fun4u Report post Posted August 30, 2009 Add to the list of missing important safety features on the FFH: Daylight Running Lights (DRL). The owner's manual describes how they work (if installed), but there is no such feature on my 2010 FFH. I have searched ford.com, talked with the salesman, and had the service advisor check with Ford tec department to find out how to activate them, but the best that Ford techs can do is to suggest that I gring the card to the dealer and have the dealer technician call Ford tech to walk them through some experimentation with the "junction box". No promise that they can figure it out, but they'll be glad to chew up service hours trying. I have masked off the dashboard sensor to fool the automatic lights into thinking it's nighttime, and that gets the headlights to light, but it also gets the dash lights to dim so that I can't see the speedometer in the daylight, and the nav system goes black thinking that it's nighttime. I've written to Ford Management asking for a fix, but I don't expect much except a "Sorry, Charlie" letter. Seems strange that this 502A-equiped high-end Fusion does not have this important safety feature, especially since they are required to put it on all Fusions sold into Canada, and I understand that all "fleet" Fusions come equiped with DRL. For years, I have driven with headlights on during the daytime to assist other drivers in seeing my car. All of the GM cars that I have owned for the past ten years have included this important safety feature. My Fusion alerts me whenever a car is beside me, behind me, coming from the side, or overhead. Why can't it help to make my car visible to other drivers by providing DRL? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rfruth Report post Posted August 30, 2009 Thank goodness no DRLs yet here in the states but there is a headlight switch you can use ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaveM Report post Posted August 30, 2009 Thank goodness no DRLs yet here in the states but there is a headlight switch you can use ...GM has had them here for years and I for one believe in them and will have my dealer turn them on before I even sign the papers. :happy feet: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rfruth Report post Posted August 30, 2009 I don't know where here is but wouldn't driving around with your high beams on be even safer (how about with the horn blaring) ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites