14 touring model DRL not on?

[madugo]

Just got the 14 touring model, and noticed the DRLs are not on,
took a quick read on the manual and it says need to bring the car to the dealer to change the setting to on?
Or if I am not understanding something correctly?

 

[CXFive]

The DRL turns on when you put the car in gear

 

[madugo]

ah..i see...so if i want to turn the drl off then i have to go to the dealers then?

 

[nickdeck]

This is a pet peeve of mine. They (and other manufacturers) make you go to the dealer for some things, others you can control in the set up menu. Anything that can be turned on or off should be owner controlled. As I posted in another thread, I don't want to hear seat belt chimes. Same deal. It's just a scam to make money.

 

[rcs914]

This is a pet peeve of mine. They (and other manufacturers) make you go to the dealer for some things, others you can control in the set up menu. Anything that can be turned on or off should be owner controlled. As I posted in another thread, I don't want to hear seat belt chimes. Same deal. It's just a scam to make money.

Not quite following you there - it is annoying for sure, but it isn't like they charge you to make changes like that.

 

[Bopper]

What part of our planet does the dealer not charge to adjust things like that, well possibly pre-purchased they would. I always laugh when people say that car places like Autozone/PepBoys etc will read and diagnose CEL'S for free, with the hope of performing the work that needs to be done. Nobody does anything for free in my neck of the woods.

 

[BRIAN_MP5T]

So you want to disable DRL? And you think that a licenced dealer will just disable them for you?

I suppose that the highway traffic act and the concept of liability are alien to you.

for the fun of it, call the service desk at the local dealer and tell them that you want them to disable the day time running lights.

 

[Bopper]

My manual says the Dealer can disable the DRL's, just not in Canada.

 

[BRIAN_MP5T]

To me that would be on par with disabling the Air Bags or disabling the emergency brake..

 

[CXVille]

To me that would be on par with disabling the Air Bags or disabling the emergency brake..

DRLs were very effective when they initially did tests on them (30+ years ago) because they were different - only the test vehicles on the road had headlights on during the day. Now, in the US, probably 1 of 3 cars or more has them on. No real difference in accident rates. Hardly on par with airbags. Unless you count on them to protect the folks that drive at night without lights because they don't think to turn lights on. In Canada it might be very illegal to run without DRLs. Not so down here.

 

[GAXIBM]

DRLs were very effective when they initially did tests on them (30+ years ago) because they were different - only the test vehicles on the road had headlights on during the day. Now, in the US, probably 1 of 3 cars or more has them on. No real difference in accident rates. Hardly on par with airbags. Unless you count on them to protect the folks that drive at night without lights because they don't think to turn lights on. In Canada it might be very illegal to run without DRLs. Not so down here.

Why do you think every professional truck driver has DRLs?

 

[Gio26NJ]

I don't get what sort of bother DRL's actually cause, you can't see them hardly know they're on, unlike the seat belt alert they don't make noise. Is it just for looks?

 

[jcarroll07]

So you want to disable DRL? And you think that a licenced dealer will just disable them for you?

I suppose that the highway traffic act and the concept of liability are alien to you.

for the fun of it, call the service desk at the local dealer and tell them that you want them to disable the day time running lights.

The highway traffic act is entirely alien for someone in Texas, DRLs aren't required for passenger vehicles in the US as they are in Canada, and as CXVille said, maybe 1/3 of passenger vehicles on the road have them at this point. Though the proportion is going up as more newer cars hit the road.

However, I do agree that there's no good reason to change the setting on them. The marginal safety benefits may be minor, but so is the marginal cost of lightbulb wear over time... lose out more with the time/effort/fuel it takes to have the dealership fiddle with it than anything else. Plus, I happen to think that DRLs make a car look spiffier and more upscale in the US, they're more common on upmarket brands.