DRL - did all Suburbans have it?

[Pinger]

As per title, did all Suburbans have DRL as standard and if so, is it possible that it could have been optioned out on an export model?

 

[618 Syndicate]

I think all GMT400's 96+ have them.

 

[kennythewelder]

The DRLs are a US DOT thing. Maybe 1996 up, I'm not 100% sure on the year. That said, most areas do not enforce that rule for an older vehicle.

 

[thegawd]

all because one province in Canada requires them? LMAO it's also one of the smallest and has a very small population.

I'm sure there are places in the US that require DRL but I am unfamiliar with them.

after doing the 4 high and low mods I pulled the fuses from both trucks.

I however want to make my own DRL circuit but put it on a switch and use some different lights, not the headlights.

 

[thegawd]

heres a thing.... do the cops in your area have DRLS? I'd they dont then there are no laws requiring them.

 

[Erik the Awful]

DRLs were a GM thing. They played it up like it was the greatest safety innovation since the seat belt. Some other manufacturers followed on, but it eventually faded out.

 

[thegawd]

you know what drives me crazy..... the fact that there are no laws requiring turn signals to be viewed from the side of a vehicle and only on the front. this is a North American wide law and it needs to be changed.

 

[Pinger]

If DRLs are what I think they are - they come on (front only? - which lights? - park or beams? dipped or main?) with the ignition and go off when lights are switched on via the dash switch (park or headlamps or both?) are they deleted by merely pulling a fuse or connector or is a resistor or the likes required to keep the rest of the electrics happy?

 

[Pinger]

Don't the 'repeaters' on the fenders do that? Or don't you have them?

 

[thegawd]

anything on the side of a vehicle is not done so by law.... but yes. theres tiny ones on the mazda we have here. almost smaller than a reflector on a bicycle.

the DRLS come on with the ignition in RUN and the shifter out of park.... the green light will light up on the dash.

theres a heatsink like module under the drivers side the dash on the right. if you unplug this, DRL'S wont work anymore and neither will the green light on the dash.

if you just pull the DRL fuse they wont work anymore but the green light will be on the dash.

DRL illuminate the low beam headlights at half power or something like that. no other lights come on.