Tips and Guide for Do-It-Yourselfers

The Daytime Running Light (DRL) was first mandated in Scandinavian countries where it is frequently and persistently dark during daytime hours in winter time (wikipedia.org). The following step by step guide will take you to disable the DRL of 1994 Volvo 850.

1. Take off the fusebox cover which is located under the bonnet right by the RH side of the windscreen
2. Pull out the largest, coloured green headlamp relay that fits into double socket
3. Prise off the relay cover
4. Find the pin marked ‘56b’. It’s a 1/4″ tab, and is connected via two loops of thick wire to other pins marked ‘56bL’ and ‘56bR’
5. Lever up the connection to pin 56b and cut it
6. Push the severed connection back towards the base of the relay and move it to one side so the connection to pin 56b remains broken
7. Refit the relay cover, plug in the relay and refit the fusebox cover

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The following diagram shows fuse and relay panel identification for Volkswagen Golf if you want to diy knowing its fuse and relay arrangement.

The relay and fuse arrangement for Volkswagen Golf diagram covers items as followed:

1. Fuses (SB) on electronic box, engine compartment, left
2. Position of relays on electronic box high, engine compartment, left
3. Fuses (SF) on fuse panel, in luggage compartment, right rear
4. Position of Relays, Relay Carier on Vehicle Electrical System Control Module, under instrument panel , left
5. Fuses (SC) – on fuse panel C, under instrument panel, left
6. Position of Relays with safety cutout, under instrument panel, left
7. Fuses (SA) on fuse panel A on electronics box High

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