Do they have bulbs? If they do, perhaps you could just remove them, so long as they don’t serve a dual purpose (turn signal).
Or read post #11.
DRLs are the same as your headlights, at half power.
Removing those bulbs would be a bad idea.
Also, my car will turn off the DRLs when the handbrake is up – unless the car is moving faster than 3 mph, in which case the DRLs will come on anyway, and the car will start chiming. That makes for a very slow getaway.
Why go to the dealer yet and pay a hundred bucks? Wait for more answers and give us 5 bucks each.
Except that if ya wanna tiptoe away from a boring school program, or if ya wanna sneak out of the mall lot at closing time without drawing the attention of that crowd of teens hanging out with cars to the fact that you’re the only one left, stealth mode is what’s required, and the lights need to be off.
And there’s no point in backing away from the owl-watching or stargazing venue. As soon as the lights come on, any lights at all, you lose your night vision.
Not for all cars–on my Saturn, the DRLs are my HIGH BEAMS at half power. I don’t think I’ve ever deliberately used my high beams. so removing those bulbs would be not as bad an idea as removing the bulbs for my headlights.
It’s a moot point anyway, for me, as I’ve never been in a situation where having DRLs on has been a problem.
There is definitely a fuse for the DRL module. I know because I pulled mine for my 1997 Sable after the DRL module left me with lights on all the time: even with no key in the ignition!
Pull the fuse. It’s in the fuse box under the hood and is labeled accordingly.
Wow, where do you live that you never use high beams?
In many states, the annual inspection will include high beams, so that might not be a good idea anyways.
Does sound a little extreme, but if all the driving one does is in an urban area, it’s believable. City freeways have constant oncoming traffic, or vehicles directly in front of you, and when you’re off them, you’re cruising around on built up residential or commercial surface streets.