The high beam symbol is a blue symbol with five horizontal lines vertically stacked to the left of a shape that resembles a headlight. This will engage on the dashboard to notify you that your high beam lights are active. Once the high beams have been turned off, this symbol Read more…
Leaving your car lights on will only drain your battery which could cause stalling the next day or even inability to start your car. When the lights are on in your car and the engine isn’t running, the battery will drain as it tries to keep the lights on. What Read more…
If you have left car lights on all night, the battery can quickly run down. It does not make much difference whether it is a halogen, LED or xenon lamp. If you leave the light on for too long, the battery will drain and the car will no longer start. Read more…
How to Install a License Plate Light: Step 1: Buy New License Plate Lights. Step 2: Use a flat screwdriver to remove the license plate housing cover. Step 3: Remove the bulb housing gently and unscrew the stock bulb. Step 4: Screw your new LED light securely where the old Read more…
A: Not all vehicles have automatic headlights, especially older vintages. Do car headlights turn on automatically? Today’s automatic headlamps come on whenever the switch is in the “auto” position and it’s dark enough to require them. They use a photoelectric sensor that’s usually mounted on top of the dash, or Read more…
Fog light symbol They can usually be found on a button on the dashboard, on a steering wheel stalk, or next to the dial you use to control your regular lights. How do I turn on my fog lights? Fog lights are usually operated by a separate switch from the Read more…
If you leave your headlights on do they turn off themselves? Yes, all of them do. Depending on the make, model, and year of the vehicle they turn off automatically after a set amount of time or they shut off when the battery runs down. What happens if you forget Read more…
When you’ve left the lights in your car or headlights on for a long time without the car running, it tends to drain your car’s battery. A car’s battery gets recharged when it’s on the move; that’s why you can charge your phone, listen to music, and even turn on Read more…
Introduced on the 1936 Cord 810, pop-up—or hidden—headlamps were a clever and fashionable way to streamline and hide the gawky round headlamps of the period. What was the reason for pop-up headlights? Pop-up headlights—or hidden headlamps, as they are technically deemed—first appeared on the Cord 810 in 1936. At the Read more…
The last time pop-up headlamps appeared on a volume-production car was in 2004, when both the Lotus Esprit and Chevrolet Corvette (C5) ended production. Development of both projector beam headlamps such as those on the 1990 Nissan 300ZX (Z32), and more efficient, bright LED headlamps has in practice, eliminated the Read more…