Turn on fog lights

[Marshall]

On my last 2 , just push in on the head light switch, if factory, I think there is a small picture of the fog lights on the face of the switch.
If you don't have that , than maybe wired in with the head lights .
You can't run fog and hi beam at the same time on the factory set up.
If you look at the wire harness, should be able to tell if a factory job or aftermarket crap crimped together, and black tape, tie straps.

 

[David Langford]

On my 2017 Big Horn 1500, I have factory fog lights, there is a button below the light switch that shows a symbol of a light with diagonal lines going down. When on there is an indicator on the dash (I believe in the speedometer).

 

[CowboyTech]

Hey David Langford, I believe that switch is for the lamp over the bed of your pickup

 

[RBAT]

<Hey David Langford, I believe that switch is for the lamp over the bed of your pickup>

Took me 4 years plus to figure that out on my 2017 Laramie. After getting bit ($) needing to have burned out bulbs replaced on my other vehicles during state inspection I decided to preinspect the Ram before it went in for inspection. Only after much digging in the owners manual did I finally discover that I had been turning on the cargo light all these years and the fogs had never been turned on.

 

[Justin33]

On my last 2 , just push in on the head light switch, if factory, I think there is a small picture of the fog lights on the face of the switch.
If you don't have that , than maybe wired in with the head lights .
You can't run fog and hi beam at the same time on the factory set up.
If you look at the wire harness, should be able to tell if a factory job or aftermarket crap crimped together, and black tape, tie straps.

Yeah you can because I disabled the drop out with Alfa I can have lows highs and fogs all on.

 

[NikNak]

My 2017 Tradesman Express 1500 came with fog lights & it was the main push button on the light switch dial.

 

[BCLJ]

I dont think those are stock lights however if they are and if you have the dial for your lights, it should say push on it and that will turn on the fog lights. If you use the auto function, they will turn on and off with the headlights and you dont need to keep pushing the button.

 

[magman777]

My 2018 Tradesman had the fog/driving lights in the bumper. They didn't work. Raised the hood to follow wires and the wiring harness was coiled up behind the battery box. It was all there but not hooked up. That was before I hit the deer and they never did get wired up.

 

[Intense-Dakota]

Hi, not sure if this been asked before or not. I just purchased a 2017 ram 2500 tradesman. Does anyone know how to turn the fog lights on? We cannot figure it out for the life of us. On mine, the headlight button doesn't push in. Sorry if this is a stupid question..

Any word? I am curious what you found out.

 

[huntergreen]

Subed

 

[greg mayrhofer]

if they are wired in, the Ecm has to be flashed for them , and if it is then the main headlight switch just need to push in and they should turn on

 

[Intense-Dakota]

I'm pretty sure the OP fell off the earth.

 

[cgugler]

I apologize for not getting on here sooner. I wasn't receiving notifications that I was getting replies lol anyway, I did crawl underneath the truck and check. They are not wired in but there is a plugin on each of them which I would assume would be a way to wire them in if there was a way to. But I never was able to see if there was any wiring further underneath. I do know there is no switch inside to be able to turn them on if they were wired in. Like a lot of you said, it is a aftermarket bumper. I may have to do further investigating

 

[cgugler]

I'm pretty sure the OP fell off the earth.

I didn't fall off the face of the earth. Just wasn't receiving notifications for some reason

 

[cgugler]

Any word? I am curious what you found out.

Just posted a reply

 

[cgugler]

My 2018 Tradesman had the fog/driving lights in the bumper. They didn't work. Raised the hood to follow wires and the wiring harness was coiled up behind the battery box. It was all there but not hooked up. That was before I hit the deer and they never did get wired up.

I'll have to check under the hood and see if they maybe put something there. I didn't get that far when I checked.

 

[corneileous]

I apologize for not getting on here sooner. I wasn't receiving notifications that I was getting replies lol anyway, I did crawl underneath the truck and check. They are not wired in but there is a plugin on each of them which I would assume would be a way to wire them in if there was a way to. But I never was able to see if there was any wiring further underneath. I do know there is no switch inside to be able to turn them on if they were wired in. Like a lot of you said, it is a aftermarket bumper. I may have to do further investigating

So what you’re saying is, this truck has an aftermarket front bumper that the previous owner put some kind of lights in it, correct?

It is highly possible that even though the previous owner put on an aftermarket front bumper with lights- whether they came with the bumper or they added them later that they could have just never got around to hooking them up and being that you say your headlight switch is not the kind that can be pushed in to turn on the factory fog lights if it had them, you’re probably just going to have to run your own wiring in order to use them unless you can find an aftermarket toggle switch in the cab of the truck somewhere on the driver side.

If you just simply cannot find a switch anywhere inside and if there’s no wiring going to the lights or anywhere under the dash where there might be some non-factory looking wiring then just look around and see if you can find a lighting wiring kit and hook them up yourself.

 

[BossHogg]

They are not wired in but there is a plugin on each of them which I would assume would be a way to wire them in if there was a way to.

Check the lower part of the center stack and see if the truck came with the optional AUX switches. If you have them it would make a good place to wire in the fogs.

 

[cgugler]

So what you’re saying is, this truck has an aftermarket front bumper that the previous owner put some kind of lights in it, correct?

It is highly possible that even though the previous owner put on an aftermarket front bumper with lights- whether they came with the bumper or they added them later that they could have just never got around to hooking them up and being that you say your headlight switch is not the kind that can be pushed in to turn on the factory fog lights if it had them, you’re probably just going to have to run your own wiring in order to use them unless you can find an aftermarket toggle switch in the cab of the truck somewhere on the driver side.

If you just simply cannot find a switch anywhere inside and if there’s no wiring going to the lights or anywhere under the dash where there might be some non-factory looking wiring then just look around and see if you can find a lighting wiring kit and hook them up yourself.

yes, thats about all i can figure out is that it is a aftermarket bumper. and no, my headlight switch doesnt have the option to push it in for fog lights. and i cant find a switch for it otherwise. i may end up hooking them up myself if i want the fog lights. i do want to add extra lights anyway.

 

[cgugler]

Check the lower part of the center stack and see if the truck came with the optional AUX switches. If you have them it would make a good place to wire in the fogs.

ill check that out and see

 

[2020PW]

Both are 2017 Tradesman


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Nope- Look at the the sticker in the corner of the windshield.