19 captured repliesDiscussion pagination complete · Source accounts, not a confirmed diagnosis
THIS DISCUSSION / SOURCE-DERIVED OVERVIEW
Discussion summary
YOUR RESEARCHDaytime running lights - question
Leading reported evidence
Install drl in their cars
Performed · outcome unconfirmed
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that performed work without a confirmed outcome
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Performed · outcome unconfirmed
never knew that porsche installed drl in their cars...personally do not understand their purpose.
Leading evidence: 'Install drl in their cars' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Install drl in their cars' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.
Source reports, not a diagnosis or a success probability. Counts refer to discussions and can overlap.
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that performed work without a confirmed outcome
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Performed · outcome unconfirmed
I'm usually the first to apologize for Porsche's quirks, but I can't fathom why they used the headlights as DRLs.
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
My daytime running lights seem to be intermittently not working.
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
I think mine has an "auto" setting which turns on the headlights when triggered by a light sensor.
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Counts describe captured discussions, not unique people or a diagnosis. Author identities are not reliably stored. Exact duplicate evidence is counted once across matching discussions; one discussion counts at most once per action/state. Multiple repairs reported together remain a combination. Suggestions and failed attempts do not establish a fix. Matches cover whole discussions and can include related faults, model variants and incomplete threads.
19 eligible posts · 0 unverified posts · 1 discussions match the subject in their title or opening post.
Rennlist: 1 discussions
0 evidence records excluded for query context · 0 excluded by outcome qualification · 0 adjusted by outcome qualification.
0 acknowledgements have no verified action link; they do not establish a repair result.
Generation: 20261026T213932Z · outcome-qualification-6. Deterministic extraction; no AI model inference. How we use sources
My car has litronic headlights that come on when I start the car, even with the headlight switch in the off position. The headlight assembly has the 5w halogen parking lights that I assume should be the used as the DRL but they never come on. ( not even as parking lights)
Any ideas on what to check to get the sequence right so the 5w lamps to turn on as the DRL and the main headlights don't?
Thanks
2001 996 C4
115k km
6 speed
The "right" sequence is, in fact, that your headlights come on, not the low wattage lamps. I'm usually the first to apologize for Porsche's quirks, but I can't fathom why they used the headlights as DRLs. Your car is working as designed.
never knew that porsche installed drl in their cars...personally do not understand their purpose. certainly undersand them coming on automatically during low light conditions.
Actually, I don't like it when the government and/or the car manufacturers believe that we can't think for ourselves.
For example, do we really need self-dimming rear view mirrors, self-actuating windshield wipers, automatic headlights that come on in low light conditions, and doors that lock automatically when you start driving? I don't know about you guys, but I want to be the one who makes those decisions.
Well, they don't, which is kinda the point. Even my stupid Land Rover has separate lamps for DRLs. Porsche just uses the headlamps.
I'm a believer in DRLs, though. Having lived with them for a long time with cars here in Canada, and also with motorbikes and snowmobiles, there's no question in my mind that they distinguish a vehicle from the landscape faster and give you a better shot at quickly figuring out its distance, speed and direction of travel, especially when the vehicle is in your peripheral vision.
and i never used it because i park in a condo garage and the sucker turns on the moment i start the car only to turn off a few seconds later right outside the garage in the daylight.
I have litronics and the DRL was always on when the headlights were on. Not whether the headlights were switched on OR off... only when the headlights were on and they looked gross with the HID light, so I pulled them out and it looks A LOT better.
but the "ugly egg yoks " aren't the parking lights, My lights have very cool 5w halogens beside the HID's. the issues is the little 5 w halogens never never come on ...
noob question i'm afraid
My daytime running lights seem to be intermittently not working. It seems to have coincided with 1) strange behaviour from my proximity warning system and 2) some doofus deciding to put his car in reverse on a busy street without looking behind him and giving me a gentle bump (no obvious damage)
is there an easy way to check this out?
This is a source reference. Confirm exact model applicability in the original material.
