I know there's a sticky...but it doesn't address my particular vehicle. I'm looking to disable the DRLs on my '97 Suburban. I get tired of stepping on the e-brake when I enter a military installation during the hours of darkness (required to go to parking lights only when approaching an installation gate). I would also like to be able to "flash-to-pass" option, but that is not an option on the column, and using the headlight switch doesn't really work when they're already on.

I don't want to completely remove the function, just disable it. I was thinking of finding the DRL module (I've read it's under the driver's side dash), and splicing in a switch on either a hot or ground wire. I would install the switch, probably a rocker switch, in one of the switch blanking plates on my dash - in order to make it look "almost" stock and have it quickly accessible.

Do any of you see any flaws about using a switch as an interrupter for either hot or ground going to or from the DRL module?

Thanks,
WHCC

 

Why not just remove the switch that is on the e-brake peddle or tap into it....
I thought the 97 had a flash to pass ability by just pulling back on the signal lever...

 

Yes, probably a better idea... Route a second switch in series with the first e-brake switch. The truck doesn't have a "flash to pass" switch. It is just a high beam/low beam selector in the column. Unfortunately, it does not go to high beam when the lights are off.

I cannot turn the headlights off when the DRL are on, so I'll use the idea of interrupting the e-brake switch.

Thanks for the suggestion.

 

Lots of vehicles these days have separate DRL's in place of using the headlight bulbs like the '96 Pickup/Suburban/Tahoe vehicles did. Without completely rewiring my '96 Tahoe, is there a "quick and dirty" way to separate the output from the DRL off the headlights so that it runs a set of aftermarket DRL lamps instead? I have replacement headlight assemblies with separate LED DRL's and want to power them from the DRL circuit if at all possibe.