the back of the steering wheel - flat screwdriver will push the metal pins across an release.