Front Fog Lamp Indicator: Description
A front fog lamp indicator is standard equipment on all instrument clusters. See Fig 1. However, on vehicles not equipped with the optional front fog lamps, this indicator is electronically disabled. This indicator is located above the engine temperature gauge and to the right of the tachometer in the instrument cluster.
The front fog lamp indicator consists of a stencil-like cutout of the International Control and Display Symbol icon for "Front Fog Light" in the opaque layer of the instrument cluster overlay. The dark outer layer of the overlay prevents the indicator from being clearly visible when it is not illuminated. A green Light Emitting Diode (LED) behind the cutout in the opaque layer of the overlay causes the icon to appear in green through the translucent outer layer of the overlay when the indicator is illuminated from behind by the LED, which is soldered onto the instrument cluster electronic circuit board.
When the exterior lighting is turned On, the illumination intensity of the front fog lamp indicator is dimmable, which is adjusted along with the cluster illumination lighting using the panel lamps dimmer control ring on the left control stalk of the multi-function switch. The front fog lamp indicator is serviced as a unit with the instrument cluster.