DRL

For those Honda DRL problem owners:

I'm having a Honda Accord 1992. I also having the same problem alanfran1. I searched on the net about this symptom and wanna share this with you guys. It really works, but I had a hard time taking the DRL relay box out. I have already send a thank you email to the person Steve Manley who distribute this.

http://www.nyx.net/~smanley/hondadrlfix/

Most DRL's are controlled by a relay. The relay malfunctions after a while. Need to go to the dealer and purchase a DRL relay. Once you see what it looks like open hood and match it to the bad one, then replace. If you can not locate it the library has mechanical books for you make and model to look up location of the drl relay.

My 96 Cavalier is doing the same thing. All lights work (including high beams), except DRL. On start up the DRL icon on the dash blinks really fast three times, then slows to a slower blink, and carries on blinking indefinitely while the car is running. I replaced the DRL relay (CAD$55), and bought new highbeams. Neither fixed the problem. I have checked the wiring as much as possible (wow it's tight in there!), and haven't been able to see any corrosion.

One mechanic I spoke to said that there is a reason the dash icon is blinking, but he can't remember why. Would be nice to know!

Another mechanic said the only other possibility is the switch, which apparently involves replacing the lever on the left side of the steering wheel that you use to turn the low beams on and off. Apparently this is a CAD$350 part, and 3 hours of shop labor.

A third mechanic told me that it can't be the switch because the DRL icon is working, and if the switch wasn't working the icon wouldn't come on, but I don't know, maybe that's why it's flashing??

I have been fighting this issue for a couple weekends now, and haven't figured it out. I'm pretty frustrated. I'm at the point where i'm just going to take it to the shop to be fixed.

very common for 2 things , either the switch for the headlight/highbeam, and also very common for wiring issues behind the left front headlight...