thanks, I'll check that again.
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Ok, here we go, an easy way to prevent your drl's from coming on when driving in a 00-01 cavy, I'm not sure about 02 cavaliers, I haven't tried it on a sunfire but i don't see why it wouldn't work, ok when your in the car simply place the gear in N and flash your high beam off and on 10 times (this must be done fast). You'll know if it works because your service light will come on, but when you turn your car off and back on your service light wont be on and your car goes back to normal. You have to do this every time you turn your car back on.
But you get a Service light... Wiring a switch is even easier and no side effects and you don't have to do it everytime you start your car.
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Cadence wrote:andix:
Hey, I did what you pasted and it worked as far as the lights go, but now when I turn on the car, you can hear the computer checking for the drl's and then when they don't get them it automatically gives the service light with the wrench...I tried to unplug the battery for a while and see if that cleared the light, but it didn't. Please advise...anyone who has done this and maybe had this happen and let me know what the cure is. Thanks JBO!!
Check ur ground.
To everyone that this worked for ur welcome since it was originally quoted form me
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it wazs my friggin' ground...thanks for all the help everyone...even the one about the flashing like crazy even though I wasn't wanting to try that and blow out my silverstars!
I love it and there is no more light! I'm happy now! Should have done it a long time ago but I could never find a post that made as much sense as the one that Andix posted (cavie freak)
Thanks again!
CADENCE
Cadence wrote:cavie freak:
it wazs my friggin' ground...thanks for all the help everyone...even the one about the flashing like crazy even though I wasn't wanting to try that and blow out my silverstars!
I love it and there is no more light! I'm happy now! Should have done it a long time ago but I could never find a post that made as much sense as the one that Andix posted (cavie freak)
Thanks again!
Cool glad u got it all worked out.
Yeah that write up is amazing if ya cant figure it out ya must be dumb haha
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good to hear everythign worked out.
Thanks JBO! you guys are great!
CADENCE
To make it short and sweet: Temorary, click the highs on and off about 10 times, it will kill ur drls, but throw a code. For long term (as I did in my '03) clip the bcm harness and ground it out.
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Im so on this, i knew it could be done but i couldnt for the life of me figure out what the damn things were called the other day, lol, brain fart, hahahhaa, was also lacking about 2 days worth of sleep that day, hahahaha, well thanks guys........
andix (nrrcavalier4) wrote:This should still work on anything 00+
its the way i did it way back when i bought my car.
Cavie Freak wrote:no dont go there for that info there method sucks. yeah jump the wire then have a light go on casue you did it the wrong way.
here is the proper method. you will thank me later if you have already done the first one.
This is a REALLY simple mod that took me maybe 5
minutes... Disabling the annoying DRLs... All you'll
need is a piece of 16 gauge wire, electrical tape,
something to cut 16 gauge wire, a ratchet & a 1/2"
socket...
Pull the carpet back on the driver side "kick panel"
area & locate the "BCM" which is marked with a white
sticker reading "BCM"...
There are 2 blue plugs & 1 smaller purple plug plugged
into the BCM. Unplug the middle plug by pulling back
the blue tab. It will slide right out...
Turn the plug so that you can see the wire side.
You'll notice that there are 2 sets of wires, 1 is
lightly marked "A", the other, "B". There are holes
for 12 wires in each set but not all the holes are
filled...
Locate the ONLY blue wire of the bunch. Most say this
wire is in "A", however I've known several people,
including myself, who have found it to be in "B"
instead. Either way, it's the ONLY dark blue wire
there & is the one which controls the DRLs...
Now seperate the blue wire just enough from the others
to work with it. Cut it about 2-2&1/2" from the plug &
strip the covering to expose an area of bare wire...
Take a piece of 16 gauge wire and strip the covering
from an area on both ends to expose bare wire...
Now twist one end of the new wire with the end of the
2-2.5" piece of dark blue wire coming from the plug &
tape it up with electrical tape...
Take the ratchet w/ 1/2" socket and follow the
steering column. You'll see 2 1/2" bolts attaching the
steering colum. Loosen 1 of them & attach the other
end of the new wire, then tighten up the bolt. These
bolts make a good ground as there's no paint, just
bare metal...
Now you can tape the other end of the cut wire coming
out of the firewall if you like or just tuck it behind
the carpet...
Plug the plug back in, tuck the excess wire behind the
carpet & you're done!
The first time you start your car after doing this,
the instrument panel DRL light may or may not flash a
few times, mine didn't but others have said their's
have... But they're off, your headlights & corners
work when turned on but the DRLs do not come on &
there won't be any lights on in the instrument panel!
