# Foglights come on mysteriously!?!?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/foglights-come-on-mysteriously/13011>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** batteries\
**Created:** [April 18, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/foglights-come-on-mysteriously/13011 "2008-04-18T02:16:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Lugnuttz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Lugnuttz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Lugnuttz)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/foglights-come-on-mysteriously/13011/1 "2008-04-18T02:16:37Z")

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My wife’s 2001 Chrysler P T Cruiser has recently developed a “ghost in the machine”! Her foglights come on, by themselves, leaving her w/ a dead battery. Would removing the bulbs remedy the problem of running down the battery? She doesn’t use the foglights anyway.