Audi A1 Fog Lights: Specs, Fitment & Common Faults
A genuinely alarming finding: both front and rear fog lights failing together has been traced to a genuinely bad fuse box with melted fuses inside — plus a clarification about shared fuses and a dirty contacts honesty.
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OEM Part Number: confirm via VIN — aftermarket Valeo 043652 / Valeo 043653
| Fog light, passenger side (LH / nearside) — aftermarket | Valeo 043652 (H11, with bulb); Hella 1NE 010 832-391 (H8, with bulb); TYC 19-0796-01-9 (H11); Diederichs 2247289 (H11); Diederichs 1080289 (H8, with bulb); Alkar 2901467 (H8, without bulb holder) |
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| Fog light, driver's side (RH / offside) — aftermarket | Valeo 043653 (H11, with bulb); Hella 1NE 010 832-401 (H8, with bulb); TYC 19-0795-01-9 (H11); Van Wezel 0378996V (H11); Diederichs 1080288 (H8, with bulb); Diederichs 2247288 (H11) |
| Bulb types | H8; H11 |
| Genuine (OE) numbers quoted | None quoted in catalogue listings — order genuine units against your VIN |
| Fitment notes | Two bulb families are listed, H8 and H11, so check the existing bulb or the bumper before ordering. No cornering-light versions are listed. Hella also lists 1NE 010 832-381 (RH, H8, with bulb) as an alternative. |
Audi A1 Fog Lights: Rarely Used, Easy to Forget About Until Needed
Because the Audi A1's fog lights spend most of the year switched off, a developing fault is easy to miss entirely — right up until the one genuinely foggy commute where you actually need them and discover they don't work.
Audi A1 Fog Lights: What It Does
Front fog lights are angled and positioned to illuminate the road surface in low visibility conditions without creating the glare a standard headlight beam would in fog. Some higher trims of the A1 integrate fog lights into the same housing as cornering lights or daytime running lights, which affects both the part number and the complexity of any repair.
Audi A1 Fog Lights: Watch: Replacing It
generic VW-group fog lamp swap, no A1-specific fog video found; model match unconfirmed
Fitment & Compatibility
Audi A1 Fog Lights: Generations, Derivatives & Fog Light Type
| Standard trims, halogen headlight cars | Front fog lights are conventional halogen units, and genuinely double as static cornering lights on cars without HID/adaptive headlights — this cornering function is coding-enabled rather than always active from the factory |
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| R-Line/higher trims, LED headlight cars | Genuine LED fog lights become available, with cornering function built into the main headlight unit instead of the fog light on cars with the full adaptive lighting package |
Not every trim level of the A1 comes with fog lights fitted as standard, and the housing design often differs between trims that have them integrated with other lighting functions and those with a standalone unit. Always confirm your specific trim's fitment before ordering. Whether you're sourcing a replacement fog lights for your Audi A1 from a dealer, specialist, or online marketplace, always check compatibility against your registration or VIN before buying, and confirm you're ordering the correct side — driver's side (RH in the UK) or passenger side (LH in the UK) — since these are not interchangeable.
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A Genuinely Alarming, Real Finding Worth Knowing — Audi A1 Fog Lights
If both front and rear fog lights have stopped working together, this is genuinely worth knowing: documented cases describe multiple lights failing together being traced to a genuinely faulty fuse box, with individual fuses found melted inside it — worth having the fuse box itself checked rather than assuming several separate bulb faults.
It's also genuinely worth knowing that a complete lack of power to the front fog lights has, in documented cases, simply been down to dirty contacts or a relay not fully seated in its socket, rather than a genuine component failure.
Audi A1 Fog Lights: Common Faults, DIY Difficulty & Aftermarket Advice
These are the same regardless of make or model — see our full Fog Lights Guide for common faults to check for (including exactly what fails an MOT), how easy this job is to DIY, and aftermarket advice.
More Audi Fog Lights
The same part, covered across other Audi models.