Michael6712
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I own a Fiat Grande Punto 2010 (model 199, 1242cc ) for a few years. This car has DRLs which are basically the front fog lights. These used to come on automatically when the engine was switched on and would stay on until the ignition was off or the main headlights were switched on. The use of DRLs is compulsory in Central Europe where I am based. In November 2020 I took the car to Service to exchange the wheels from summer to winter tires which is also a legal requirement. On exiting the Service station I noticed the DRLs were off. I thought the bulbs or some fuse was blown. But then I noticed the DRLs would intermittently come on if the ignition was switched on but would always turn themselves off when the engine was running. I tried various ideas from the internet such as installing fuses in position 30 and a relay in position R13 in the engine bay fuse box (that were originally missing) on the basis that they were the original fog light requirements. Nothing worked. I took the car back to Service and the engineer (who is quite competent) tried everything including looking at the car computer but failed to fix this problem. I read in this forum that many members have the opposite problem from me i.e. they want the DRLs permanently off since they don’t need them (in the UK). Does anyone know how to reactivate them so they stay on when the engine is running? There is no menu item in the dashboard to switch them on like in the Fiat 500.