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When I keep the light switch on Auto, it is running the headlights on almost all the time. Very rarely is it just the amber running lights. Is anyone else experiencing this?
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Are you confusing the DRL's with the headlights? The DRL's are white as opposed to the amber parking lights. My truck is always in the auto setting as it turns on the headlights for dusk type conditions and when the windshield wipers are on. Pretty much when I would switch manually.
 

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Do you know how to code just the ambers? Possibly in ForScan?
I don't but I keep my lights in manual and turn on marker when ever I'm driving so the amber are on...
 


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A little green light "if equipped " lights up on the dash when the headlights are on. I found that out when I put a dash mat on. I had to enlarge the hole where the sensor is.
 

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Can go into the menu using steering wheel buttons and disable DRL, and auto low/high beam switching. Now if I could just disable that stupid auto off/on the same way that would be awesome.
 

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Can go into the menu using steering wheel buttons and disable DRL, and auto low/high beam switching. Now if I could just disable that stupid auto off/on the same way that would be awesome.
There is a way to disable the auto on/off headlights, just don't put the headlight switch on the auto setting and use it manually like we all had to "long" ago.
 

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I still use the auto on/off; that is just fine. Only the daytime running lights are set to off. And the auto hi/low beam switching. That is turned off too.
 

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I still use the auto on/off; that is just fine. Only the daytime running lights are set to off. And the auto hi/low beam switching. That is turned off too.
Oh, I guess I misunderstood your previous message then. My bad.
 

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Good. All vehicles should have all lights on at all times while driving down the road.
That's exactly my argument against DRLs. If it's poor enough visibility that people need to have their headlights on to be seen properly (which is the point of DRLs), then they should have all their lights on to really be seen properly from all angles. DRLs also give people a false sense of safety and lighting. I can't tell you how many times I've come up on somebody in the twilight hours, or even after dark, with just their DRLs on lighting their way. Luckily a lot of vehicles nowadays have rear reflectors, so I'm usually able to kind of see where they are.

So either we have to change it so DRLs include every light on the vehicle, or we need to better train driver's on how to properly use their lights. And since people seem to be too stupid to understand the latter, I guess it's another case of designing and engineering for the stupidest person.
 

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That's exactly my argument against DRLs. If it's poor enough visibility that people need to have their headlights on to be seen properly (which is the point of DRLs), then they should have all their lights on to really be seen properly from all angles.
Except that the research shows that the real danger is head-on collisions, and for various reasons the other lights are less important. (E.g., the speed differential is lower when overtaking, unless someone is braking or stopped--but then there are brake lights.) There's a difference between "I want this thing" and "this thing is actually necessary for safety", and if you're cursing about how hard it is to see someone it's probably the former rather than the latter...because you can see them well enough to be annoyed by them.

DRLs also give people a false sense of safety and lighting. I can't tell you how many times I've come up on somebody in the twilight hours, or even after dark, with just their DRLs on lighting their way.
They should either be connected to auto headlights as they are in the ranger, or the dash shouldn't light up when the lights are off. The real issue here is brightly lit dashboards, IMO.
 

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If you put a dash mat on or a piece of tape on the sensor then you no longer will have to deal with bright dash lights or auto headlights.
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