Running Lights

[oldcryptian]

Do these only operate when the engine is running but the main headlights turned off?

[twabrigs]

Handbrake also turns them off; so if you are driving then halt in traffic and engage the handbrake the DRLs go out.

[Southern Teuchter]

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.

[twabrigs]

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

[Willpower]

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 ?

[Ant]

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.

[Bert321]

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.

[twabrigs]

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).

[twabrigs]

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..!