toofs:
You can disable the DRL relay completely by cutting the wire at pin #23 on the daytime running light relay. The relay box is located inside the dashboard directly above the glove box. Doing this will give you full manual control of the headlights. As it stands now, you do not have control over the lights. If the car is running and has been put in drive, the lights are on, day or night, and you cannot turn them off without putting the car in park and shutting off the engine. Cutting the wire at pin #23 also disables the automatic headlight function.
It drove me nuts: I would pull up somewhere at night, put the car in park, yet I could not turn off the headlights while I let the car idle for a minute while waiting to pick someone up. With the DRLs disabled, I can now actually use the headlight switch to control the headlights! Much better this way.
I might still have the pictures I took when I did this to a 2001 Corolla. Remove the glove box, remove the relay, locate pin #23 , cut the wire, tape the wire ends, put it all back together. Simple. Also, that DRL control is pricey.
This is accurate for 1998 to 2002 Toyota Corollas: http://www.ehow.com/how_5519788_disable-corolla-daytime-running-light.html
Can the pin be backed out of the harness and taped so as not to have to cut it? I’ve re-pinned Ford ignition harnesses this way.
Sadly, it’s a self fulfilling prophesy. If the brake cable doesn’t get used then it’s more likely to rust in place. I think you’re better off to use it all the time or never use it.
toofs
June 18, 2010, 5:03am
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Yes, and I considered doing just that when I disabled the DRLs on my Corolla. Given the value of the op’s 1999 vehicle, it is faster and easier to just snip the wire.