Technical daytime running lights
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Technical daytime running lights
hi everyone got check daytime running lights fault on dash with amber triangle the lights are not on firstly can you switch them off and secondly any help with fault message on dash many thanks
Bulb &/or fuse blown possibly ?
You can turn them on and off in the menu.
yes you can switch them off and pretend to be invisible...
Have a look in your manual, it gives you all that sort of information, all someone else is going to do is look at their manual, if you don't have a manual there is a downloads section on here where you can download a PDF copyi struggling to locate daytime lights fuse any help please
It isn't in the bl***y manual; I've just spent half an hour on elearn & it isn't anywhere obvious in there either
:bang::bang:.What I have discovered is that the body computer controls each of the two DRL lines independently & will throw an error message if either of the bulbs are blown, so my advice to the OP would be to first check the bulbs.
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It isn't in the bl***y manual; I've just spent half an hour on elearn & it isn't anywhere obvious in there either
What I have discovered is that the body computer controls each of the two DRL lines independently & will throw an error message if either of the bulbs are blown, so my advice to the OP would be to first check the bulbs.
Fair point. Just look for the blown fuse then
I would also check whether the sidelights which are on the same bulb are working when the headlights are on.
Tis not in the manual, tis not on elearn so you're going to have to look through all the fuses and find out if there's a blown fuse.
Sift through 50 fuses or check 2 bulbs, I know which I'd be doing.
OK, so you expect me, some guy sitting in front of his computer in North Wales who isn't even wearing pants, to go and put some pants on, go out to my car and find out which fuse it is, then come back to my computer and tell you which one it is.
Why don't you (the guy who has the seemingly faulty car and is probably wearing pants) go out and do it yourself rather than expecting someone else to do the legwork for you?
This is laughable
It really does make me laugh how some manage to live without everything the do being spoon fed to them.
It really does make me laugh how some manage to live without everything the do being spoon fed to them.
No problem, we just don't have an immediate answer for you.
C'mon guys, we need to cut the OP some slack here.
I've just spent half an hour looking through both the manual & FIAT's official workshop documentation; it might as well be written in Japanese for all the use it is on this one
. You'd think finding the answer would be simple and straightforward, but it isn't. There are perhaps a dozen sheets of badly written technical information & diagrams for the DRL's alone on elearn & much of it seems to be cobblers.This is a CANBUS car and the DRL's are controlled by the body computer; you can't just go putting a multimeter across fuses without risking some serious s**t happening.
The whole system is sensitive to fitting bulbs of the correct wattage; if they are out of tolerance, the body computer will flag a fault. Taking them out and observing they light up if you apply 12V to the terminals is not sufficient to check they're working properly. We're not in Kansas anymore.
Personally I'd start by fitting two new bulbs of the correct specification & see if that removes the warning.
We are all trying to help, but it's a bit unrealistic to expect us to be able to fix your car, sight unseen, whilst working from a laptop in our underwear in the middle of the night.
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I agree that it's a poor situation, but what are we supposed to do? Go out and find the fuse ourselves and do the work that the OP themselves could do? I love providing people with answers straight up if possible.No problem, we just don't have an immediate answer for you.
C'mon guys, we need to cut the OP some slack here.
I've just spent half an hour looking through both the manual & FIAT's official workshop documentation; it might as well be written in Japanese for all the use it is on this one
This is a CANBUS car and the DRL's are controlled by the body computer; you can't just go putting a multimeter across fuses without risking some serious s**t happening.
The whole system is sensitive to fitting bulbs of the correct wattage; if they are out of tolerance, the body computer will flag a fault. Taking them out and observing they light up if you apply 12V to the terminals is not sufficient to check they're working properly. We're not in Kansas anymore.
Personally I'd start by fitting two new bulbs of the correct specification & see if that removes the warning.
This is just one of those cases where the OP is going to have to perform a task that is amazingly boring and tedious so as to find out which fuse is at fault (if it's not one of the filaments on one of the bulbs........). It's boring and tedious work, but sadly it looks to be the only way to do it.
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No problem, we just don't have an immediate answer for you.
C'mon guys, we need to cut the OP some slack here.
I've just spent half an hour looking through both the manual & FIAT's official workshop documentation; it might as well be written in Japanese for all the use it is on this one
This is a CANBUS car and the DRL's are controlled by the body computer; you can't just go putting a multimeter across fuses without risking some serious s**t happening.
The whole system is sensitive to fitting bulbs of the correct wattage; if they are out of tolerance, the body computer will flag a fault. Taking them out and observing they light up if you apply 12V to the terminals is not sufficient to check they're working properly. We're not in Kansas anymore.
Personally I'd start by fitting two new bulbs of the correct specification & see if that removes the warning.
We are all trying to help, but it's a bit unrealistic to expect us to be able to fix your car, sight unseen, whilst working from a laptop in our underwear in the middle of the night.
Alternatively
He could turn the DRL's "off" in the menu
and just drive with he headlights on
Would save all the tedium
And the cost of a new bulb(s)
Just a thought
Tbh you can, multi metering, or continuity testing fuses in suite won't cause any harm.
Will switching them off in dash turn the warning off?
