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Old Apr 29, 2013 | 06:22 PM
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Bought some LED DRLs to swap out my old ones. I took everything apart and mocked up the new LEDs. Everything worked and the new LEDs were looking great. Put everything back together and later went for a drive. Then I parked and went out to look only to find out the LED DRLs werent even on. Went back home to took everything back apart and put it back together and still nothing. Turned on HB and still nothing. Put stock DRLs back in and still nothing. Is the DRL powered by a fuse or a relay and where is this fuse/relay?
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Old Apr 29, 2013 | 07:01 PM
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same thing happened to me! just never ended up fixing it, i THINK its a fuse issue though.
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Old Apr 29, 2013 | 10:40 PM
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its either the fuse or the DRL module......
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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 01:09 AM
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Where's the fuse or module at? I looked at both fuse box under the hood and couldn't find anything labeled drl or similar. I think I read it was a relay?
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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 07:50 AM
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Are they the small bulb? Or did you change out the high beam for LED?
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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 09:17 AM
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Maybe the LED's you got are too strong and using too much power causing your fuse or relay to go bad. I simply deactivated my DRL's and installed two LED bars in my lower bumper grill. Looks amazing.
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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 10:41 AM
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LED's draw less power than the OEM bulbs so there is no chance of them drawing too much power. The most likely issue is that the fuse is blown, I would double-check to make sure everything was installed properly and go from there.
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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by my1s250
Are they the small bulb? Or did you change out the high beam for LED?
DRL is high bean. the small bulbs you're talking about is parking light.
Check the fuse, it's locate in engine bay on the passenger side next to the battery
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Old Apr 30, 2013 | 12:28 PM
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Look for high bean fuse. you should find it under the hood.
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Old May 1, 2013 | 05:00 AM
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I checked that fuse box but I couldnt find any fuse labeled high beam. Some thing must be going on. I see no reason why the light would just die and not turn on after I even put back the stock DRLs back in. Dang it.
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Old May 2, 2013 | 12:30 AM
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high beam fuse is under the driver side cover......are you using a DRL module or are you just hooking up the LED to the factory harness?
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Old May 2, 2013 | 02:41 AM
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It was a blown fuse. Had trouble finding what the fuse was labeled. The fuse is labeled H-LP UPR on the driver side fuse box under the hood. Everything works fine now and the LEDs look great.
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