DRL module location needed

Good evening.

The location is under the hood under the plastic cover for the headlight. Procedure below and picture attached.

Why do you want to disable it?

Roy

REMOVAL:
1. Remove the battery ground cable.

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2. Remove the sight shield.
Twist the clips.

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3. Remove the Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) module.
1 Disconnect the electrical connector.
2 Remove the bolt.
3 Remove the DRL module.

Center of the grille area on the radiator support.

You are welcome.

Roy

Remove the whole shield along the front.

It sounds like your car has the automatic lamps option not DRL's. The DRL system uses a pulsing voltage to turn the lights on at a lower power setting than the normal lights. As you say there is no change it looks like you have the auto option.

That switch should have four positions, Fully counterclockwise - Auto, one click clockwise = off, second click = parking lamps and finally headlamps at the full clockwise position.

Good morning.

The DRL cannot be disabled in the light control module. Even with the IDS tool, there is no option.

They do list DRL with this model. But the part is obsolete as well. That is if you had DRL system. If the module is not where I showed you, it does not have it. This issue would be around the light control module for the automatic light system.

You can use a toggle switch for the headlamp controls but you need to make sure the circuit is protested since you will be altering from original wiring.

Can I ask why you are so intent on disabling the lights for operation during the day?

Roy

Okay, thanks. On my Grand Marquis, I was able to turn the headlights off on the automatic mode by turning the switch off two times. That disabled them.

If that does not work. You could put a toggle switch in the line for the beams and turn them off when you do not want them lit.

Roy

Sounds like a plan

Roy

This is supposed to be the wiring for that car with auto headlamps. It does show a DRL module but not like the Crown Victoria has.
I wonder if the issue is not a bad lighting control module itself. It basically uses voltage signals from the switch to turn on the lights. It would be easy for a component to fail and stay on, especially a safety item like lights.

A dealer level scan tool can talk to the LCM and can test its functions as well as check it for error codes, it can generate a lot of them to do with lighting and other items as well. It would not be the first odd GEM failure mode.

It is also possible it is a wiring problem, The DRL module could have broken free and be stuck in the rad support with shorted wires. Or the wiring from the light switch to the LCM could be triggering it to stay on.
Just a couple items to consider.

It is part of the LCM. The non automatic headlights use a different switch and control circuitry, shown in the picture. Did they find something wrong with the LCM or?