Honda Car Forum

Any way to defeat the "always on" condition of the headlights..?

--
Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail

"If you take out the killings, Washington actually
has a very low crime rate."
- Marion Barry, mayor of Washington, D.C.

always on? I have a new 05 Pilot and you can leave them on and they turn off
when you lock the car, but I dont use that

"Larry J." <usenet2@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> wrote in message
news:1108504082.03b53379b39dc03a9c8a61ffbc2be3dd@t eranews...
> Any way to defeat the "always on" condition of the headlights..?
>
> --
> Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail
>
> "If you take out the killings, Washington actually
> has a very low crime rate."
> - Marion Barry, mayor of Washington, D.C.

Waiving the right to remain silent, "CCMasten" <chris@masten.com>
said:

> always on? I have a new 05 Pilot and you can leave them on and
> they turn off when you lock the car, but I dont use that

They go on when the car is started, even if they're switched off. A
few years ago, several manufacturers were doing this, but I thought
they all stopped it.

--
Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail

The United States is the greatest country in the world..!
Twenty-five million illegal aliens can't be wrong.

interesting, Mine sure dont.

"Larry J." <usenet2@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9600E67E6C9B6larrythefrog@68.6.19.6...
> Waiving the right to remain silent, "CCMasten" <chris@masten.com>
> said:
>
>> always on? I have a new 05 Pilot and you can leave them on and
>> they turn off when you lock the car, but I dont use that
>
> They go on when the car is started, even if they're switched off. A
> few years ago, several manufacturers were doing this, but I thought
> they all stopped it.
>
> --
> Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail
>
> The United States is the greatest country in the world..!
> Twenty-five million illegal aliens can't be wrong.

DRLs, perhaps? Is this a Canadian-spec car?


Larry J. wrote:

>Any way to defeat the "always on" condition of the headlights..?
>
>

ah.. ok sorry Larry. This is the American ver, didn't even think about that


"RWM" <RWM@RWMann.com> wrote in message news:4215D6FD.3050004@RWMann.com...
> DRLs, perhaps? Is this a Canadian-spec car?
>
>
> Larry J. wrote:
>
>>Any way to defeat the "always on" condition of the headlights..?
>>

Waiving the right to remain silent, "CCMasten" <chris@masten.com> wrote:

> interesting, Mine sure dont.

Where are you located..? Maybe it's a state or regionsl thing. I'm in
Arizona.

--
Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail

"If you take out the killings, Washington actually
has a very low crime rate."
- Marion Barry, mayor of Washington, D.C.

Waiving the right to remain silent, RWM <RWM@RWMann.com> wrote:

> DRLs, perhaps? Is this a Canadian-spec car?

I'm in Arizona.

--
Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail

"If you take out the killings, Washington actually
has a very low crime rate."
- Marion Barry, mayor of Washington, D.C.

So California

"Larry J." <usenet2@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> wrote in message
news:1108752445.4f272e02098ed98502b211affa42bcfc@t eranews...
> Waiving the right to remain silent, "CCMasten" <chris@masten.com> wrote:
>
>> interesting, Mine sure dont.
>
> Where are you located..? Maybe it's a state or regionsl thing. I'm in
> Arizona.
>
> --
> Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail
>
> "If you take out the killings, Washington actually
> has a very low crime rate."
> - Marion Barry, mayor of Washington, D.C.

Waiving the right to remain silent, "Larry J."
<usenet2@DE.LETE.THISljvideo.com> said:

> Waiving the right to remain silent, "CCMasten"
> <chris@masten.com> wrote:
>
>> interesting, Mine sure dont.
>
> Where are you located..? Maybe it's a state or regionsl thing.
> I'm in Arizona.

D-oh... I learned the cause. I called the dealer. The car has the
"Daytime running lights" option. I didn't know that, and it can't be
switched off.

--
Larry J. - Remove spamtrap in ALLCAPS to e-mail

The United States is the greatest country in the world..!
Twenty-five million illegal aliens can't be wrong.