Daytime Running Lights

[danbrob]

Hello:

I have a '07 Maxima and I was wondering if there is anyway to change the operation of the daytime running lights.

When I run the car the lights are always in Auto mode no matter whether the switch is in Off, On or Auto. I would like to have the choice of operating the lights at dusk and dawn.

Is there a program change that needs to be made?

Thanks in advance for your help and assistance.

[jsmithsole]

With someone who know about wiring anything can be done, but they are supposed to be on all the time they are DRL's...and isn't it the law up there anyways?

[danbrob]

Yes they are suppose to be on all the time but what I am trying to control is when the headlights are on and off not the drl. I am assuming these are two different things.

[MinisterofDOOM]

They are not ENTIRELY separate due to the way Nissan does its DRL systems. Rather than having a dedicated DRL lamp like other brands (GM for instance) who also run DRL on their US models, Nissan simply keeps an existing lamp lit when the headlights are turned off (in your car's case, it's the fog lights).

I'm still not sure why any of that should interfere with manual headlight operation, though. It might not be a DRL issue at all, but rather a headlight switch problem.

For what it's worth, it is actually very simple for the dealer to switch the car into "US mode" and disable the DRLs. All they have to do is plug in a Consult (handheld diagnostic computer). While I doubt an Canadian dealer will disable DRL for you permanently, they can at least turn DRLs off temporarily to test if that fixes your manual switch functionality.