Guys, how do I dissable my daytime running lights? read on the v40 forum instructions, but does not work on S60. Haven't tried it on my sister's V40.

 

I think it has to be done at the dealer.

 

Dealer and some dealers wont do it.

 

ok. good tip

 

Maybe at the same time you can get them to disable the seat belt reminder and the airbags too. ABS brakes as well while they are at it.
All these damn commie government intrusions into our civil liberties!

 

They are there for your safety. Do not have these disabled. Personally I wouldn't have DRL's disabled either but whatever.

 

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you ok my man???

 

I think it's called sarcasm....

 

yeah, I know R, I speak it fluently, though a little immature for someone who owns a station wagon, don't you think? Any way, i'm not taking my car to the dealer just for that. Want to install my HID kit, but didn't want to have them on all the time. I guess I will just have to live with it.

Thanks everybody.

P.S. No hard feelings 2002v70

 

Non taken. Just think it is funny when someone buys a Volvo, presumably partially for its safety features, and then tries to defeat them.
Just my thoughts.

P.S. Daytime running lights workby poweringthe high beams at 60% intensity, not the low beams. Your HID's are low beams only, are they not?

 

To wit,djgiovanni'ssarcasm.

 

It's dependant on the car. U.S. spec R's have dedicated DRLs, independant of the HID headlights. The headlightsareHID low and high beam. This is of course unless one has converted to Euro spec HID headlights.

 

I don't know about your car, but my S60's DTRL, work w/ the low beams at 100% intensity, as did my 1996 VW Jetta, and the same as my sister's Volvo V40.

If yours work like you explain, I find it odd that Volvo would change that from car to car. Besides, aren't high beams ateye level to the oncoming traffic. Even @ 60% intensity as you suggest, it would still blind the driver, or at the very least be very annoying to them.

I don't know what to tell you.

 

Actually my V70 is set up to have all lights on all the time no matter what setting the switch is in. I think there are different options for this that can be set by the dealer with the VADIS diagnostic tool.
All my other cars have the DRL's like I described, 60 % intensity high beams. I have an '04 Toyota Sienna and '95 Mustang. Even my '90 Dodge Caravan and '94 Nissan Altima were like this. (Yes, in Canada we have had DRL's mandatory since 1990).