DRLs off?

[LiteraCola]

Hey guys, I just recently bought a 2012 Ram Sport from a local dodge dealer. I realized upon test driving it (and noticing the manual was in French) that the truck had originally been exported to Canada; naturally it has the mandated DRLs. I've heard that they are only turned off at the dealer. How true is this? And if not, has anyone come up with a way to turn them off?

Before answering, know that I'm not here for a lecture on safety or visibility yadda yadda yadda. I just wanna turn the things off. Can anyone help me out?

 

[smoothee]

That is correct. Well they can be turned off with one of the programmers out there too, I think Bullydog.

 

[Drdan524]

I have asked around a bit and I was told the Dealer was the only one that could do it. Unfortunately the dealers around me don't know how. Let me know if you have success.

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[crazy_luck]

I have asked around a bit and I was told the Dealer was the only one that could do it. Unfortunately the dealers around me don't know how. Let me know if you have success.

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StarScan/Wi-Tech option menu 'Country Code' and switch it back to USA instead of Canada. At least that is what they did on the LX cars like my Charger.

 

[Drdan524]

That is what I was told for the Rams as well. The only difference is it has to be the Wi-tech

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[w6pea]

Hey guys, I just recently bought a 2012 Ram Sport from a local dodge dealer. I realized upon test driving it (and noticing the manual was in French) that the truck had originally been exported to Canada; naturally it has the mandated DRLs. I've heard that they are only turned off at the dealer. How true is this? And if not, has anyone come up with a way to turn them off?

Before answering, know that I'm not here for a lecture on safety or visibility yadda yadda yadda. I just wanna turn the things off. Can anyone help me out?

StarScan/Wi-Tech option menu 'Country Code' and switch it back to USA instead of Canada. At least that is what they did on the LX cars like my Charger.

I understand where you are coming from. Try getting a dealer to enable them. Every one of them here in So.Cal. don't want to even touch it. Go figure. I even had 2 dealers go so far as to tell me that DRL were illegal in California. If that's true then all GM products would not be legal in California. Go figure, Bottomline the three dealerships I called just don't want to do it. I talked to one that said they would look at it but wanted 4hr.s labor to look at them.I guess the dealer just didn't want to do it or didn't know how to do it.

 

[jwheeler]

Just have them change the country code in the TIPM to U.S. I personally did it on mine and have done several at work. Shouldn't be a big deal.


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[Drdan524]

Jwheeler, I believe I have talked to you about this in the past. My local dealers "claim" they don't know how.

I just found a used Bullydog GT on ebay. I should have it within a week. I will post once I get it whether it will in fact enable/disable the DRL's. I have heard mixed things so I will try it an see.

 

[strmtrooper]

Let me know how your dealer treats you when you need work done to your truck. Mine shafted me due to it being a canadian truck. Go figure mine "didn't" know how to turn of DRL either. Still trying to find a dealer that will.

 

[Drdan524]

I have read a post on another forum that said Bullydog figured it out. Once I get the Bullydog I will play with it and see. My truck is from Candace as well

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[jwheeler]

Jwheeler, I believe I have talked to you about this in the past. My local dealers "claim" they don't know how.



I just found a used Bullydog GT on ebay. I should have it within a week. I will post once I get it whether it will in fact enable/disable the DRL's. I have heard mixed things so I will try it an see.

Yeah, for some reason it keeps coming up. It is unfortunate that your dealers can't help you out. I know you already ordered a tuner but here are a couple pics of the scan too while hooked up to my truck. My truck is a Canadian import that had DRL's. There may be other ways but this is what I did to turn them off. Sorry for the cell pics, I forgot my password so I couldn't upload from my computer.

Select TIPM:



Select Misc. Functions:



Select Change country code:



There will be a drop down menu that needs to be changed from Canada to USA. After that is done, a button to Enable DRL will appear. That button wasn't there before.




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[Drdan524]

Thanks, that should be helpful to a lot of people. I still may need this because I am not giving up the Hemifever tunes to shut off DRL's.

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[LiteraCola]

I talked to the dealer when they installed my new tires, and asked if and how they could turn the DRL's off. The service manager didn't seem to know what I was talking about. And surprise surprise! I never heard back about it. I hate dealing with dealers so I'm to the point where I don't want to contact them again. They screwed me over on a "We Owe Addendum" because "it was hand-written and not machine printed". So the vibration I felt on the test drive got me half the cost of a set of tires. Thinking back, I should have kept looking.

 

[LiteraCola]

Jwheeler, Is this something I can do myself then? What software is that?

 

[jwheeler]

That is not something you can do on your own. That is using a dealer scan tool.


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[strmtrooper]

Yeah, for some reason it keeps coming up. It is unfortunate that your dealers can't help you out. I know you already ordered a tuner but here are a couple pics of the scan too while hooked up to my truck. My truck is a Canadian import that had DRL's. There may be other ways but this is what I did to turn them off. Sorry for the cell pics, I forgot my password so I couldn't upload from my computer.

Select TIPM:



Select Misc. Functions:



Select Change country code:



There will be a drop down menu that needs to be changed from Canada to USA. After that is done, a button to Enable DRL will appear. That button wasn't there before.




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Thank you for posting this. My local dealer would not touch my DRL's so I just took my truck to the dealership in Henderson. They turned mine off without any bs about how my truck is from Canada so I am stoked. If they wouldnt have known how to do it I would have walked through your pics and done it myself in the service bay.

 

[LiteraCola]

Thank you for posting this. My local dealer would not touch my DRL's so I just took my truck to the dealership in Henderson. They turned mine off without any bs about how my truck is from Canada so I am stoked. If they wouldnt have known how to do it I would have walked through your pics and done it myself in the service bay.

How much did it cost you, if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Drdan524]

I was just informed by Bullydog that enable/disable is not an option for the 2010 Rams. Looks like I will be bringing this post to my local dealer

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[strmtrooper]

How much did it cost you, if you don't mind me asking?

$35, if they quote it in labor hours Im sure it would be less. Took about 10 minutes in the service bay.

 

[Drdan524]

There was some talk that the Wi-tech had to be connected online. Is that true? I am going to the dealer tomorrow to talk them into it.

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