DRL Problem [solved]
 

Hi folks, i have a 2001 Honda Civic Si (Canadian Model), lately I have noticed the DRL (Day Time Running Light) is on, when this happens the right head light does not come on at full strenth and high beam on left light does not work.

At first the problem would go away after 15 sec. once the car starts but now its more permanent. The only way to over-ride this problem is by turning on the headlights. Initially, I thought it was the bulbs that had burned, it was replaced, but the problem still persist most of the time.

I realized there are many problematic scenarios like faulty relay, wiring and burned fuses. Your feedback would be greatly appreciated cuz. I want to exhaust my research before taking the car to the shop.

Cheers,

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I would suspect the DRL control unit. You could try tapping the unit and gently moving the connector with the DRLs on in failed state and look for changes in operation (changes could indicate a possible cold solder joint)

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open up the module (behind the hood release lever) and see what happened. there may be burnt wires or relay.

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I have the same damn problem. I just switch on the high beam lights (during the day) and the buzzing went away. So it could temporarily be fixed by turning off the relay? Where could I find that? Thanks!

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you switch them on during the day? doesnt that piss people off? or do you mean that you just flick them on and off and that makes it go away?

anyway, you dont need to mess with a relay or anything to disable them, just remove the drl fuse in the fusebox located just above your battery. your drl wont work without that fuse in place.

i personally think theyre pretty useless except for maybe when its really rainy or foggy, but in that case you just turn your light switch once to get your signals/parking lights on. i havent had my drl lights in about 2.5 years and ive never had a problem. my hid kit got rid of my drl/high beams which i dont need either of. i just have regular evening headlights.

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I have had the same problem (2001 Civic LX, right head light DRL) for one year. It got worse in the past couple of months. I just turned on the head lights all the time to get rid of the buzzing. I checked the wiring diagram and suspect the DRL module. I found a clue at wikianswers and took out the DRL module board. Crack solder points found at the relay pins(check the picture). Resoldered them, no more buzzing and the right head light is back in DRL status. This saved me at least $150.
Crack solder points are common when the pins are over heated. I believe this issue is common on this batch of DRL boards. You will see it sooner or later.

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maybe a bad ground? my friends prelude had a bad ground and his passenger side headlight was really dim and he just added another ground and now they are both bright as shit.

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yeah many circuit boards have heat/solder issues including drl, main relays, and led tails. glad you fixed it.

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Finally someone posted a solution !!!

Those contacts are for the switch terminals of the relay's (must be one for each headlight)

I would solder both relays contacts while you have it apart... and also the smaller leads for the relay coils should be touched up as well.

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Daytime Running Lamps
I thought so too until I drove around the USA with a rental and forgot that my headlights didn't come on automatically. I had people pulling U-turns right in front of me, pulling out and cutting me off, it was madness. I was afraid to drive with my headlights off after that. :)

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I have had the same problem with my 2003 Acura (Buzzing, no right head light DRL and no right high beam).
JerryLee and CraigW were right. helpful pics.

https://www.civicforums.com/forums/h...9/img_2301.jpghttps://www.civicforums.com/forums/h...9/img_2299.jpg
https://www.civicforums.com/forums/h...9/img_2304.jpg

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with the average US driver, DRL will not really help you... back mirror is for make-up there...
Some canadian drivers are the same, to... some did cross 3 lanes right in front of me without even looking at mirror, or even if they did, did not care anyways...

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Thanks for those pictures, those are the classic poor solder joints for sure. They have the black ring present, easy fix once you know.

You should also do the other relay and the board connector stake pins as well while you have it apart.

As far as idiot drivers go... It has certainly gotten out of hand these days. You have to be on guard at all times. I can only hang my head in shame, driving used to be fun back in the day now it's a challenge, and Honda refuses to give us a horn to use... probably cost them $1.00 more in cost. Really sucks.

