Daytime running lights

chillz

I'm moving from the US to Ontario and I know I need to have DRL installed. The dealer tells me that there is no provision to use the headlights as DRL on the '09 and the only option is an aftermarket kit. This boggles my mind -- anyone know if this is true, and are the LED lights sufficient to make the car legal?

GaleForce

It is not true. My car is a U.S. model and my dealer wired the DRL in my car to pass RIV. I posted in an earlier thread about this same topic. I'm not sure where it is now, we can both search for the thread, who ever finds it first apcan post back here.

By the way, DRL is the headlights only. Everything else works as normal.

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sparky

Perhaps someone with more knowledge on the law can comment, but I thought a DRL mod was only required if you were importing the car from the US.
Not just moving up here. In all my decades of driving in Canada I've never heard of anyone getting pinched for no DRL's.

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GaleForce

If you're just visiting or have an extended stay, you don't need DRL, but if you are moving here permanently, your vehicle will need to meet certain laws, safety checks, and emissions tests.

Here is some reading for you. Hope it helps, Moving back to Canada with an American car (sales, 2009) - City-Data Forum

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sparky

I knew someone would chime in with some real advice!

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chillz

Thanks Gale. That's what I thought; it just didn't make sense to me that it couldn't be done. I did search before I posted, and didn't see your post, which is why I started the new thread --apologies for the extra bandwidth. I'll have another look.

Thanks also for the link. I'm back and forth a couple times a year to visit family and I know I don't need the DRL for a visit, but I am moving back to the GTA, and so the DRL have to be done. I suppose I should just have it done there since my dealer is being clueless, but I figured it'd be cheaper to have it done here.

GaleForce

Not sure if serious.

Sorry, I didn't mean to come off as "one of those guys". I could care less about new threads on old topics. Forums would be a very borning place if all people did was use search for answers without any further communication. I just thought if you knew there was a thread on this topic and both of us were searching for it, it might cut down on the time it takes to find it.

I'm still looking for you.

From my own experience, my local Nissan dealer did the RIV work but Canadian Tire needed to sign off on it because CT is the only government approved garage to handle RIV certification (or so I'm told). The mechanic that did the RIV on my car said it only needed the DRL mod to pass.

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indyn

if you're driving with your NJ plates, you don't need to get DRL. Ontario plates, yes.

chillz

No worries. But I still haven't found your posts. Was there anything other than what you've posted here that I should know?

Which side of the city are you on? I'm just wondering if it'll be worth it to go to the same dealership you did... I'm not keen to have CT messing with my car, but I have the vague recollection from another thread that you're on the eastern side, and I'll be in Mississauga.

In answer to indyn, since it's a permanent move, I will need Ontario plates.

LMBmikeZ

Was there not another member on here that said you can just program the ECU to have the DRL??? done at the dealership?

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LMBmikeZ

Correction it is done through consult 3 at the Nissan Dealership.

People have done both sides of this, activate and deactivate the DRL it's up to you for what you want! Check Link below

Canadian 370z lighting question

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GaleForce

The mechanic at my local Nissan dealer told me you couldn't program the DRL. he had to mod 3 U.S. 370z's he ended up adding power to the DRL circuit found in the IPDM module located under the hood. I guess he doesn't know Consult 3 very well (that's scary). I'm going to ask at GTR certified dealership next time I'm there.

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LMBmikeZ

the shop (I won't mention, but it's self explanatory to any one that knows where I live though lol) near my house I refuse to go to. I talked to 2 of the techs and just in talks about mods and parts in general they were asking me about things that I thought they should have clearly known about and should have been informing me of info but they couldn't! So now I go to a dealership I used about 15-20 mins away when I bought a previous nissan. They actually comprehend things when you are talking to them! lol

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chillz

OK, thanks guys. I called today and told the service guy I usually deal with that it should be doable via Consult 3. He said he'd investigate and then called back to say there's no provision/kit whatever on the '09 (there is on the '10 up), and that I need to bring it in so they can investigate the best way to wire it.

MrSir

i have an 09 US model and during day time i drive with lights off. The car was imported by a dealer and has passed emissions and all other legilization protocols. I am not sure to how strict the law is on this in ontario. Personally i prefer to have the option of shutting them off. Obviously keeping them on 30min-1hour after sunrise, and turning them on 30min-1 hour before sun set is still the law and it becomes abit dangerous without them. I dont think you should sweat it, you will be fine without this thing.

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