nct fail...no foglights

Well, I have a 2018 car with the same: front foglight switch complete with indicator on the dashboard. But no front foglight fitted it depends on the spec you buy: some bumpers have foglights fitted and some don't. No problem passing its first NCT.

its a scam, from start to finish.

They really did cheap out on the switched in that Corsa. The power windows switches don't have a double click action, so they've made the automatic function work using a timer instead. Short click and it goes the full way up. Long click, and it' stops when you let go.

TBH I think it's a reasonable NCT fail, in concept at least. A driver hits a switch, and drives according to the feature they think is active, but it really isn't active at all. Front fog lights is a harsh one, but the same could be applied to DRL's (before they were legally required), Rear fog lights (on an old car which never had them), or say stability control on a car which hasn't actually got it.

I have had them fail me because the county name in Irish on a numberplate was a bit blurred. Clearly a safety road worthiness issue.

I have had them fail me because of rust in a 400g steel tube that connects to the two main front chasis rails the engine and suspension are attached to, which they think is a structural strut, when it's just a support bracket for an exhaust heat shield.

I have had them fail me because of play in a steering rod tie end bearing which neither I or others could find any play in.

I suspect some testers find the job a bit boring so engineer a bit of amusement where they can.

Paint it out.

They came without the fog light symbol, yours has either had a new switch or had a front end smack and fogs were replaced with blanks

Even if it was not designed to work by the manufacturer? That's the scam

The manufacturer fitted a non working switch that isn't the fault of the NCT when they have to check that everything that is fitted works. The scam is manufacturers cheaping out and not fitting the correct switches for what they fit to the car, especially when some cars do come with the correct switches as posted above.

The OP did not buy the car new, something happened in the 7 years from 09 to 2016 that caused the car to loose the fog lights or the incorrect switch to be fitted.

Fact 1: Opel / Vauxhall made a switch without a fog light, the part number is 13249396EA.

Fact 2: Easily available, ebay UK returns 268 results on that part number.

Fact 3: This car has the wrong switch or the fogs have been removed.

Show me the mistrusts above as you put it.

I had NCT guy come out saying... Big, big fail.

I said.. you're a big fail.

Nothing wrong with the car.. I'm still driving it 5 years later.

The car definitely came fitted with the correct switch to fog combo from the factory. Someone changed it afterwards, it happens all the time unfortunately

Just cut of a nice neat small square bit of black duct/insulation tape and stick it over the front fog symbol, 'problem' 100% fixed and will pass the free visual retest.

This thread is mad…posters claiming Opel sell cars with a foglight switch with no fog lights…lol

Had a similar issue before with my K11 Micra. It was failed because as I recall it had both, front, and rear fog lights on the same stalk. Both were present on the car and would come on, but there was no indicator light bulb for the rear fog light on the dashboard.

I checked and apparently it was like that from factory, that's just how it was manufactured. There was no wiring for the bulb. Apparently at the time if both, the front, and the rear fog switches were on the same stalk, there was no requirement to include the indicator for the rear one. The guy at the NCT did not know that.