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agree

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Heys guys, I'm bringing this topic back to life since I have the same problem now for the past 6 months. Where is the DRL fuse located? Under the hood or the drivers die fuse box? I checked under the hood fuse box but non of them are labeled DRL fuse. Thanks

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Fuse #12 7.5 amps under dash box.

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How did you go about disabling the drl's? anyways?

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Wanted to thank everyone for the help with this fix. I have a 2001 Acura EL (bascially a re-branded Civic - Canada only model for Acura), with a similar problem: DRL warning light and left highbeam wouldn't work, even though bulb was fine.

Simply re soldering the indicated areas on the DRL relay box did the trick.

Some quick notes for those who may be working on the issue now:

1. I recall a thread where someone had to unbolt the relay box to remove it. No need to do this - just push it up and it should slide off the support bracket. Took a lot of force, but it does eventually slide off - no need to undo the bolt.

2. The location, if you're having trouble finding it, is beneath the steering wheel, to the left - behind and above the trunk release. You only have to remove the 2 panels there to get at it - fairly easy. Only grey box in that area.

Thanks again folks.

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thanks to all of members

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I have same problem. where is this circuit board located?

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IIRC it is to the side of the steering column. (left side looking from driving position) The pix should make it easy to locate.

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I just fixed my 2004 Si by removing the module and re-soldering the relays cracked joints. Two of the joints were cracked.
The module is a grey plastic box about 1.5" x 3" x 5" located below the steering column.
Unplug the connector going to it, pull the box out, pull the board out and look for cracked joints. Very common problem.
I found this video very instructive:
I read that other models may use remote relays located under the glove compartment. Not mine.

Best of luck!

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I just fixed my 2002 Acura EL using the techniques described earlier. Thanks a lot.

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this works on my car to thanks for the help everyone
My car is a 2004 honda civic dx special edition the DRL
light was on and the daytime running lights did not work
at all and when a turn my lights on then high beams only
the Left high beam worked didnt seem like just the daytime running light module
but it was and now everything works like new.

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I have a 2002 civic and my DRL indicator is on, and my left high beam is out. I changed the left bulb but it is still same. I will try to resolder the points on the module as shown on the video and see if it works. Thanks for the video.

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Hi i thought it was the bulb to i changed the bulb noticed the filament was not burned out in the old bulb changed it anyways it still did not work, then found this forum and soldered the DRL module board and it fixed my DRL and my high beam not working, it almost certainly will fix your problem if you solder the DRL module board.

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Figured out what the annoying buzzing sound was related to, Googled, and found this forum and also this page, which is great http://www.nyx.net/~smanley/hondadrlfix/index.html
Turns out I had 2 cracked solder joints, the same 2 as Jerry Lee.
Thanks, everyone.
BWT, anyone know why the buzzing seems to come from the passenger side while the DRL box I fixed is on the left of the driver's side?

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^^^I think there is a relay associated with drl behind the glove box area.

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Hi, I am a supplier for DRL; I think it may be relative to the DRL's control logic.
Some supplier design the drl to be dimmed(half brightness) or off when the headlights(or turning light) is on, when the headlights if off, DRL will return the original status. When the power engine is off, the DRL will still keep staying on for 10~20 secs before turn off. Some suppliers' design will do nothing when the headlight is on.
For the sound, I think it comes from the power control box. But I am not quite sure what exactly it happens.

http://www.catecardvd.com/products/d...012-cd253.html
http://www.catecardvd.com/images/DRL...Civic_2012.jpg

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Hi all,
Sorry to bring back this old topic. I have the same problem. Could you guy tell me how to open the plastic cover on the left of the steering wheel to reach the DRL module? I'm afraid I would broke it up if try to open it. I googled for a while but to no avail, it seems to be easy but not for me :-(
Mine is Civic 2003
Thanks.

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^^^^ Try looking underneath the far drivers side.... post # 7 has a good photo.

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Well, may be I was not very clear, my problem is that I don't know how to open the plastic cover as shown in the following photo...

http://oi58.tinypic.com/35hjo7n.jpg
Thanks

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This may help out.

