Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) can make it easier for others to see the front of your vehicle during the day. DRL can be helpful in many different driving conditions, but they can be especially helpful in the short periods after dawn and before sunset. Fully functional daytime running lamps are required on all vehicles first sold in Canada.
The DRL system will come on when the following conditions are met:
| • | The ignition is on, |
| • | the exterior lamp control is in AUTO |
| • | the automatic transmission is not in PARK (P), and |
| • | the light sensor determines it is daytime. |
When the DRL are on, only your DRL lamps will be on. The taillamps, sidemarker and other lamps won't be on. The instrument panel won't be lit up either.
When it begins to get dark, the automatic headlamp system will switch from DRL to the headlamps or the last chosen headlamp setting that was used.
When you turn the exterior lamp control to off, the headlamps will go off, and your DRL lamps will illuminate, provided it is not dark outside.
Shifting the transmission into PARK (P) will allow you to idle the vehicle with the DRL off. The DRL will stay off until you release the parking brake or shift the transmission out of PARK (P).
