Daytime Running Lights
- Thread starter RandallKC
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vreihen
🇺🇸 2014 NCV3 170" cargo with OM651
I tried to put LED bulbs into mine that were supposed to be 100% compatible. One of the two sockets split wide open trying to insert the bulb, and the other side's bulb self-ejected after a few weeks. No more DRLs for me...LED or otherwise.
If you do get them installed, you will also need to do variant coding with an appropriate MB-specific scan tool to stop the bulb out alarm whenever you turn the DRLs on.....
TrackSprinter
2016 Motovan Boondocker
there are many many T20 DRL replacement LED bulbs on Amazon. do a search with that text. dont need to find your vehicle, only a T20.
the dash warning lamp will always be on if you switch to LED. the ECU is looking for a wattage value matching 20W. LED is 5.5W
the dash warning lamp will always be on if you switch to LED. the ECU is looking for a wattage value matching 20W. LED is 5.5W
Diver160651
170 ext 3500 4x4
The dash lights just come on each preflight check. Once you hit ok the light goes out. The message remains but warming no longer takes center stage.
TrackSprinter
2016 Motovan Boondocker
the NCV3 has a button to acknowledge and extinguish the dash message? i did not know this
vreihen
🇺🇸 2014 NCV3 170" cargo with OM651
If you go into the instrument cluster's variant coding using an MB-specific scan tool, you can enable a hidden menu item on both low-line and high-line clusters that lets you turn the DRLs on and off from buttons on the cluster or steering wheel. If you turn them off using the cluster's menu option, you will not get any pre-flight alert for the bulb(s) being out.
IIRC, there is also a variant coding option that lets you change from incandescent to LED bulbs in the DRLs, so you don't get the alarm after swapping the bulbs.
Note that this all only applies to post-facelift 2014+ NCV3 Sprinters. The pre-facelift Sprinters use different headlights.....