Daytime running lights

[jrsavoie]

Dumb question #1

How do I tell if our 96 Suburban has daytime running lights?

It has the light in the dash and the relay in the proper place but no working running lights.

A friend said he had all the same stuff but no running lights on his 96.

I got new bulbs but couldn't find anyplace to stick them.

Where are these lights?

 

[Acesneights1]

They have their own fuse but the 96 I had at work did not have them.

 

[ak diesel driver]

they are just your stock headlights and I believe a faulty headlight switch can cause them to not work. Like mine right now

 

[jrsavoie]

Do they run off of the low beam or high beam bulbs?

 

[Acesneights1]

They have a separate fuse, Trust me, I pulled mine to get rid of them.

 

[chickenhunterbob]

Dumb question #1

How do I tell if our 96 Suburban has daytime running lights?

Check the RPO codes in the glove box, T61 indicates your truck came equipped with DRL, T62 indicates DRL delete.

 

[jrsavoie]

Check the RPO codes in the glove box, T61 indicates your truck came equipped with DRL, T62 indicates DRL delete.

Thank you very much

 

[HighSierra86]

97 was the first year gm had daytime running lights. They might have started outfiting the trucks with all of the equipment the year before though

 

[ak diesel driver]

my 96 has them

 

[chickenhunterbob]

My '94 has them, I suspect it might be that they showed up in Canada earlier than in US

 

[great white]

My '94 has them, I suspect it might be that they showed up in Canada earlier than in US

DRL's were legislated in Canada a couple years before the States.

 

[HighSierra86]

my 96 has them

Im an idiot. Now that you mention it, my 96' had them too. I just disconnected them

 

[bk95td]

Why would you disconnect the daytime running lights?

 

[Acesneights1]

Why would you disconnect the daytime running lights?

Because they are stupid. Who needs headlights in the daytime ?

 

[ak diesel driver]

it's the law in alot of places

 

[great white]

It's the law.

And it increases visibility.

Argue that point all you want, you'll be wrong.

I've been driving down the highway into the sun and seen the headlights of one vehicle in the opposing lane and never even knew there was one driving right beside it until we pretty much drove past each other.

Proof in the puddin'.

 

[Acesneights1]

They dont come with them anymore around here that I know of. It was a dumb idea. If you can't see a car coming in broad daylight you shouldn't be driving.

From Wiki:
in the U.S. Thousands of complaints regarding glare from DRLs were lodged with the DOT shortly after DRLs were permitted on cars, and there was also concern that headlamp-based DRLs reduce the conspicuity of motorcycles, and that DRLs based on front turn signals introduce ambiguity into the turn signal system

And it's not "The Law" here. It is optional.

So maybe your the one who is wrong.

 

[great white]

They dont come with them anymore around here that I know of. It was a dumb idea. If you can't see a car coming in broad daylight you shouldn't be driving.

Ahem:

It's the law.

And it increases visibility.

Argue that point all you want, you'll be wrong.

 

[Acesneights1]

AHEMMMMM
It's not the law in the US only where you live.

 

[bk95td]

I do much of my driving in the hours surrounding sun-up and sun-down. There are many idiots that don't have the common sense to turn their lights on so other drivers can see them. The daytime running lights are a great idea in my opinion. Then you are able to see them coming when they are talking on their cell phones,texting, putting on make-up, shaving, reading books and many other really stupid things. The lights that should be banned are the HID lights that blind oncoming drivers.The daytime running lights produce very little glare.