Mod Guide: disable DRL's with pictures!!
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 331
Yikes, pulling wires scares me. On my '99, it's as easy as removing one fuse. The fuse only controls the daytime running lights, nothing else. I guess that between '99 and now, the engineers at GM have figured out a way to complicate things.
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 249
I have a 2005 MC S/C I installed HIDs about a year ago and I did not want them to Run all day / In the morning. So I tried Just pulling the relay and it worked for ME. My 05 shows no indicators...
My problem is I have 2.5" offroad pipe and the DAM The engine LIGHT stays on that annying enough haha.. I was thinking of trying this, thank you,
http://www.midwest3800.com/forum/kb....=article&k=221
My problem is I have 2.5" offroad pipe and the DAM The engine LIGHT stays on that annying enough haha.. I was thinking of trying this, thank you,
http://www.midwest3800.com/forum/kb....=article&k=221
Monte Of The Month -- August 2014
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 25,145
From: Southeast PA
scroll up and look at BBEngineer's post.
Just pulling the green wire will generate the "Service Vehicle Soon" message on the cluster and will likely cause your headlights to turn on all of the time. If yours didn't, then it's the only 00-04 Impala or Monte that I have heard of that doesn't do what Chevy intended
You couldn't have searched too hard for a solution:
http://www.bbengineer.com/cars/impala/store.htm#DRL_ALC
BBEngineer
You couldn't have searched too hard for a solution:
http://www.bbengineer.com/cars/impala/store.htm#DRL_ALC
BBEngineer
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 211
From: San Antonio, TX
My experience with disabling the DRLs
Wow! I didn't know you had to do all that! All I did was remove the DRL Relay a while back and haven't had any issues since. No SES Light or anything. I think this procedure might not be needed on 2005 Montes.
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Monte Of The Month -- December 2016
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From: St.Louis , MO.
2000 - 2005 Chevrolet Impala. Simply pull the DRL relay out of the fuse block under the hood and bend over pin 87. Why this works: Pins 87 and 30 are the two pins that are connected together when the relay is energized. Bending 87 over will still let the relay energize but since the pin is bent over, the DRL's don't come on. As long as the computer senses the resistance of the relay coil between the two trigger pins (85 and 86) it thinks all is OK and doesn't set any codes. If you bend over either of the trigger pins like suggested for other vehicles, the computer will display "Service Vehicle Soon" in the info center.
Note: probably works for other model years and for Monte Carlo too.
I did this on my 2005 monte carlo ss over a year ago . I cut the pin off
Note: probably works for other model years and for Monte Carlo too.
I did this on my 2005 monte carlo ss over a year ago . I cut the pin off