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    Daytime running lights

    Here's a page from the Nova Scotia government about the DRLs/headlight usage https://www.novascotia.ca/tran/roadsafety/daytimelights/DRL_Clarification.pdf Vehicles registered as antiques are exempt from the law, so if his vehicles are old enough to be antiques, the law does not apply to those...
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    Headlamp dial 2022 Ram 1500 Classic

    That may work. You may also need to get AlfaOBD and change your country code from Canada to USA and change your DRL options from Canada to optional or no DRL. If you want to keep the DRLs, I'd highly recommend changing them to the fog lights. To change configuration options with AlfaOBD, you'd...
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    Daytime running lights

    Alberta does not require vehicle inspections period. Were your 2014 RAM and 2014 300 purchased in Canada for the Canadian market? If so, they would not need inspection in Alberta. The only time inspection is needed is if you purchase a US vehicle and bring it to Canada or some other...
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    Daytime running lights

    Only Nova Scotia has a law to enforce active DRLs. If your vehicle doesn't have DRLs, you can run the low beam headlights instead. It would most likely be a ticket or a warning unless someone gets pulled over often for no DRLs/low beams during the day.
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    Daytime running lights

    I'd personally disable any DRL that uses the headlights or turn signals if I can't change them to the fog lights. The benefits of DRLs are very slight and, in my opinion, it is not worth burning the critical low beam bulb or using the high beam bulb and making it more difficult to flash other...
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    Daytime running lights

    Its a good thing if they use the correct bulb. Correct bulb being either the fog lights or a dedicated DRL bulb (think of GMT800 Chevy trucks). Most of these trucks are configured with no DRL, low beam DRL (at reduced brightness) or turn signal DRL (if equipped with projector headlights). The...
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    Help Adding Homelink to 2014 1500 slt bighorn

    The overhead console is not the only way to get HomeLink. I got a Gentex HomeLink mirror and wired it up to the mirror harness (you should have one if you have microphones off your mirror or if you have an auto-dimming mirror.) I personally went the hard route and got a BMW mirror (GNTX-1005) to...
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    Is it possible to install a 2009-2012 hydraulic steering rack into a 2013+ truck?

    I have a 2015 RAM 1500 with the garbage electronic power steering, which has failed at 150k miles. The truck currently has 181k and is looking like it needs a new steering rack. I really don't want to put another electronic power steering rack in due to the cost and how mine failed on me mid...
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    Anyone installed a replacement rear view mirror?

    Sorry to bring up a dead thread, but it is possible to upgrade the rear view to a Gentex Homelink/auto-dimming. I just did that in my truck with a GNTX-1005 from a 2014 BMW 328i. Main things you want to worry about is wiring and mounting. Most mirrors use a wedge mount, pretty sure that GNEK40A...
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    Gentex Homelink mirror in a 2015 RAM.

    I have a lowly specced 2015 Big Horn quad cab that came without HomeLink. I tried 3 different times to get HomeLink without paying for a $80+ overhead console on eBay. My first attempt at HomeLink was pulling a 2009-2012 overhead console and installing it in my 2015. This did not work, as the...
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    Steering wheel jerks when trying to make a slight right steering adjustment.

    I'd imagine the steering rack on a vehicle without power steering is designed to be operated without it. It also helps on that those older trucks and cars had large and thin steering wheels. Pretty much any modern vehicle, even the cheapest of the cheap Nissan Versas, have power steering and are...
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    Steering wheel jerks when trying to make a slight right steering adjustment.

    I unplugged the power terminal that goes to the EPS fuse, and it seemed to fix the jerking. However, the truck really does not like how I did that. The service power steering dings on sharper turns instead of just once when I start the truck.
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    Steering wheel jerks when trying to make a slight right steering adjustment.

    My power steering has been dead since 150k miles. And yeah, it has the flashing steering wheel light on the cluster. I decided against replacing the rack for the time being due to the cost and the fact I can steer my truck, though the jerking on a slight right is a safety issue and I'd want to...
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    Steering wheel jerks when trying to make a slight right steering adjustment.

    I have a 2015 RAM 1500 with about 164500 miles. What I've noticed driving recently is when merging into the right lane or following a right curve on the interstate, the steering wheel will turn a very small bit, like possibly 10 degrees. After that 10 degrees is a bunch of resistance, and when I...
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    Display clock in EVIC?

    I never really messed with my old four gauge base cluster back when I had one in my truck. I'd assume the "information line" is the circled area on my cluster. As soon as you enter a screen, it'll change to displaying what that screen is. For example, Trip A in this case. That area in the upper...
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