DRL Disable, in 10 minutes

I pulled the plug on my 08 legacy 2.5i last night. While it did disable the DRL it also disabled the high beam indicator on my dashboard. This isn't a huge deal to me but if anyone knows what wires to pull from that plug in order to stop only the DRL I would like to do that and still maintain my dashboard function. Thanks.

I pulled the plug on my 08 legacy 2.5i last night. While it did disable the DRL it also disabled the high beam indicator on my dashboard. This isn't a huge deal to me but if anyone knows what wires to pull from that plug in order to stop only the DRL I would like to do that and still maintain my dashboard function. Thanks.

 

Same thing happened to my '08 GT. I just live with it.

 

Eventually, I may try the '07 mod... I'm just lazy and can usually tell when my high beams are on.

I pulled the plug on my 08 legacy 2.5i last night. While it did disable the DRL it also disabled the high beam indicator on my dashboard. This isn't a huge deal to me but if anyone knows what wires to pull from that plug in order to stop only the DRL I would like to do that and still maintain my dashboard function. Thanks.

 

You have two options. You can either pull the Blue/Black wire out of the plug (or just cut it) and plug it back in, or you can leave it unplugged and insert both ends of a short piece of wire into the end of the plug as a jumper between the fat Red and skinny Green/Red wires. Either way should work.

^ Yeah on mine I just popped the blue/black wire out of the harness, plugged it back in, and high beams work fine

Thanks for the tip

I have a 2007 Outback. Unplugging the white plug disabled the DRLs (thank you!) but also seems to have disabled the fog lights. No big deal but it might be nice to have the fogs on occasion, if they are any good for the stated purpose.

Super easy mod. Took longer to take the panel off than unplug it.

I have a 2007 Outback. Unplugging the white plug disabled the DRLs (thank you!) but also seems to have disabled the fog lights. No big deal but it might be nice to have the fogs on occasion, if they are any good for the stated purpose.

 

For 07 and later, you use a different procedure. You only need to unplug the blue-and-black wire from the white plug, as described a couple of posts up. Then you get to keep your fogs and hi-beams.

Just did this mod today. Very very easy. 5min tops Thanks again

I cut the blue/black wire on my '08 yesterday and all works as desired with one exception...the high beams only work with the low beams on. Is this how the stock setup was? I did not notice if this was the case prior to cutting the wire. It's not a big deal, but if say you need to flash on-coming traffic, etc. it may be useful.

I cut the blue/black wire on my '08 yesterday and all works as desired with one exception...the high beams only work with the low beams on. Is this how the stock setup was? I did not notice if this was the case prior to cutting the wire. It's not a big deal, but if say you need to flash on-coming traffic, etc. it may be useful.

 

Either 08 is different than 07 or you nicked another wire while you were down there.

What is the point of disabling DRLs for 08s+? Because the DRLs are now using the high beam bulbs aren't they? At least on my 09 they are, so I can get a HID kit without worrying about DRLs screwing it up.

I have my 08's disabled and the highbeams work fine, I just had to run a jumper cable on the connector I pulled off in order to get the high beam indicator on the dash working again.

I cut the blue/black wire on my '08 yesterday and all works as desired with one exception...the high beams only work with the low beams on. Is this how the stock setup was? I did not notice if this was the case prior to cutting the wire. It's not a big deal, but if say you need to flash on-coming traffic, etc. it may be useful.

 

To flash the highs on my '07 when the lows are off you have to pull the stalk towards you. If you push it away they don't come on.

Mine work just fine (07) on flash (pull) or steady (push). Did you pull the whole white connector or just the blue-and-black wire.

Wow,on an 05 this is stupid simple. You don't have to drop the panel, just push it up a little in the corner and you can see the plug and grab it easily.

Glad I found this thread. I went in initially and looked around where the drl connector was on my wrex (by passenger side strut tower in engine bay), shrugged, came in and found this. It's even easier to get to on the lgt, haha.

Just did this in my 2005 OBW. I'm tired of spending a fortune on headlights, I'll turn them on when I need them thank you very much Subaru.

 

Hope I unplugged the right one. The box said DRL on a green sticker and there was a black plug right beside the white one. I pulled the white one.

 

Any solid word if this disables the heated wipers on the '05 model (with winter package)? If so, I'll have to re-connect the DRL plug...snows and ices a lot here and the wiper de-icers are necessary.

Just did this in my 2005 OBW. I'm tired of spending a fortune on headlights, I'll turn them on when I need them thank you very much Subaru.

 

Hope I unplugged the right one. The box said DRL on a green sticker and there was a black plug right beside the white one. I pulled the white one.

 

Any solid word if this disables the heated wipers on the '05 model (with winter package)? If so, I'll have to re-connect the DRL plug...snows and ices a lot here and the wiper de-icers are necessary.

 

I did the DRL disable on my '05 LGT wagon around Thanksgiving and have been using my wiper heaters practically every day for the past two weeks with no problem.

Thanks for the help!

I'll turn them on when I need them thank you very much Subaru.

 

Really !

 

Every day or two (or night, I should say), I see a car driving around with headlites

but no tail lites. Stupid DRL.

Edited March 23, 2009 by RustyShackleford

If the wiring is the same on the 2008 legacy, is it the DRL module that is different?

 

Maybe all we would need to do if we wanted DRL's on the high beams would be to change the module.

So i read all the forums about how to disable the DRL on 05-06 Legacy but didnt find anything on how to do that on a 07 legacy. Is it the same or there is no way its gooing to happen on an 07? thanks

I did it on my 07, i think everything was the same, you just want to take the wires out of the harness instead of just unplugging it or else you get no cruise control.

Hey thanks, so did you just pull the white contector out of the DLR box? when i did tthis my hi beams stop working at all. Did i do something won was i suppose to only cut a wire on hte 07?