derkach99 Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 Hello, I have a 1994 Olds Cutlass Supreme and recently my DRL stopped working I just checked the fuse and it is fine. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schurkey Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 Thank God for blessings like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertISaar Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 as much as i also hate them, i guess if you live an area where you would otherwise be harassed for them not working, it wouldn't be a bad idea to at least know what went wrong. alldata is specifying between with and without fog lamps, which one is accurate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Escobar Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 I didnt know DRL was an option in 1994. I thought that became commonplace between 1996-1998 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derkach99 Posted August 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 as much as i also hate them, i guess if you live an area where you would otherwise be harassed for them not working, it wouldn't be a bad idea to at least know what went wrong. alldata is specifying between with and without fog lamps, which one is accurate? Why do so many people hate DRL? My cutlass has fog lights. I am still trying to find bulbs that I am happy with for those :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas Escobar Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 ^^^^^^ Because GM manages to get something simple wrong... as always. The DRL is almost always the high beam ran at a lower wattage. If they were the turn signals as they are on the Regal, Camaro, et al, they wouldnt be so much of an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schurkey Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) Why do so many people hate DRL? Because there's no basis in science for requiring them. Everyone with a brain knows that there's no need for headlights in the daytime. This is nothing more than Politically Correct "think of the children" crap. I honestly think it started as a GM marketing mistake, so that GM cars were instantly identifiable on the road. There is NOT ONE peer-reviewed scientific study that shows that DRLs actually improve safety; although there are several non-peer-reviewed studies from high-latitude (reduced sunlight) foreign (socialist, Big Brother Knows Best) countries that pretend to come to that conclusion. I actually wrote to GM asking for copies of the scientific studies used to justify DRLs; they sent me links to press releases instead. Adding injury to insult, many vehicles use the headlights as the lighting element of the DRLs. Even worse, some use the HIGH BEAMS, which makes it especially bad for distracting, harmful glare in oncoming motorist's eyes. In short, DRLs are both an active nuisance, and a passive bullshit solution to a problem that doesn't exist except in the minds of Liberal Nutjobs. My cutlass has fog lights. I am still trying to find bulbs that I am happy with for those :/ I wouldn't have thought that would be difficult. Did GM disco the lamps? Please tell me you don't have them lit in-town, or whenever it isn't foggy out. Edited August 21, 2014 by Schurkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertISaar Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 i'm pretty sure if someone can't see my car during the daytime, having low-powered lights slowly reducing their useful life at an annoying angle isn't going to be beneficial to them or me. anyways, http://imgur.com/k4TLvsM,bgdtfg1 that is the relevant diagram for you, i would start at the fuses and breaker and probe for voltage until you don't find ~12V. if you get all the way to the bulbs and still have +12V, then you get to probe the ground side of things until you find a fault there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derkach99 Posted August 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 I am terrible with diagrams like this. Does anyone know there the DLR diode is located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derkach99 Posted August 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 I found the diode, it is covered with a sponge on one side. i turned the car on and shock it around the best I could and my friend standing outside the car told me that the running lights where flickering and on consistently at one point. I just have no idea on how to remove/unplug the diode to take a look. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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