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700 sportsman Senior Enthusiast

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Hey guys, my '96 C2500 the indicator light for the headlights stays on until you actually turn the headlights totally on (not just the parking lights), the indicator for the brights works fine

 

Any thoughts are welcome?

jbt56 Enthusiast

jbt56

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If it's a green indicator light, it's showing the (hated by me, and disconnected) daytime running lights are on. The green light goes out only when the 'real' headlights are on.

compulynx Enthusiast

compulynx

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That was one of my complaints about the GMT900's. There is NO light to let you know DRL's are on, hence, I just pulled the 2 fuses. If there was a way to tell if they were on or not, I would just use the light switch to do it when I wanted them on. I don't need a nanny to tell me to have them on.

 

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gmtech4 Senior Enthusiast

gmtech4

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they use the high beam on older trucks at a lower intensity and is not designed to nanny you ,

 

they are intended for you to be noticed at a greater distance,

 

they save lives and disconnecting them is irresponsible IMHO

 

auto headlights are the nanny ,I never touched my light switch the whole time I owned my 91 Beretta

 

hope ya dont get hit lol

compulynx Enthusiast

compulynx

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Sorry to disagree, but in my humble opinion, headlights on a vehicle in broad daylight make it much harder to judge the distance and speed of the vehicle.

 

Plus, I want to save my headlights (GMT900 uses same lamp) to see at night. I can not tell you how many GMT900's I see going down the road "popeyed". These lamps have a limited number of hours, and I would use them 80% less if they only burn when I drive at night.

 

To me, it is much more dangerous going down the highway at night with only one headlight, than driving in broad daylight with none on.

 

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jbt56 Enthusiast

jbt56

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they use the high beam on older trucks at a lower intensity and is not designed to nanny you ,

 

they are intended for you to be noticed at a greater distance,

 

they save lives and disconnecting them is irresponsible IMHO

 

auto headlights are the nanny ,I never touched my light switch the whole time I owned my 91 Beretta

 

hope ya dont get hit lol

 

Sorry, the whole "DRLs save lives" is crap. The ONLY reason GM keeps lobbying Washington to mandate the stupid things, and the only reason GMs cars have them in the first place is because they ARE mandated in Canada. Since GM only makes one wiring harness per vehicle, their cars were wired for the idiot lights. GM decided to stop disabling them themselves, and start a marketing campaign saying just how good they are. Besides, if they're so safe and yummy good, why do ALL emergency vehicles get them disabled? In fact, although it's ENTIRELY your right to have them disabled, GM will flat out refuse, unless yours is a police/fire vehicle. It's all a crock.

 

Another side of the 'safety' aspect is motorcycles. They were mandated decades ago to run with the headlight on 24/7 to MAKE THEM STAND OUT. Now they get hidden in the glare from all these idiot cars and their idiot lights.

I have to ask, too... If you can't see a 4000 lb truck headed at you, why would anyone think turning it's lights on (in daytime) would help???

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