Bought a used 2006 S60 about a year ago, while changing a brake light i noticed the passenger side fog light wasn't on. I pulled out the bulb holder, and there was no bulb in it, looking further, what looked like a dead bulb was really just a plastic placeholder, volvo never cut out the hole for the real bulb!

So, short of taking it in (which i'd have to pay totally out of pocket, and it's not that big a deal) how would you suggest i fix this myself? any tools that you'd suggest?

 

There was not suppose to be light on the passenger side, so I think, there is nothing to fix. None of my Volvos had fog light on the both sides

 

BlackBrick is correct. There is ONLY a rear Fog Light in the drivers side. It's also the Law that a vehicle with rear fog lights in the tail light housing only have one light. It can be on either side but "there can only be one".... () It's a safety thing. If you're rocking a rear fog in both tail lights, it looks like your riding your breaks and could potentially cause a wreck.

 

wow, that is the most random thing i've ever heard - you'd think they would make the fog lights white and put them on both sides, unless i'm totally missing the point of fog lights.

thanks for the info! this forum hasn't failed me yet!

 

Make the rear fog light white??? I think you might be slightly missing there intended function. If they were white, it'd look like you were driving with your reverse lights on. The point of the rear fog is to help you stand out in bad driving conditions.

 

On my 2002 I had to pop out the plastic cover on the passenger side protecting the lens, then insert a bulb into the holder. New models don't have this option,

 

Is it a problem having rear fog lights on both sides?
I didn't know it has to be on Driver side only and already installed bulb on passenger side too. Is it legal to have them both sides on in a fog? Another words should I remove the right bulb?
Thanks in advance.

 

Each state has its own laws, but I would suspect that it is illegal. It can difficult to see cars that are going the same direction as you when you come up on them because they are going slow and rear running lights are not bright. Having both fog lights on helps other drivers see ME before they run into the back of me. I also have the fog lights tied into the brake lights. Therefore the brake lights are EXTRA bright. You will need a diode in line with wire to the brake lights to prevent feedback to the brake lights when you have your fog lights on.

 

Thanks to the users for speaking to these questions and thanks to AKF for asking this question. I noticed the same thing (with the passenger rear fog light only the other day when I went to change a burnt brake bulb at the rear of my 2006 Volvo S60) and noticed that one of the fog lights never existed because a fake light was put as a placeholder. Not all states/provinces will have the same law so depending on where you live the regulations may differ - having said that, some places might allow you to have more than one fog light to the rear and others may prohibit you from having one. It is possible to look this information up with respect to your state/provincial highway traffic act. If you do not see any written restrictions, then it likely does not exist (unless you missed finding the information). Manufacturing, however, seems to conform either to federal law and/or the highest standards across the automotive industry. For example, when vehicles are created, it would be built in a way that conforms to the federal regulation that your country has set, but your provincial regulation may be more stringent or perhaps even less stringent; therefore allowing your vehicle to have or not have certain things that somewhere else may or may not permit.

A different perspective: I believe the 2003 Volvo S60 had both fog lights at the rear. For brainstorming purposes: a vehicle under federal law may be required to be manufactured with turn signals to the rear which flash red or yellow - however this does not necessarily mean that you cannot have another flashing color such as the white LED that some enthusiasts enjoy placing on their vehicle. If provincial law does not dictate that white flashing lights for turn signals are prohibited, then there is likely nothing against it.

 

I am just wondering if anybody knows if this is straightforward. I am in the UK with the fog light on the right hand side of my 2007 S60 but I will be shortly moving to the Continent and the aim is to take my S60 with me and register it in Poland. I have bought a new set of front headlights but will also need to change the side of rear fog from right to left. I tried swapping the bulb over while the holder was unclipped but noticed the top shiny metal plate is missing on the left side and the bulb doesn't clip into the holder in the way it does on the right. Neither does the bulb light when in the left side holder when the fog lights are switched on but works perfectly normally on the right side, as it should. I do appreciate I will need to drill out the false bulb on the left hand side lens case to allow any actual bulb to slot into the casing. Is it just a question of swapping the bright silver cover plate from right side to left to make the appropriate connection, if so how as it looks to be held in place by moulded plastic clips? Any help gratefully appreciated. Thank you.

 

Suddenly had a brain wave...well sort of, not sure why I didn't think of it before but as the parts seemed interchangeable I have just tried disconnecting the bulb holder units on each side and swapping them over...bingo, it worked. OK I still have to drill out the false bulb on the left side to enable the real bulb to sit in place but that seems a simple straightforward fix. Job won't cost a penny, whoo hoo.

 

Almost anything can be changed/altered. Just look on one side, see what that one side has and then duplicate it on another side. If you need extra pieces/parts/clips, get them off a scrap car.

 

This is just to confirm that my ruse worked so if anyone needs to change from UK driving to Continental driving, or vice versa in their S60 between years 2004-2009 then the fix is simple. Remove the lens cover, drill out the false bulb with an appropriate sized hole saw. swap the upper left hand bulb holder cluster with the right, that simply requires unclipping the relevant harnesses and plugging them in to the opposite sides of the car. The fog light now works on the left side instead of the right.