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Technical Section => Vehicle Lighting => Exterior Lighting => Topic started by: oldcryptian on December 14, 2014, 05:18:34 pm

Title: Running Lights
Post by: oldcryptian on December 14, 2014, 05:18:34 pm
Do these only operate when the engine is running but the main headlights turned off?
Title: Re: Running Lights
Post by: twabrigs on December 15, 2014, 03:03:12 am
Handbrake also turns them off; so if you are driving then halt in traffic and engage the handbrake the DRLs go out.
Title: Re: Running Lights
Post by: Southern Teuchter on June 22, 2016, 03:48:42 pm
Handbrake also turns them off; so if you are driving then halt in traffic and engage the handbrake the DRLs go out.

Which means of course that i-Stop also turns them off since the handbrake needs to be on for i-Stop to work.  Seems a bit daft to me.
Title: Re: Running Lights
Post by: twabrigs on June 22, 2016, 04:30:07 pm
Not sure about that on mine, maybe it's different for the revised model but I'm pretty sure the iStop works on mine without the handbrake
Title: Re: Running Lights
Post by: Willpower on June 22, 2016, 04:32:05 pm
Not sure about that on mine, maybe it's different for the revised model but I'm pretty sure the iStop works on mine without the handbrake

Does this affect your DRL's ?
Title: Re: Running Lights
Post by: Ant on June 22, 2016, 05:20:05 pm
Applying handbrake turns off DRLs. i-stop operates regardless of whether handbrake is applied or not (as long as the car is stationary and in neutral)  but I-stop does not turn off DRLs.
Title: Re: Running Lights
Post by: Bert321 on June 22, 2016, 05:39:47 pm
On my Mazda 6 automatic, the gearbox doesn't need to be in neutral for i-stop to work, it just needs the car to be stationary and the brake pedal pressed.  Applying the handbrake cuts the DRL's, but i-stop does not.
Title: Re: Running Lights
Post by: twabrigs on June 22, 2016, 09:48:29 pm
Not sure about that on mine, maybe it's different for the revised model but I'm pretty sure the iStop works on mine without the handbrake

Does this affect your DRL's ?

Don't think so, I believe the DRLs only go off with the handbrake but the iStop doesn't interfere with them (or the audio or anything else).
Title: Re: Running Lights
Post by: twabrigs on June 22, 2016, 09:49:17 pm
Applying handbrake turns off DRLs. i-stop operates regardless of whether handbrake is applied or not (as long as the car is stationary and in neutral)  but I-stop does not turn off DRLs.

Yeah, what he said..!