99 chev Venture headlight always on at night?

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On Mar 13, 5:32 pm, ChrisGW <newsgrou... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

Joseph wrote:
Oh Oh, do I already see an electrical issue with my newly acquired 99'
Chevy Venture? Basically I can't turn the headlights off when its
nighttime, the sensor just automatically turn it on. There is a dial
control just to the left of the steering wheel that has the three
symbol, the O on the left, the LampOn on the right, and the two-
opposite-light symbol in the middle. I turn the knob to all of them
one at a time but the headlight just won't go off. Of course I could
be barking up the wrong tree because I don't have a manual for the car
and can't tell what everything means, but I am guessing this dial
operates the headlights and the O is supposed to turn it off. Is
there something else I need to do if I need to turn off all external
lights when the engine is on? Sometimes I am in the parking lot
warming up the car and idling, I just don't need the lights on.

That is the way they work. I just put in a toggle switch about four weeks ago.
This does the trick. I have a 2000 chev Venture.

Chris

Sounds like a good idea. If I can't figure out how to get this to
work I might have to put in a toggle switch like you did. I am
curious though, how do you run the wires from teh engine compartment
into the drivers compartment? Did u have to drill a hole through the
firewall? Or is there some existing conduits that can be used?

#12

"Mike Marlow" <mmarlow (AT) alltel (DOT) net> wrote

Quote:

Ok - time for me to opine a bit. I agree with the philosophical basis of
your gripe, but I disagree with some other aspects of it. I don't think
there is an eminent danger from not using DRL's. We drove for decades -
many of them, without killing people from a lack of DRL's. DRL's
themselves
have not been proven to be as effective as hoped, by the NTSB and other
agencies that look at this stuff. So - it's not a life and death matter.
These people will not kill you.

That said - I do like DRL's. I like that I can see them in less than
optimum conditions, and I like that even if I'm in a bit of a fog, they do
help to penetrate my fog. I'm a human being like everyone else and
despite
my best efforts to be a conscientious driver all of the time, I sometimes
slip into brain-dead mode. Little helpers like this are just that -
little
helpers in the battle against human nature.

Some cars just don't show up well in less than perfect light conditions.
Grey's and whites and some other colors just don't show up well and it
requires the same old kind of attention to the road that we had to pay 30
years ago. Lights help when we aren't quite that alert. As for those who
want to suggest that we all should just be more perfect in our driving
habits, I have only two words. One of them - specifically, the second one
is "you". We are humans, we make mistakes. Little things can help and it
isn't the end of the world for us to embrace them. But... they also are
not
the end-all to saving lives. It really is not a matter of use them or
die.
That's the part I'm somewhat objecting to.

Now - the one thing that I really wish they would do is turn the damned
tail
lights on with the DRL. That way I can be lazy and not worry about people
seeing me in low light conditions - I won't have to think about turning my
lights on.

The one thing I'm going to hold fast on though, and I'm going to carry
this
to my grave... I hate - no, I REALLY hate the assholes that turn on the
four way flashers while driving in a line up of cars - none of which is
doing over XXmph. Ferchristsake - if everyone is going the same speed -
and
if you're in the middle of the lineup - turn off those damned flashers.

Phew - glad to have gotten that off my chest.

And I am in 10,000% agreement with you, Mike.

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