Yet another amber DRL post…daytime only?

[joeyd71]

Hey guys. So sorry to beat a dead horse, but i tried searching and didn’t find a specific answer. Perhaps my searching skills aren’t the best.

I see lots of folks wanting amber turn signals as amber DRLs like the interceptors. Doing so makes you lose your turn signals at night. I’m not interested in losing that. Can we use forscan to program amber turns as drl during the day only?

 

[2020FordRaptor]

Last couple posts answer your question.

https://www.explorerst.org/threads/interceptor-amber-drls-on-explorer-st.1559/

 

[Cdubya]

https://www.explorerst.org/threads/interceptor-amber-drls-on-explorer-st.1559/page-6#post-94110

The above will eliminate the stock white DRL strip altogether. The turn signal will be DRL in daylight only but will still work for turns. At night, only the headlights are on and the turn signals will work.

 

[Explorer20ST]

We've been working on mine for the last 3 days. Even plugged into a LEO explorer to see anything different. The pic is right now. Here's what we've got...
1. Switched to "auto" the ambers come on and run as DRL and flash with turn signal.
2. The LED bar STAYS OFF. (thank lawd)
3. Here's where it gets sticky.. when switched to "parking and/or head lights" the front ambers do not flash with turn signal. The mirrors and rear flash, but fronts do not.
We saw a post, where someone had it to where when "parking/headlights" are on at night, the LED bar came back on, and the ambers went out. That is not how the LEO explorers work. At night, the amber is still on with headlights.
We've tried all the codes that ppl have posted, and nothing is working. We've been in to "AS BUILT" & "PLAIN TEXT" modes to change stuff around, and no luck getting the ambers to flash "turn signal" at night. I don't like the LED bar, it does not look "sporty" to me.

 

[2020FordRaptor]

We've been working on mine for the last 3 days. Even plugged into a LEO explorer to see anything different. The pic is right now. Here's what we've got...
1. Switched to "auto" the ambers come on and run as DRL and flash with turn signal.
2. The LED bar STAYS OFF. (thank lawd)
3. Here's where it gets sticky.. when switched to "parking and/or head lights" the front ambers do not flash with turn signal. The mirrors and rear flash, but fronts do not.
We saw a post, where someone had it to where when "parking/headlights" are on at night, the LED bar came back on, and the ambers went out. That is not how the LEO explorers work. At night, the amber is still on with headlights.
We've tried all the codes that ppl have posted, and nothing is working. We've been in to "AS BUILT" & "PLAIN TEXT" modes to change stuff around, and no luck getting the ambers to flash "turn signal" at night. I don't like the LED bar, it does not look "sporty" to me.

Funny I love the LED bar and think it’s a key part of the cosmetics of the vehicle. Just different tastes I guess. Maybe if the amber strip was longer, I’d like it.

 

[23 Explorer ST]

I agree, I like the LED bar, would probably like it even more if the white bar was in amber color but it is what it is.
If you don’t like the white LED, just turn it off in your settings.


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[2020FordRaptor]

I agree, I like the LED bar, would probably like it even more if the white bar was in amber color but it is what it is.
If you don’t like the white LED, just turn it off in your settings.


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Well the biggest hurdle is some people want the amber as DRL, not just the white LED off.

 

[undersigned]

We've been working on mine for the last 3 days. Even plugged into a LEO explorer to see anything different. The pic is right now. Here's what we've got...
1. Switched to "auto" the ambers come on and run as DRL and flash with turn signal.
2. The LED bar STAYS OFF. (thank lawd)
3. Here's where it gets sticky.. when switched to "parking and/or head lights" the front ambers do not flash with turn signal. The mirrors and rear flash, but fronts do not.
We saw a post, where someone had it to where when "parking/headlights" are on at night, the LED bar came back on, and the ambers went out. That is not how the LEO explorers work. At night, the amber is still on with headlights.
We've tried all the codes that ppl have posted, and nothing is working. We've been in to "AS BUILT" & "PLAIN TEXT" modes to change stuff around, and no luck getting the ambers to flash "turn signal" at night. I don't like the LED bar, it does not look "sporty" to me.

The LEO explorers have dimmer Amber DRLs, about 50% as bright as ours at night. The reason our blinkers do not work is because our Amber DRLs are constantly at full brightness, which makes the blinker impossible to see. What we really need to know is if there is any code in the BCM that we can add or modify to make our Amber DRLs run at half brightness at night. With that would you to get the pulsating amber (bright>dim>bright>dim) when you use the blinker. I also noticed that the LEO amber lights only come on a night, which means they're actually using the "position" light mode and not DRL mode. So to reiterate, we need the amber lights to run at 50% brightness when in "Position" mode. Seems that would solve the problem.

Worst comes the worst, it's a physical modification to the LEO headlight units that gives it the behavior it has.

 

[Cdubya]

Could just be the headlight switch. I've seen plenty of my city's LEO PIUs display headlights with or without the amber both in the day or at night.