How do you get the headlights on a Canadian car to go off while driving????

[RED 97 GTS]

I just bought this 2001 rt and it was a canadian car and the headlight stay on all the time while driving it. Is there a switch or a fuse. I would like to be able to turn them on and off myself. thanks

 

[RedGTS]

Check your e-mail, and either call Chuck Tator or get out your wire pliers. This may help a little too:

http://vca2.viperclub.org/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB14&Number=76600&Forum=UBB14&Words=&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=100&Old=allposts&Main=76600&Search=true#Post76600

 

[Mike Adams]

On the cross member in front of the belts you will see a small black box called the daytime running light module. If you provide ground to grey wire with black tracer it will turn the daytime lights off as it thinks your parking brake is on.

I do believe if you unplug it the headlights will not work. I think in the USA they plug some sort of jumper into that plug. You will have to check with the local dealer. Or some of the US guys might be able to see what they have plugged into that wire

 

[Mike Adams]

Why would you want to unplug it? Insurance companies have proven it is much safer to have them on that is why it became law here.

 

[MichaelP]

I agree.

I almost always use the lights day or night.

 

[RED 97 GTS]

My email is [email protected] I like to just run my parking lights in the daytime. thanks guys

 

[Viper Specialty]

EASY answer. Remove the headlight bulbs.

 

[joe117]

I always wondered how that testing was done. I guess someone must have had a bunch of cars run their lights all the time and then they had a control group that didn't.

I wonder if the statistics would carry over to what would happen if everyone ran their lights all the time.
A police car with the flashing rooftop lights gets noticed but would he get noticed if everyone had police lights?

I'd set it back to the USA mode as soon as possible. You wouldn't want someone to mistake you for a Canadian right now.