Shervin021

anyone know how to turn off DRL?

HeartmyIS

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Bring it to your Lexus dealer and hopefully if they are nice they will do it, I got mine turned off

OR take out the bulb

kim0217

iTrader: (8)

+1 for DIY ,lol anyone?

Shervin021

what did u exactly ask them i got 60k service which is bout $950 dollar lol so that be a good time 2 ask

HeartmyIS

iTrader: (18)

^ my friend works there so it was easy peasy

But most dealers won't do it because it's a CA law to have DRLs.

KillaIS250

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If your paying them $950 for the 60k service (I'd never pay that much ) i'm sure they wouldn't mind turning them off for free. Just ask them nicely if they can do you a favor and turn them off. They literally just have to hook your car up to a computer and change a setting and its good to go.

509IS350

iTrader: (5)

You tell them that you want to adjust one of your lexus personal settings for your vehicle. Btw 950 for a 60k service is way toooo much. You could of done it yourself for way cheaper. I think under 200 if i remember correctly.

Shervin021

yea but i got extended warranty and these dam dealers are very specific about the service and they look for anything to void ur warranty

chi123

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This isn't any DIY people can do. A Toyota TechStream is needed to turn off the DRL's. I got my DRL disabled for free but I was suppose to have paid $59 to do it.

Here's what happened with me. I went in to have them change the personal settings. They said disabling the DRL is not part of it and I'll have to pay $59 to do it. In my head, I was like "F***, might as well get LED DRLs" instead but my mouth just ran and said okay! They said they never done this before so the service adviser wasn't sure if it can be done. Ten minutes later, I see my car come back with the DRLs ON!!! They mechanic came out and said it cannot be disabled for safety reasons and that he didn't know how to do it or what to use. Luckily, I printed directions another person posted on here and he was like, I'll give it one more try. Comes back with laptop and runs the Techstream program and found it under "Lighting" option. Turns it off and tells me I'm good to go. Also, he said I didn't have to pay since he told my adviser it couldn't be done. So I just gave him $10 change I had in my wallet as tip.

You should ask them to do it for free. It takes 2 minutes and you paid so much for service.

Kurtz

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It's illegal to require you to get service from a specific place to maintain a warranty unless that service is free. Likewise it's illegal to require you use a specific brand of parts on the car too. It's called illegal tying.

Other than if it's totaled in an accident they can't really "void" a car warranty, at best if you screw something up trying to DIY or have some shadetree shop do it, they just won't have to fix the specific issue you caused, everything else remains covered.

$950 is insane for the 60k service. Like roughly 2x what I'd expect even a dealer to charge.

Filters are a 5 minute change you do yourself without even needing tools.

for the rest:
$50 oil change
$100 brake fluid change.
Only thing left is spark plugs. Which is less than $100 in parts, and even being slow about it no more than 2-3 hours labor, for $350-450 max...

jbjones85

iTrader: (20)

To turn of the DRL's as a DIY you have to take take out or disconnect the bulbs which in turn causes you to not have high beams either. The only way to do it right is have the dealer do it. Its part of the LPS's.

whitebeast

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I don't think so, most of car doesn't have DRL. Most dealer will do it . It's in personal setting section so it's all up to you.

HeartmyIS

iTrader: (18)

^ I know a lot of cars now have the option on the light switch/ band to turn off the DRL yourself like in the RX, BMWs, MBs. From what I remember I didn't recall seeing that as a LPS when I went in.

Shervin021

well his right there is i made a appointment go in and get it done hopefully they do my rear sunshade also heres the proof and how it needs to be done, just gana take these incase they say they dont know how

brociouz

iTrader: (65)

This.

It's always easier to ask them to do you a favor when you're about to pay them. Of course, ask them to disable the DRLs before you have your other, paid work done.

Plus, it looks ugly when you don't have bulbs in there.

It technically isn't part of the "official LPS" settings. The PDF document is a more complete list of all the settings that can be changed with a TechStream machine, but if you ask your dealership for your LPS options, disabling DRLs isn't one of them (probably because it's illegal in many states).