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Daytime Running Lamp: Description and Operation



Operating the high-beam headlamps at reduced power provides daytime running lamps, which are required on all new Canadian vehicles.

Power is reduced using pulse-width modulation (PWM) to the high beams, where by the power is switched on and off rapidly instead of remaining on continuously. The duration and interval of the power pulses is programmed into the IPM. Locations