Daytime Running Lights Rear?

Interior and Exterior bodywork Issues and Fixes
martinto8
Posts: 399
Joined: Fri Jul 23, 2021 12:49 pm

Post by martinto8 »

On my Audi I coded ‘Scandanavian DRL’ setup for the rears. I’d imagine the same can be done on the Macan with a coding tool
Macan GTS on order: http://www.porsche-code.com/PPDF6163
Ordered 25th Aug 2021 - Build slot August 2022, Landed in OPC - 29th September 2022 - Collected 29th November 459 days since ordering!

User avatar
PaulR
Posts: 436
Joined: Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:22 am
Location: Scotland

Post by PaulR »

Daytime Running Lights (DRLs) is front only in the UK.
Current - Macan III GTS
Previous - Macan II GTS, Macan I GTS
User avatar
SAC1
Posts: 3784
Joined: Wed May 24, 2017 8:24 pm
Location: near BATH

Post by SAC1 »

SAC1 wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 5:53 pm
On-Track wrote: Sun Dec 05, 2021 3:44 pm

One of the bigger "problems" in recent years is drivers thinking because the DRLs are on they're OK. I don't know of any cars where the rear lights are on all the time. Happy to be proved wrong though.
Our Seat Leon certainly has rear as well as front DRLs.

Never looked at the Macan rear light bar in daylight when front DRLs are on. Will check tomorrow...
Checked. Only front DRLs on my Gen2 GTS.
Steve

2020 GTS in Sapphire Blue
(sold) 2017 SD in Rhodium Silver
RoccMajor
Posts: 36
Joined: Thu Dec 02, 2021 2:15 am

Post by RoccMajor »

Thanks for checking!
User avatar
Lage
Posts: 65
Joined: Wed Nov 23, 2022 10:13 pm
Location: France

Post by Lage »

Bjr

On my old Q5 I had the front and rear daytime running lights still on
On the macan there is a setting with the piwis so that they are always on as in the front
I haven't done them yet because I don't have piwis but at the next revision I'm going to ask in CC to do it

IMG_3447.jpeg

@+ Manu 😉
User avatar
Lage
Posts: 65
Joined: Wed Nov 23, 2022 10:13 pm
Location: France

Post by Lage »

:geek:

coding successful, the rear lights are on daytime running lights and the license plate lighting does not come on

IMG_5825.jpeg

IMG_5823.jpeg

@+ Manu 😉
dlgis
Posts: 39
Joined: Sat May 27, 2023 8:32 am

Post by dlgis »

Slightly off topic, does anyone find the sensitivity of the auto lights too high. I find dipped headlamps coming on too early and then going off too late, especially compared to my wife’s BMW which feels about right to me. Also the auto high beam seems slow to react to other cars and much slower than I would manually switch to dipped beam.
Are these things that can be adjusted?
Darryl
Macan GTS 2023
User avatar
Neil1911
Posts: 3153
Joined: Sun Apr 14, 2019 12:00 pm
Location: Sheffield, England

Post by Neil1911 »

dlgis wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:34 pm Slightly off topic, does anyone find the sensitivity of the auto lights too high. I find dipped headlamps coming on too early and then going off too late, especially compared to my wife’s BMW which feels about right to me. Also the auto high beam seems slow to react to other cars and much slower than I would manually switch to dipped beam.
Are these things that can be adjusted?
I didn't spec the + to get auto high beam because it seems widely agreed that its more trouble than it's worth and as for auto lights, I let them get on with it and don't fret about it. I occasionally think "wow, doesn't seem dark enough for them to come on" but frankly I reckon they'll measure the light level better than I do!
http://www.porsche-code.com/PP37WLA6, a Dolomite Silver S, collected from Stockport OPC on Valentine's Day 2023, after a 399 day wait.
Ex.: Gen2 S, Volcano grey 1/9/19 - 3/2/23 & 39,235 Smiles, RIP
FirstSeaLord
Posts: 580
Joined: Wed Oct 20, 2021 8:45 am

Post by FirstSeaLord »

Neil1911 wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:51 pm
dlgis wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:34 pm Slightly off topic, does anyone find the sensitivity of the auto lights too high. I find dipped headlamps coming on too early and then going off too late, especially compared to my wife’s BMW which feels about right to me. Also the auto high beam seems slow to react to other cars and much slower than I would manually switch to dipped beam.
Are these things that can be adjusted?
I didn't spec the + to get auto high beam because it seems widely agreed that its more trouble than it's worth and as for auto lights, I let them get on with it and don't fret about it. I occasionally think "wow, doesn't seem dark enough for them to come on" but frankly I reckon they'll measure the light level better than I do!
I find them hopeless. Slow witted and continually dazzling other people - so have deactivated them
Gen-3 Macan GTS (Volcano)
992 GT3 Touring (Agate)
718 Spyder (Arctic)
User avatar
Neil1911
Posts: 3153
Joined: Sun Apr 14, 2019 12:00 pm
Location: Sheffield, England

Post by Neil1911 »

Just skimmed through this topic from the start, its a classic example of spurious chatter and noise that drives me up the wall! The OP, a prospective Macan buyer asked a simple, reasonable, question then there were 8 posts with useless info about half a dozen other brands before Steve (⭐) actually answered it! SAC1 don't leave your one of the few contributors that keeps me coming back. ;)
http://www.porsche-code.com/PP37WLA6, a Dolomite Silver S, collected from Stockport OPC on Valentine's Day 2023, after a 399 day wait.
Ex.: Gen2 S, Volcano grey 1/9/19 - 3/2/23 & 39,235 Smiles, RIP
Post Reply

  • Similar Topics
    Replies
    Views
    Last post