This does not work on 00+. it will ground the drl and they will be on all the time even when the car is off
bullet wrote:
This does not work on 00+. it will ground the drl and they will be on all the time even when the car is off
It works on my 01, and cavie freak's 02, as well as whoever else needed help and used this walkthrough. Maybe its only 01+, but Im pretty sure the major electrical differences in the 3rd gens happened in 00. looking at your profile it says you drive an 01, maybe you tapped the wrong wire, or didnt get a good ground?
andix (nrrcavalier4) wrote:bullet wrote:
This does not work on 00+. it will ground the drl and they will be on all the time even when the car is off
It works on my 01, and cavie freak's 02, as well as whoever else needed help and used this walkthrough. Maybe its only 01+, but Im pretty sure the major electrical differences in the 3rd gens happened in 00. looking at your profile it says you drive an 01, maybe you tapped the wrong wire, or didnt get a good ground?
I was mistaken. i does work. i hooked it up wrong. i cut the wire and grounded the peice coming out of the firewall. you have to ground the short wire coming out of the connector.
Once again this does work
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This might be off topic, but i cannot find anyinformation on this
My 97 cav has had the DRL service light blinking on the dash eversince i got it.......drl's don't work, and my passenger high beam doesn't work either. I've checked fuses, the drl relay and everything seems okay, i just don't know what to check next? I'm thinking theres a short somewhere.
thanks for any info
i think i got the wrong connectors.. or im having bad luck with it...
i'd tried two different times..all i have on my car is one big blue harness that has 4 plugs .. two on each side.. with about 20-25 wires coming out of it and then one small plug off to the side under it but thats not purple it has a blue connector on one side n a green one ont he other side.. but no blue wires in it.. it has a thick dark purple wire..black, green and brown wire... well i cut that n grounded it..the purple wire.. that didnt' work.. so i rewire that wire...
so next..
the big blue harness - the only thing left in the bcm location.. it s with the 4 blue plugs.. that has 2 light blue wires.. no dark blues whatsoever.. i didn't touch it...cause the step by step bcm routine says theres a light blue and a dark blue and its amongest like 12 wires.. well mine is amongest like around 20- 25 wires..
i have a 96 cavie... and its in the drivers side kick area by the hood release area....
im thinking i should try one of those light blue wires..
but on the connnectors its letters like.. d, c, e , f, g, h, i theres no a, b on it.. or any 1 or 2 numbers like stated in the bcm step by step..
any advice????
any way i can test those wires out to see which one is the right wire.. before i got cutting again??
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since you have a 96, you cant do it this way. There is a way to do it for pre95-99 cav's but I don't know how. I think most of them drive with the parking brake lifted one click.
Here is the other way you could do it.
http://www.j-body.org/library/howto.php?6
Also, Lenko said he was looking for someone to be a guinnea pig and try a similar method to the 00+ method, but by using a wire in the gauge cluster. If you dont mind trying it out, and e-mail him or something.
Just wanted to say thanx for the tip! I followed the dir. and was done in about 10min.
Yeah, still looking for someone to try the 00+ way on the 95-99 cars.
Here's my reasoning... the BCM controls the DRLs on 00+ cars.. it sees that the low beams are not on (no ground on that dark blue wire) and turns on the DRLs for you. If you cut that blue wire, and ground the module side, the BCM thinks the low beams are on (even though they're not actually on) and doesn't try and turn on the DRLs.
The key thing is.. the wiring is IDENTICAL on the 95-99's.. but instead of the BCM.. it's the CLUSTER that controls the DRLs. So, take the dark blue wire (get the proper one... test with a meter... cuz there's two... one is the low beams, one is the turn signal
)... cut it, ground the side that goes to the cluster. Should work fine... the cluster should think the low beams are on, and therefore NOT try and turn on the DRLs.
All I need is someone to try it... and make sure it works. Then we can get rid of all the 'old way' to do it... jumper wires... switches... all have side effects like lights staying on in the dash.... this method (as used on 00+ cars) works perfectly, and is really easy and doesn't require access to a Tech2.
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i think that wire you're talking about is green/black stripe.........in my repair manual it shows the drl wire coming from the cluster is green/black......i'm gonna give that wire a shot and see what happens
No.. that's the DRL output wire. That goes to the relay on the front bumper bar. You leave that one alone. You want to ground the dark blue wire, so the cluster thinks the low beams are on.. therefore, doesn't try turning on the DRLs.
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My drl's didn't work in the first place, but will this make my passenger high beam work again??
probly not, different problem. check both filiments in your healdight (or both headlights if you got two of em on each side). if they are ok check your drl realy in ur fuse bix.
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