Daytime Running Lights

About a week ago my "Service " light on the dashboard went on.
This is when I found out that my daytime running lights werent on. The service light doesnt turn on automatically though. When its in park and i start the car, there is no service light. But when I go to put the car in gear... theres a clicking sound in the fuse panel by the door. I actually see the green daytime running lights icon in the dashboard flicker, but they dont go on, and following this the service light goes on. Also, my right headlight is dimmed, my left one works just fine. I tried replacing the bulb in the headlight, but that bulb was also dimmed. I thought the prob could be the "Relay" where the fuse panel is, since thats what the clicking noise is from....but just today i replaced it and the daytime running lights still didnt work.

Any suggestions?

Its a 2000 LS.

check and make sure you dont have a bad ground somewhere to your lights

the service light dont have anything to do with your lights might be intermitant codes

ok.

any one else?

i have a 2002 ls sport and locate your BCM ( body controle module) its in yur drivers side kick panel locate that and pull the middle plug that is in there unplug it and and look at the second row...there will be two rows of wires, count 6 from one side and seven from the other and it will be a DARK blue wire pull it out and ground it then you should be able to fix that wrench....... it will also turn them off

the problem is one of your headlights are faulty..... they may work on high beam and drl ...i had the same problem just changed the light bulb and my problem went away.

its not any of that i have an 02 and if the DRL relay is bad it will do that. try replacing the DRL relay its the little black square above the 3 10 amp fuses

i had a friend at monroe look at it
he replaced the bulb and it was still dimmed.

i also got a new drl relay and my drl still dont work.

then your not getting power to your DRL relay. the power loss has to be between the switch and the relay

i'm sure you already checked it, but when i was wiring an 02's headlight assembly in my 96, i blew one of the headlight fuses and it made the side that's blown turn on but very dim like you said.

The Same Exact (to a T) problem that Aries3685 described in the first message of this thread happened to my girlfriend's '02 Cav. last night. We took it to Midas and had the guys put it on the Computer. they said absolutely NO CODES showed up. He thought that it could possibly be a shorted out wire, or a bare wire somewhere due to it being a car that had been wrecked in the past. She drives long distances for work, and I'd like to get this fixed, doesn't seem to be a driveability issue, but it is annoying. Has anyone came up with a concrete solution for this yet? I have seen other threads on here about similar problems and a everyone seems to have their own opinion........i've heard Relay, but the boys at Midas checked it and said it was operating fine, I've also heard bulbs.....just don't want to go spending a bunch of money replacing things taht are not faulty.....any help is appreciated. thanks.

I have this exact same problem also, has anyone had any luck with it. Right headlight dim, drl's not working.

I had a similar problem on my 01. I took it to the shop, and it ended up the electrical wires under the battery had gotten acid on them and fried...

same thing happened to my 02 also. i just changed the headlight and it was fine. maybe try one more light, if not it's probably a bad cinnection between the power source and relay

Yep, the headlight was burned out. Changed the bulb and took care of it. Both car and girlfriend are long gone months ago....Thank God! :) New one drives a truck.... :p

Okay here's my story..i have a 99 Cavy. I just replaced my headlights with Xenon 9005 and 9006 hyperwhite lights, and when my DRLs were on, they emitted a yellowish light that was not to my satisfaction, so the genious inside me decided to yank the DRL fuse and guess what...mine flashes too. Long story short, wether you want your DRLs or not, I took off my dash (info in another thread), took off the protector to my instrument cluster, removed the cover to the right side (the side with the flashing green light) and put a piece of electrical tape on the back of the cover where it was....Sounds like a redneck thing to do...but it worked for me, lol.

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If you wish not to have your DRL's anymore, i can let you know how to get rid of them, including that annoying flashing light in the dash without using black tape.. lol. You only have to snip 1 wire and would have been less trouble than you had to go through to put the tape over the light.

DRL's have to be the stupidest safety feature ever invented.


anybody care to share the reasoning behind them?

DRL's have to be the stupidest safety feature ever invented.:iagree: totally.


anybody care to share the reasoning behind them?''DRLs, at sufficient levels of intensity, increase visual contrast between vehicles and their background. Various studies have shown that DRLs can improve the noticeability and detectability of vehicles in the central and peripheral fields of view''

:iagree: totally.


''DRLs, at sufficient levels of intensity, increase visual contrast between vehicles and their background. Various studies have shown that DRLs can improve the noticeability and detectability of vehicles in the central and peripheral fields of view''


smh.. they should have a disable switch then. because there are alot of environments where they wouldn't even show up... candle in the sun...

^yeah I know there should be a switch but what are you going to do. I would rather have the DRL's that are you turnsignals instead of your head lamp. I think that looks alot better.


EDIT: they make a kit to convert you car to that. http://www.daytime-running-lights.com/

^yeah I know there should be a switch but what are you going to do. I would rather have the DRL's that are you turnsignals instead of your head lamp. I think that looks alot better.


