Does anyone know where the daytime running lights relay is on an 01 Canadian XJ?
Thanks!

 

It doesn't have a relay. Fuse F7 in the PDC is power for the DRL but is also the power for the headlamp switch, so if it blew you wouldn't have headlamps.

I don't know what your problem is but the DRL module is located in the engine bay, between the PDC and the right inner fender well.

 

Canadian Cherokee's have DRL's?

 

Requirement for ALL Canadian vehicles since the early 80s.
Interestingly my XJ passed its safety inspection when I bought it without them working, I guess the mechanic was more worried about the holes in the floor rather than the lights!

 

I don't have any real problems with my lights except no DRLs. I have upgraded the lights to the Putco harness and new shells and bulbs but that shouldn't make any difference other than the lights running at full power rather than the normal 80%.
I did the same upgrade to my wife's caravan and the lights work fine except for the running at full power. Less effect on the caravan as it had regular halgens as opposed to the sealed beams.
I figured that it was a relay that had been pulled but will check for it and see if I can find the module, could be that it is just unplugged.

 

Which bulbs are the DRLs? You have to turn them on or they're on when the key is on? I've never seen a Cherokee with DRLs.

 

They use the headlights and are on whenever the vehicle is moving. The power sent to the headlights something like 80% of the regular voltage.
You don't have to turn them on, start the car, put it in gear and move, lights come on. They then stay on until you turn off the engine.

 

Hmm, that's pretty cool. I had no clue that was an option.

 

I don't think it was an option, mandatory in Canada, deleted in the US.

 

Makes sense.

 

I didn't know that.

 

I think Toledo prewired the XJ's for DRL even though they weren't intended for Canada. My '99 has the connector but no module.

Same for the leak detection pump (plumbing wise) having preinstalled components but no sysem. I have the huge LDP vacuum vent tube that goes from the LDP area, snakes around the back side of the firewall, then back to the charcoal canister installed, but no LDP electrical connector. I think my XJ was built on a Friday or a Monday.
Lunch break=

 

lol

The "Buy one get one free" promo that Kia did a while back included a Kia Rio as the 'free' car.

The Rio was decked out from the factory with OEM Radio delete, Power steering Delete, All Power Options delete and Carpet delete.

But after all that they still ran the same harness with all the connections for power options.

They even installed the speakers for the radio. Just no radio.

Folks that ended up with these cars brought them into the shop to have a radio installed. Just pop the cover off and install a radio with a factory harness and you're good to go.

Power steering delete? C'mon!

 

Ha I knew there was a catch when they did that.

 

You could buy that optioned car for around 3,800 bucks brand new from the dealer.