Guide: How To Disable Daytime Running Lights (instructions)

[chickdr]

They don't turn off until you turn the knob to park. Then back to auto, and they will turn on again when you cross a few mph.

If they changed this for 2024, then that's great. I assumed the new Miata lights are unique to the platform and that functionality wouldn't carry over to the other models. 2024 is a refresh for the MX-5 with new lights. The CX-5 already got its update in 2022 so I don't think anything is changing until the 2026/2027 model arrives.

You are saying when you stop at a red light the DRL's turn off and then back on again when you move again? That is a very strange feature to me. I get them turning off when the turn signal is activated.

 

[stickerbush]

You are saying when you stop at a red light the DRL's turn off and then back on again when you move again? That is a very strange feature to me. I get them turning off when the turn signal is activated.

Yep

 

[N7turbo]

You are saying when you stop at a red light the DRL's turn off and then back on again when you move again? That is a very strange feature to me. I get them turning off when the turn signal is activated.

Yep. In Auto mode.

 

[chickdr]

I just don't understand the purpose of it. Why would they bother? I get it if the car is in park as it won't be moving. Is this for an MX-5 with a manual transmission?

 

[stickerbush]

I just don't understand the purpose of it. Why would they bother? I get it if the car is in park as it won't be moving. Is this for an MX-5 with a manual transmission?

CX5 with auto.

 

[chickdr]

CX5 with auto.

N7turbo was referencing an MX-5 with DRL's

 

[N7turbo]

It's the first time I've heard of it on a CX-5. The only thing these cars have in common outside of being made in Hofu, is that they are 2024 models.