DRL'S

bscottb · November 3, 2001

I put in amber DRL bulbs today. I noticed some charring of the plastic housing and some charring on the plastic at the bottom of the bulb. Is this normal?

Shaners · November 3, 2001

You noticed this when you removed the factory bulbs? It almost sounds like they got too hot, or the lenses are defective.

pacodiablo · November 3, 2001

i don't think it should be doing that, look at the DRLs in a friend's truck and see if the plastic in theirs is charred too

bscottb · November 3, 2001

yes, I noticed it on the factory bulbs I replaced.

TahoeJeff · November 3, 2001

Funny you should mention. After just 6,000 miles one of mine burned out. I took it into the dealer and he said that the bulb was burned at the bottom. Apparently the the original bulb was a higher wattage than the recommended GM replacement bulb which has a lower wattage. Mine was on the left side , and I seem to notice alot left ones out on alot of the Trucks with DRL's.

bscottb · November 3, 2001

both of mine were still burning at 24,000 miles.

chevy4x4trucks · November 5, 2001

Quote from TahoeJeff, posted on Nov. 03 2001,5:23

Funny you should mention. After just 6,000 miles one of mine burned out. I took it into the dealer and he said that the bulb was burned at the bottom. Apparently the the original bulb was a higher wattage than the recommended GM replacement bulb which has a lower wattage. Mine was on the left side , and I seem to notice alot left ones out on alot of the Trucks with DRL's.

That was the one thing I noticed when the rados and sierra's first came out. Almost 50% of them had one burnt out DRL