I just bought a 2002 Chevy Tracker. (It's nothing at all like what I was looking for, but it's a great little vehicle and cost far less than I was expecting to spend.)
Everything's great (so far), except it has those cursed Daytime Running Lights!
They are an exceptional pain!
I can't breeze through security check points (you have to turn off your headlights because they can affect some of the cameras). Instead, I have to wait for a manual inspection, which they hate doing and takes forever.
A group I belong to has a wildlife preserve that I like to visit. I thought this mini-SUV would be perfect because I had to stay on the gravel roads in my Buick, but this Tracker can handle the dirt roads. Some people use headlights to try to attract wildlife, so there's a no-headlights rule. You have to pay a $25 fee and post a $100 bond if you have DRLs!
I can't install HIDs because the low-current of the DRL circuit will burn them out.
I can go on about how they're a royal pain and completely useless (they might be great for motorcycles and sports cars, but this is an SUV -- if someone can't see me coming, dim headlights aren't going to help).
Anyway . . . rant over . . .
I found several sites which tell how to deactivate them in a lot of vehicles, but this year Tracker doesn't have a separate fuse, resistor, or relay for them.
There is a method listed on some sites for this year and model, but they all seem to copy the same source. The method is to cut two pins off of a relay. Despite how anxious I am to get rid of these stupid things, I'm not really ready to butcher a $179.95 relay on the advice of an anonymous Internet comment from five years ago.
Has anyone had one of these or know how to do it properly?
Everything's great (so far), except it has those cursed Daytime Running Lights!
They are an exceptional pain!
I can't breeze through security check points (you have to turn off your headlights because they can affect some of the cameras). Instead, I have to wait for a manual inspection, which they hate doing and takes forever.
A group I belong to has a wildlife preserve that I like to visit. I thought this mini-SUV would be perfect because I had to stay on the gravel roads in my Buick, but this Tracker can handle the dirt roads. Some people use headlights to try to attract wildlife, so there's a no-headlights rule. You have to pay a $25 fee and post a $100 bond if you have DRLs!
I can't install HIDs because the low-current of the DRL circuit will burn them out.
I can go on about how they're a royal pain and completely useless (they might be great for motorcycles and sports cars, but this is an SUV -- if someone can't see me coming, dim headlights aren't going to help).
Anyway . . . rant over . . .
I found several sites which tell how to deactivate them in a lot of vehicles, but this year Tracker doesn't have a separate fuse, resistor, or relay for them.
There is a method listed on some sites for this year and model, but they all seem to copy the same source. The method is to cut two pins off of a relay. Despite how anxious I am to get rid of these stupid things, I'm not really ready to butcher a $179.95 relay on the advice of an anonymous Internet comment from five years ago.
Has anyone had one of these or know how to do it properly?
