daytime running lights failed, is it legal ???????

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daytime running lights failed, is it legal ???????

Post by knight » Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:36 pm

Hi, Please can anyone help me. my side lights have failed !!!, is it legal to drive at night with just the head lights. Sorry if this is a dumb question but i know you clever people will be able to help me.....Please, thanks Knight
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Post by Darren » Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:05 pm

Shouldn't be a problem.. You will need to get it sorted for MOT though, I'm sure?

At night, you shouldn't be driving with just your side / day lights anyway, I think you can get fined for that? :lol: As long as your (pop-up) headlights are good and legal the day lights wouldn't matter much I don't think.
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Post by stu chacks » Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:39 pm


Your fine Nightrider, the DRL's are a volvo safety feature not sidelights and therefore not a legal requirement - at dusk you can use the 1st position on your pop-ups which are the 'proper' sidelights, then when dark 2nd position is headlights.

I just think most 480 owners never use the sidelights, relying on the DRL's for that and go straight to headlights.

If only one has gone, replace both the bulbs anyway or one will usually end up darker than the other.

Good luck with it - careful taking the clusters out as I snapped mine 1st time round.

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Post by knight » Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:06 am

Thanks gentlemen, really apreciated, Knight
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Post by Big Brother » Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:57 am

Yes they are ok for driving on at night, but they need to be working for the MOT, they nearly failed my Celeb becuase one was slightly dimmer, just needed a new bulb
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Post by chris1roll » Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:16 pm

Shouldn't have done, I wouldn't go there again. As stu said, the DRL are NOT an mot-able item
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Post by BlueCruiser » Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:39 am

yep that's right, i put mine through MOT earlier and the test guy didn't seem to take notice of those DRL ( i've never been able to make them equal brightness so eventually i took both of them out) and the important result was my car just sailed through the test :)

Did have my wondering on that before though.
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