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Daytime running lights

normstormsnormstorms Member Posts: 8
edited April 2014 in Subaru
I have a 2006 B9 Tribeca and the running lights as you know come on when the car is started. Is there any way to stop this from happening?
Thanks

Comments

  • morey000morey000 Member Posts: 384
    I don't think so. In some cars, if you pull the emergency brake up just a notch, it turns off the DRLs, but I don't think this works in the Tribeca.

    This is a lousy vehicle if you happen to be an astronomer, and want to drive up to your evening viewing sites with just the parking lights on.
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Why would you want to do that? Those daytime running lights are a good safety feature. I wouldn't disable them.

    Bob
  • northolypennortholypen Member Posts: 6
    Headlights are expected to be turned off when approaching a security guard or sentry at entrances to secure facilities like ports, military bases, etc., when it's dark outside.

    Along those same lines, is there any way to get the electrical (cigarette lighter) receptacles to operate with the ignition key off?

    Dave
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Really? That's strange. One way around it, if that's the case, is to pull up very slightly on the hand brake. That will turn the daytime lights off.

    Bob
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Yup, one click will do it.

    Or turn the headlight switch one click, so the tails are on but not the headlights or DRLs.
  • northolypennortholypen Member Posts: 6
    There is no position on the headlight switch that will turn off the daytime running lights and head lights at the same time, either incorporated into the design as a marked position or between any two marked position.

    Also, my 2008 Tribeca has a foot-actuated parking brake pedal. Once the pedal is depressed it must be pushed until the brake is fully engaged then pressed again to release. No amount of pedal manipulation has gotten the daytime running lights to go out on my Tribeca.

    So the question remains - is there a way to turn off the daytime running lights?

    There is a "hack" to get around one of the more annoying nags - the seat-belt-not-fastened-chime. It can be disabled by latching and releasing the driver's seat belt twenty times in thirty seconds with the ignition on. It works, I've done it.

    It would be nice to have a way to kill the DRL's on an on-demand basis. It would also be nice to prevent the interior lights from coming on when a door is opened.
  • normstormsnormstorms Member Posts: 8
    I heard in some States daytime running lights are not allowed, also I work on an air force base that doesn't want the lights on when approaching the gate.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Just click the headlight stalk once - so you get the side markers but not the headlights. Doesn't that turn off the DRLs?
  • jay_24jay_24 Member Posts: 536
    They are legal in all 50 states since 1993. They are required in Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

    For motorcycles all manufacturers equip their bikes with them and 22 states require the headlights to be on all the time.
  • morey000morey000 Member Posts: 384
    ateixeira wrote:
    "Just click the headlight stalk once - so you get the side markers but not the headlights. Doesn't that turn off the DRLs? "

    Nope- that doesn't work. At least not for my '07. either the DRLs or headlights are always on, regardless of stalk position or emergency brake position.
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