Pop the hood and find a small fuse box about 2" x 3" on the left side engine bay just in front of hood strut. Pop the top and there are 4 square relays. Unplug the two on the right side. DRL's are disabled. :thumbsup:
Also DRL on most insurance polices lower your policy.. When its a dedicated DRL, then so be it, I suppose and as Klutch said, your capable of turning them off. My 2002 Volvo I had, had DRL but it was the same as the low beam bulb, only downside I saw was the bulb burned out quicker, however turning the lights on parking lights turned off the lights however left the parking lights on.. now that they are dedicated in HID vehicles.. I dont think I will mind, I wont really ever notice them on.
The funny thing is - I'm posting arguments against DRL when (1) I don't have them, and (2), I turn my low beams on always when I'm driving. If it's bright and sunny out (not overcast) and the sun is high in the sky (not close to dawn or dusk), then and only then will I drive with the parking lights on but not the headlights. Otherwise, it's headlights & taillights for me all the time.
I think my only problems with DRLs are that some implementations of them are too bright or distracting, like those older tiny Saturns where they used the high beams dimmed just a bit, or the new Audis with their question-mark-shaped string of LEDs. Also, the fact that the tail lights don't come on with DRL bothers me because people then don't think to turn on their headlights in the fog, mist, or rain which, in turn, means they have no lights on the back of their cars.
The funny thing is - I'm posting arguments against DRL when (1) I don't have them, and (2), I turn my low beams on always when I'm driving. If it's bright and sunny out (not overcast) and the sun is high in the sky (not close to dawn or dusk), then and only then will I drive with the parking lights on but not the headlights. Otherwise, it's headlights & taillights for me all the time.
I think my only problems with DRLs are that some implementations of them are too bright or distracting, like those older tiny Saturns where they used the high beams dimmed just a bit, or the new Audis with their question-mark-shaped string of LEDs. Also, the fact that the tail lights don't come on with DRL bothers me because people then don't think to turn on their headlights in the fog, mist, or rain which, in turn, means they have no lights on the back of their cars.
Like I mentioned before, in Canada, we switch our headlights to Auto, therefore DRL's are working, and then your lights are always on during night, smog, fog, rain, fires, tornados, hurricanes, volcanos, avalanches, and even earthquakes!!
So youll never have to worry about lights being off.
DRL's on and Auto headlights on....problem solved..
I like the concept of auto headlights, it's cool tech. But they suck because they turn on as soon as you start the car. If they're pointing in your neighbors' window, sucks for them.
Hi I'm new to this forum, I am in Melbourne Australia and have finaly revieved our GGC Overland after a 7 month wait after ordering in May and promised by November Anyway instead of disabling the DRL's has anyone put a less bright globe as the standard globe is too bright and we get traffic flashing us during the day because they think we have our headlights or highbeams on!
when this are to brigth so i think its somthing wrong.....the DRL high beam are with 7.2v output reduce programing this can not see to brigth..normal output are 12.8v
One of my beefs with the increased use of DRLs is that now newer motorcycles are featuring strobing headlights for daytime driving so that they can be safely noticed in the sea of other vehicles with their lights on during the day.
What??? Tell me what newer MC comes with strobing headlights? I ride and I've never thought to myself that I couldn't be seen because someone else near me may have their lights on.
I also ride and my bike and and the guys I ride with bikes didn't come with strobing headlights. You can buy a kit to make the headlights strobe on a motorcycle though.
I worked in EMS for 30 years and I can say the more visible you are the better. I actually liked the orange color of the DRLs on my 04 Toyota 4 4R as they kinda stood out from all the white lights.
I'll give all DRL lovers that more visible makes some sense on the surface but when everyone is more visible, then being more visible is less noticeable. And it makes pedestrians, bicycles, baby strollers, family pets that can't be equipped with DRLs less visible. That's all I'm trying to get across (though I'll warn you all now I'll continue with additional key points against DRLs as you read on...).
