Hi all,

 

I have a slight niggle.  When I am stopped and want to spend some time sitting in the car and enjoying the view (at dusk) I sometimes need a bit of air from the fans in the car to help with condensation - and before anyone says it - no!!  Behave yourself 😄.  To get the fan to turn on I have to turn the ignition on to ACC mode (press stop/Start button without foot on brake) - problem is that, even if the engine is off and the lights are set to "off" the flaming DRL lights illuminate.  They are not exactly subtle either  - I was sitting in a layby the other day with the wife trying to enjoy our fish and chips and needed the fans to help stop the windscreen fogging up (despite having the windows open a bit).  It was at a local beauty spot where we often go to eat supper while watching the waves come rolling in.  Many other people also do the same and its a bit rude and embarrasing to have my DRL's illuminate the occupied car in front - after all - who knows wha they may be doing 🙄.  

 

It seems a bit odd that you can't have the ignition "on" in (what used to be) "position 1" but have the DRL's off (if the engine is not running).  To my mind the clue is in the name "Daytime RUNNING lights". Well the engine is not running so I would say that they are not operating as the name says.

 

Cheers,

Paul

 

Edited 9 October, 20214 yr by smipx

Did you have the handbrake applied?

 

I'm not sure if yours is a DSG and you might be stopped in park, I have noticed when pulling up in front of a reflective shop window with my engine running that when I apply the handbrake the DRLs go out.

 

I have also seen some settings in VCDS regarding when they illuminate.

hi J.R.

 

Yes its DSG.  I stopped the car as usual, put it into "P" and turned the engine (and ignition off). The car did its usual automatic applying of the handbrake (you can hear it go on). I stayed in the car - did not exit the car or lock it or anything,  I then kept foot off brake, pressed stop/start to re-energise the ignition and popped the lights to "Off". The cabin fan was then operational but the DRL's came on too.

 

I will try to pull up the electronic handbrake button next time to see if that changes what happens but as it was automatically put on when I stopped the engine I doubt it will make any difference (I might be surprised though).

 

Cheers,

Paul

 

9 minutes ago, Berisford said:

 

Mine doesn't have that setting:

 

 

Sorry - my image got a bit lost so here it is again 🙂

 

 

Mine doesn't have that setting: