Temporary Disable Of DRL's
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Temporary Disable Of DRL's
The wifey now wants to go to a drive-through Christmas light show; most vehicles shut-down headlights and use parking lights only. The 400H still has daylight running lights "DRL's" enabled and causes distraction to others; is there a way to temporarily disable the DRL's while at the display?
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Here's a thought. How about pulling the fuse for the headlights? I don't know if it will affect other electronics though. You might also get a warning light on the dash.
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Good idea to consider; I just don't have the technical expertise to determine what else may be affected, whether this would leave a trouble code in the system, potentially affect safety equipment functions, etc.
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you can do this a local lexus dealership, if they will do it for you. Some dealers will be glad to turn it off for you as a Lexus personalized settings or some dealers will tell you off with the explanation of liability issues. So just check with your dealer.
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The original post refers to a temporary method of disabling the lights for a short term for a specific purpose, not permanently.
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Well, then you can go back and have them turn it back on. haha I don't about you, but you have a good relationship with your service adviser then it wouldn't be too much of a hassle to have them turn it off and turn it on again. But hey it's just a idea. Hope you will have fun at the Christmas light show.
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You might try a number of combination of turning on parking lights, ignition on/off, lights on/off, etc. I've been successful after some fumbling when driving into a drive-in movie (or even watching DVD movies in the car during the weeks of power failure after hurricane Ike) where I needed the engine running and lights out. I keep forgetting to try this again and report my solution, but I believe some combination of switch settings will turn off the DRLs.