I'm all for specific vehicle types having their lights on during the day. Those being police cars, school buses, fire, ambulance, motorcycles, fuel deliver vehicle, possibly even public buses and taxis due to the more erratic driving into and out of traffic. But for the average Joe and Jane driver to have their lights on does not make good sense.
Look at the tech that is now being pushed into cars that raises new car costs, repair costs, adds weight to vehicles (more weight means less mpg). And powering those lights also decreases mpg. As evidence of this, GM had petitioned and won the right to disable DRLs for Federal MPG testing in order to increase GMs CAFE numbers.
I'd rather see the manufacturers spending that amount of money on tech that actually provides more MPG!
Initially drivers complained DRLs were too bright so the manufacturers reduced the wattage. Then they started adding dedicated DRL fixtures to reduce the wear on the std headlights. Now many are adding the feature that turns off the DRL lamp on the same side as the turn signal that is activated. All that is more time and $ spent by R&D to solve a problem that was only created by DRLs themselves.
In my opinion, DRLs are now becoming more of style feature than a safety feature. Note all of the shaped LED displays, even in the SRT JGCs. I don't believe the auto manufacturers are concerned as much about the safety aspect as they are getting their cars noticed on the road. Why is the Laredo exempt from DRLs in the US? Is it because Jeep does not care about promoting the lower priced Laredo or because they don't care about the safety of the Laredo drivers?
No matter how that question is answered, it means safety was not the primary concern for making DRLs std and only defeatable by pulling fuses from under the hood.
I have to agree on why are DRL's not standard on the Laredo if safety is such an important goal? I'm glad I don't have them to begin with because I would have just turned them off by pulling the fuse (I just pull the bulbs on my chevy trucks in the past).
Pop the hood and find a small fuse box about 2" x 3" on the left side engine bay just in front of hood strut. Pop the top and there are 4 square relays. Unplug the two on the right side. DRL's are disabled.
So I've had my WK2 for several months now, finally approaching the 10k mark and I decided to do a bulb swap. Picked up some Silverstar Ultra's, been happy with them on past vehicles, but I decided to finally disable my DRL's to "save" on the new bulbs. On my Laredo X the fuse box only had 3 relays. I also wasn't sure if by removing the two on the right side meant looking at the fuse box from the front or passenger side of the car. Guess I'll try remove both but if someone knows for sure I'd appreciate it
I just don't see the point. I don't like the look, and it's just a bulb to burn out quickly since they are on all the time. Just a personal thing I guess. I wonder long term what that will do tot he lens.
I've had DRLs on all my vehicles (five) since 1991. Never had a bulb burn out.
PS - Two of those vehicles were daily drivers, owned for more than 9 years each.
Wish there were some way to add DLR's to mine. On the Ford SUV I traded, the dealer just programmed them on (all Ford's are built with DRL's for export purposes, mostly to Canada where DRL's are required). On Fords, the DRL's are not a separate bulb. I don't know if the GC can be flashed to turn them on or not? Or is it a separate bulb on the GC?
Wish there were some way to add DLR's to mine. On the Ford SUV I traded, the dealer just programmed them on (all Ford's are built with DRL's for export purposes, mostly to Canada where DRL's are required). On Fords, the DRL's are not a separate bulb. I don't know if the GC can be flashed to turn them on or not? Or is it a separate bulb on the GC?
I would ask the dealer to switch mine to the Canada setting to enable the DRL's. Unfortunately, I don't read or speak Canadian...eh...
Actually, I have asked and none of our local dealers will do it (I could not get any of the local Ford dealers to do it on my Ford SUV either), and some say the Scan tool will not allow them to make that change to a vehicle purchased, owned and operated in the US.
Been meaning to post this but kept forgetting, snapped a pic from my Laredo and I'm missing something compared to the other pic. Wonder of this fix only applies to vehicles with HID's as the DRL's for those vehicles are the high beams on mine. I did try pulling the fuses but DRL's were still on, any ideas?
I have a 2012 WK2 and my having the same issue. The picture earlier in this thread is for a WK2 with HID's, I have halegens and need my DRL's gone for HID's!!