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Daylight Driving Lights
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And what position to you have your headlamp control set?
According the manual you will only get the rear lights on during daytime if you deliberately set the switch to the position/parking light setting and if you have DRLs these will come on in lieu of the front position lights. If you set the control to O or Auto then DRLs will be used and position lamps will be off. I'd imagine this to be no different to most other cars with DRLs, you just choose to drive with your position lights on, personally I wouldn't for the safety reasons I highlighted above.
Volvo V40 2017 MY owners manual:
AUTO
Daytime running lights, side marker lamps, rear and position lamps in daylight when the car's electrical system is in key position II or the engine is running.
Dipped beam, side marker lamps, rear and position lamps in weak daylight or darkness, or when rear fog lamps are activated.
The tunnel detection function is activated.
The active main beam function can be used.
Main beam can be activated when dipped beam is switched on.
Main beam flash can be used.0 -
Volvo V40 2017 MY owners manual:
AUTO
Daytime running lights, side marker lamps, rear and position lamps in daylight when the car's electrical system is in key position II or the engine is running.
Dipped beam, side marker lamps, rear and position lamps in weak daylight or darkness, or when rear fog lamps are activated.
The tunnel detection function is activated.
The active main beam function can be used.
Main beam can be activated when dipped beam is switched on.
Main beam flash can be used.
As far as I remember Volvo's have always had DRL, the modern DRL operate front lights only, these dim when the side lights or dipped beam is in use.0 -
Volvo V40 2017 MY owners manual:
AUTO
Daytime running lights, side marker lamps, rear and position lamps in daylight when the car's electrical system is in key position II or the engine is running.
Dipped beam, side marker lamps, rear and position lamps in weak daylight or darkness, or when rear fog lamps are activated.
The tunnel detection function is activated.
The active main beam function can be used.
Main beam can be activated when dipped beam is switched on.
Main beam flash can be used.
not sure I understand all that but does it suggest that your sidelights and rear lights are on ( as I thought all volvos are or used to be) plus DRL at the same time0 -
not sure I understand all that but does it suggest that your sidelights and rear lights are on ( as I thought all volvos are or used to be) plus DRL at the same time
Yes, "sidelights" (front and rear position lamps) are always on when the engine is running, and with the light switch in the Auto position, either DRLs or dipped beam headlamps will also be on according to ambient light conditions.
if you have the light switch set to "sidelights" only, DRLs will also automatically illuminate as soon as the engine is started. It is not possible to drive either only on "sidelights" or with only DRLs illuminated and no rear lights.0 -
Yes, "sidelights" (front and rear position lamps) are always on when the engine is running, and with the light switch in the Auto position, either DRLs or dipped beam headlamps will also be on according to ambient light conditions.
if you have the light switch set to "sidelights" only, DRLs will also automatically illuminate as soon as the engine is started. It is not possible to drive either only on "sidelights" or with only DRLs illuminated and no rear lights.
That makes sense I think but that is a different set up to what the OP was talking about in as much as DRL are front only but on Volvos they are additional to the sidelights which have always been on automatically on volvos ( and saabs I think)0 -
That makes sense I think but that is a different set up to what the OP was talking about in as much as DRL are front only but on Volvos they are additional to the sidelights which have always been on automatically on volvos ( and saabs I think)
Yes I know, but I posted it in response to another poster's assertion that no vehicles show rear lights when DRLs are illuminated, and subsequent suggestion that another poster's Volvo only did so because he had the light switch in the wrong position or deliberately chose to do so.
I fully agree that DRLs can cause a problem in that some driver's become unaware that they haven't switched the correct lights on in poor visibility or at night, because the illumination from the DRLs makes them think otherwise.
Volvo seem to have designed out the incapacity of the nut behind the wheel in that situation.0 -
That makes sense I think but that is a different set up to what the OP was talking about in as much as DRL are front only but on Volvos they are additional to the sidelights which have always been on automatically on volvos ( and saabs I think)
Ah yes it was Saabs, I knew there were two, both Swedish at the time.0 -
My "assertion" was/is that DRLs are independent of main and position lighting and that DRLs on their own wont also have rear lights on. The rear lights are on your car precisely because the front side lights are also on by default. Set you light switch to 0 and see what happens.Yes I know, but I posted it in response to another poster's assertion that no vehicles show rear lights when DRLs are illuminated, and subsequent suggestion that another poster's Volvo only did so because he had the light switch in the wrong position or deliberately chose to do so.
I fully agree that DRLs can cause a problem in that some driver's become unaware that they haven't switched the correct lights on in poor visibility or at night, because the illumination from the DRLs makes them think otherwise.
Volvo seem to have designed out the incapacity of the nut behind the wheel in that situation.0 -
firefox1956 wrote: »Driving on a rainy motorway with poor visibility I sensibly had my dipped headlights on.
I was obviously aware of other vehicles that stupidly only has their daylight driving sidelights on.
I then became aware of something rather strange.........
Some makes & models of cars that had their daylight driving sidelights on did not have any rear red lights showing........
Very strange.......never noticed it before !!
I then started to take more notice & it became obvious that the drivers of these vehicles were probably not aware that when the daylight driving front lights were on no rear lights were showing.
New Kia Sportage was one of them although there were several others.
Daytime running lights in the UK generally (excluding the exceptions above) only work on the front. They are usually either small led lights or halogen lights, often the fog lights running at a lower intensity. When just using DRL, no rear lights are used. To use these, the driver has to switch on side or main dipped lights. DRLs run regardless of conditions.
There are two sides to the coin. I have had to draw a drivers attention before that they don't have their headlights on at night because their DRLs are so bright they aren't aware they don't have their headlight on when it's dark and therefore their taillights aren't illuminated0
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