EDIT: they make a kit to convert you car to that. http://www.daytime-running-lights.com/

if one were to glance into a side rearview and see the yellow, they might confuse it for a turning motorist....


LIGHTS IN THE DAYTIME IS BAD.

If you wish not to have your DRL's anymore, i can let you know how to get rid of them, including that annoying flashing light in the dash without using black tape.. lol. You only have to snip 1 wire and would have been less trouble than you had to go through to put the tape over the light.



...So about that wire, lol.

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weird, i didnt know they were a safety feature, i can understnad maybe at night, like if you forget to turn on your headlights, but then your taillights would still be off, but during the day, i just cant imagine how they would make you "safer", but, i guess, in a cavalier, you need every safety feature you can get, these things arent much better then a pop can when it comes to crashes


and dark, you could have saved ALOT of time if you would have just asked first..... im sure someone would have dug that thread up for you
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=574622

Boooooooooooooo DRL's!!!!!!! :boink: :flipa:

i dunno jake. i was travelling down the highway a couple months ago i saw a cavalier swerve about 10 car lengths ahead of me, cut across 3 lanes, into the ditch on the right, flip, and land right-side-up. we stopped and inside were 3 HUGE black women, probly all over 250 and none were hurt at all. i think thats what convinced my parents into getting me a cavy.....not that im saying cavy's are good, they suck in every way i can think of. just thought i would share my story and as for the drl's....i just yanked the fuse, got new bulbs and had autozone clear the engine code.

Yep, cut the thin blue wire Pin # B8 on the harness going into your gauge cluster.

Yep, cut the thin blue wire Pin # B8 on the harness going into your gauge cluster.

the light runs on one wire? that's odd, thought you needed a power and a ground, unless its using the chasis...?

the light runs on one wire? that's odd, thought you needed a power and a ground, unless its using the chasis...?heres the thread the CRJ made back awhile ago about killing the DRL's http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=574622&highlight=getting+rid+of+drls

i dunno jake. i was travelling down the highway a couple months ago i saw a cavalier swerve about 10 car lengths ahead of me, cut across 3 lanes, into the ditch on the right, flip, and land right-side-up. we stopped and inside were 3 HUGE black women, probly all over 250 and none were hurt at all. i think thats what convinced my parents into getting me a cavy.....not that im saying cavy's are good, they suck in every way i can think of. just thought i would share my story and as for the drl's....i just yanked the fuse, got new bulbs and had autozone clear the engine code.


did you know its against the law for them to do that....

did you know its against the law for them to do that....is it really??? tisk tisk on autozone. :nono:

to do what? Disable your DRLs?...

to do what? Disable your DRLs?...I think he was talking about autozone clearing the codes.:dunno:

oh..okay. That makes sense..I was about to be like what?!?! only GM cars have DRLs anyway, lol. Yeah i'm dumb, it's okay.

oh..okay. That makes sense..I was about to be like what?!?! only GM cars have DRLs anyway, lol. Yeah i'm dumb, it's okay.are you sure about that statement?? I had a '95 VW jetta and I could have sworn the thing had DRL's. maybe I'm wrong though.

only GM cars have DRLs anyway ^alright well just checked that and found that ''They(DRL's) are standard on all General Motors, Lexus, Mercedes Benz, Saab, Subaru, Suzuki, Volkswagen, and Volvo models as well as some Toyota models''

okay..I so should have put, well Ford's don't have them...cuz that's what I wanted to say, but it sounded dumb..so, i'll just say that now, lol.

okay..I so should have put, well Ford's don't have them...cuz that's what I wanted to say, but it sounded dumb..so, i'll just say that now, lol.haha ok well you should have said that before but oh well. :lol:

heres the thread the CRJ made back awhile ago about killing the DRL's http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=574622&highlight=getting+rid+of+drls


did you even read through the thread? i already posted that link, its just a few posts above your link

did you even read through the thread? i already posted that link, its a few posts above your linkyeah I did but he must not have seen it so I decided to throw it up again. soooo sorry jake. :lol:

okay..I so should have put, well Ford's don't have them...cuz that's what I wanted to say, but it sounded dumb..so, i'll just say that now, lol.


again your wrong there are several ford vehicles with DRL's on them....02 taurus,sable, expedition, and several others, chrysler also has them....pretty much every company now offers DRL's for thier vehicles either it be an option or not...
also its not illegal for autozone to clear your codes or they wouldnt do it...dealerships just say it it so you will come to them and pay for them to do it..:banghead:

are you out to just like prove me wrong, and make me feel like crap all the time...cuz if so, try a bit harder. I was wrong...so sue me. notice I didn't say ALL fords, i just said Fords...leaving a margin for error.

FYI--- Daytime Running Lights net me a 5% discount on my car insurance. That makes it worth it to keep them in good shape (vs. disconnecting them!). Insurance companies have probably done research that shows DRL's can help avoid accidents or else they would not have given the discount.