355 fog lamps help!!

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What part of the world are you from? This will help with the diagnosis of your problem as the Euro spec cars have different wiring compared to the U.S spec cars when it comes to the fog lights.

 

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Don't worry Mark, 285ferrari does that to everybody. He is the absolute Master of the F355 Universe and you MUST obay him or you will be forever excluded from the F355 Fratelli.

 

Ya he is sort of the "LAW"on 355's..

 

LOL!

These guys are just mucking around Mark, were all here to help.

As for your lighting issue, on a U.S car the fog lamps can be turned on via a switch on the centre console (I am sure you are already aware of this lol) Try to remove the switch from the panel (If you are unsure just ask, many here, including my self have done this to "refinish" the sticky plastic) Then with the park lights on, using a multi meter, check for power at the switch, this will tell us if it is a power feed problem or if it is in the wiring to the fog lights/relay.

Before you do any of this though, make sure you check the fuses, passenger side foot well I believe.

Let us know how you get on.

 

If it is a euro spec car they are NOT fog lights and can not be turned on. You can only use it as a "light horn" or what ever you call it ;-)

 

Correct, mine is a Euro spec car. Mark has posted as being in the U.S.

 

I know he says he is in the US but I am not sure tif hat automatically means it must be a US spec car. I guess that there has been imported car with euro spec as well.

 

Cool, good thinking. That could be the case.

Mark, have your fog lights ever worked from the switch in the centre console? I am not sure if the U.S spec cars have the day time flashers. Try flashing the high beam with out the headlights going, on a Euro this will flash the spot lights and is used as a daytime flash. If they work like this then there is a good chance you have a Euro spec car.

 

Mark, have a look at the tail lights when you turn that switch on, do the centre tail lights turn on? You might have a Euro spec car....

 

Welcome to FerrariChat Mark!!

Have you checked the bulbs?

 

Check your earth/s to the tail lights, resistance to current flow will cause hot wires, use you meter to check continiuty to a ground source

 

Work Shop Manual with wiring diagram for 2.7 355 is here: http://www.ricambiamerica.com/parts_catalogs.php Not the easiest to use in pdg form, but better than nothing...

 

Mark, give this a try...

 

I am talking about the centre red lights(the 2 closest together), not the reverse light. On a Euro car these are fog lights. Try it and see, turn the switch on and walk around the back of your car, if there are 2 bright red lights going then the switch is operating correctly and you have a euro car, if not then safe to assume you have a U.S spec car and we can move down that path.

Sorry, it is not an easy thing to explain. As you are aware there is an inner and outer lamp in each of the four tail light assemblies, the inner lamps are a pair of reverse lamps and a pair of indicators, the outer of the assembly is a mixture of tail and stop lamps, on Euro cars there is also the addition of fog lamps, these replace the 2 middle brake/tail lamps and are very bright. I hope that sort of makes sense.

I think Robbie can identify what market your car was made for from the VIN?

 

If the 8th letter in your VIN is "A" then you have a US spec car...

 

Would the 355 Technical manuals have the wiring diagrams?

 

Yes, but a pain to scroll.
05015 Right Fog light
05016 Left Fog light