# Need help with daytime running lights **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 26, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-daytime-running-lights/3716 "2007-08-26T22:09:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![michaelspies\_2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@michaelspies\_2000](https://community.cartalk.com/u/michaelspies_2000)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-daytime-running-lights/3716/1 "2007-08-26T22:09:38Z")
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO DISCONNECT THESE ON A 97 GEO TRACKER ---
**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-daytime-running-lights/3716/2 "2007-08-26T22:26:39Z")
Why? It is a safety feature built into the truck. You’ll most likely need a wiring diagram to find the correct circuits, which will most likely use a control box or relay underneath the hood somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Craig58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@Craig58](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Craig58)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-daytime-running-lights/3716/3 "2007-08-26T22:50:07Z")
This post seems to answer your question: > **[Answers: Off-Road.com](http://suzuki.off-road.com/trucks-4x4/tech/answers-20396.html)** > > Can someone tell me which wire to cut to eliminate the day time running lights feature on my '97 Tracker? I'm moving to a country that does not allow the use of headlights during daylight hours. (That's my story and I'm sticking to... ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-daytime-running-lights/3716/4 "2007-08-26T23:28:39Z")
I wonder why, too. You never have to look at your DRLs, just other folks. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 10:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-daytime-running-lights/3716/5 "2007-08-27T10:02:42Z")
Why turn off a safety device? ---
**Author:** ![grampy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a9adbd/32.png) [@grampy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/grampy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-daytime-running-lights/3716/6 "2007-08-27T13:31:37Z")
I eliminated my DRL’s on my truck because every couple of months one of the lights would burn out. Bad design,and pain in the neck. ---
**Author:** ![boltswagen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@boltswagen](https://community.cartalk.com/u/boltswagen)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/need-help-with-daytime-running-lights/3716/7 "2007-08-27T14:54:21Z")
It may be possible to install a switch on the dash to do this. In my opinion, all DTRs should have a factory bypass to turn them off when you need to. Yes they are a safety device, but I think you should still have manual control over them. I do not need them in a car wash, in a garage shining in my or the mechanic’s eye’s or while cruising slowly down a gravel road to see where that wild turkey went.