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Hello,

My 2005 Civic Special Edition (Canadian model), I have had a DRL light on for few months but only thing that stopped work was the passenger side high beam, which I didn't care for, so I never bothered to look into fixing this DRL.

Today, while driving I noticed that I wasn't seeing daytime running light reflecting on from the vehicle front of me.
So I did a quick Google to read some forums and view some videos on youtube.

Even for a person who doesn't know about cars, I though it was very simple enough. So I opened two panels under my steering wheel by turning the lock tab. Now this grey box wasn't under there but to the far left all by itself in wide open area... so it looked simple enough. I couldn't put enough force to push up the box due to the possible, so I simple took a flat head screw driver to pop the tabs and slide the circuit board down after disconnecting the plug.

(btw... i had no idea how to remove the panel to the left from the photo other user have posted with red box drawn, that is why I went through where I went through).

Thanks to my hobby in electronic radio control, I had all the tools to do soldering work. Due to not having a magnifying glass I could not see which soldering points might be cracked off and not making proper contact with the circuit board.
So I did what I always do now a days,,, I took a close up photo with flash, either smartphone or any digital camera will do and view the image up close on my computer monitor.
There was two that had a hair line alike crack, so I soldered that and few other since I am at it. Mostly once with brown spots already. This took about 5 minutes.

Took the circuit board back to the car, plug in the plug before placing it back in to the grey box. Success! DRL light is off, daytime running light is back on, BOTH high beams are working now. All is working as it should.

Thank you all for do it yourself fix :D

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I have a problem with my 2006 Civic Drivers side DRL. I figured I needed a new bulb, but that didn't fix the problem. I checked continuity in the old bulb, after I tried a new bulb and found out both new and old were ok. Does an 06 have the circuit board? I couldn't find it up under the dash. I removed the trim panel directly below the steering wheel and couldn't find the module to check for broken/failed solder joints. I'd really like to fix the problem.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jack

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Does your drivers side high beam work ??

Your headlights and drl are all controlled by the MICU inside under-dash fuse box...... but you may have an open connection someplace.

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I would like to have my DRL function deactivated in my 2001 Civic Si (Canadian) as well. I checked the diagram and if you remove that fuse you are mentioning, it also kills either the left or the right headlight in general!!!

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No dice man, that would kill either the left or right headlight all together if you remove it!

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figured it out. I couldn't get the connector out of the socket. Discovered there is a little white tab (that you can barely see) that you need to press in to get the connector to release.

Got it out. Did the soldering (kinda crappy job IMO) got it back together and all works as it should :-) Happy camper.

Thanks to all who have contributed. I really appreciate it.:tup:

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I have changed the deleted modul changed all the bulbs and checked all the fuses still light is on 2004 civic low beams and hih beams work but not the drl lights

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I have 2004 2 dr civic with drl light of & on. I,m in canada & want to get rid of fuse for drl light. Please reply asap as to where it is located on my car. "BOB".

CraigW, Will pulling fuse for drl have any problem or affect head lights
 

[QUOTE=CraigW;4477221]Fuse #12 7.5 amps under dash box.[/QUOT

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Will pulling drl fuse have any affect with headlights working either low or high beam or cause any other problems. Appreciate reply asap. Thanks garigola

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Pulling the fuse labeled DRL will only effect that circuit..... but if in Canada, may get you stopped by L E.

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Hi. I have honda civic 2003. I am having the same DRL problem. when i switched on the high beam the buzzing sound will go away. Can someone please tell me where is the relay for DRL located. Please share images.

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hi there. did u find how to open the cover. please share the procedure with some photos.

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did u find how to open the cover. please share the how to procedure with photos.

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IIRC concealed screw (open coin tray/storage bin) & then panel hinges down.

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Hi,
I have a 2008 Honda civic DX-G Canadian version automatic. The DRL indicator light in on for the past 4 days and my DRL lights don't work. I found the solution to the problem here, however I don't know where the DRL control unit is located in 2008 Honda Civic. Any advice, thanks