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INFO ON DRL INOP. AFTER REPLACEMENT OF LEFT COMPOSITE

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SUBJECT: INFORMATION ON DRL INOPERATIVE AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE LEFT COMPOSITE HEAD LIGHT ASSEMBLY

MODELS: 1997 BUICK LESABRE WITH WA2

THE LEFT COMPOSITE HEAD LIGHT ASSEMBLY COMES WITH THE JUMPER HARNESS THAT PLUGS INTO C123. THE HEAD LIGHT ASSEMBLY IS DIFFERENT FOR CARS WITH RPO CODE WA2 (BUILT WITH DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS) THAN THOSE WITHOUT WA2 (NO DRL). IF THE INCORRECT HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY IS INSTALLED ON A WA2 CAR, THE DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS WILL BE INOPERATIVE. THE CORRECT JUMPER HARNESS HAS A GRAY WIRE THAT RUNS FROM THE HIGH BEAM BULB TO C123 TERMINAL D. THE INCORRECT JUMPER HARNESS WILL NOT HAVE A WIRE AT TERMINAL D.

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