# Need help with DRL

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-drl/80608>\
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [February 21, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-drl/80608 "2004-02-21T20:32:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![suds240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@suds240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/suds240)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-drl/80608/1 "2004-02-21T20:32:29Z")

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My DRL is shorted out. I unscrewed it from the bumper, and tried to look for where water was getting in. I couldn’t see anywhere where this would occur. I then tried to disconnect the entire light but couldn’t. Is there anything I can use (ie. some sort of spray or something) to get this disconnected without breaking the connector? I think maybe the prongs are melted together inside of the connection, but it could just be hard to disconnect. Ideas?

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**Author:** ![suds240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@suds240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/suds240)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-drl/80608/2 "2004-02-23T20:33:55Z")

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Nobody has got any ideas?

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**Author:** ![SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SHIFT_KA24DET)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-drl/80608/3 "2004-02-24T11:57:20Z")

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Corrosion is usually the culprit. Check behind the bulb inside the socket.

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**Author:** ![suds240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@suds240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/suds240)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-with-drl/80608/4 "2004-02-24T13:58:09Z")

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> [@AppleSauce](#):
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> Are you sure it shorted out?? maybe you just need a new bulb? I don’t have DRL so i don’t know what the connector looks like.

Yes, I replaced the bulb and a day or so later it was out again. Inside the bulb there is this milky coloured coating (no smart ass comments please :twisted: ). It made a cool design actually.

There wasn’t much, if any, rust in the socket behind the bulb. That’s where I though the problem would be too.

I was thinking the next step would be to look for where the water was getting in, patching it up, put a new bulb in and I’d be set, but I couldn’t find anything. I then went to disconnect the whole light from the cable, but that’s where I’m stuck. Other than cutting and soldering (thanks Jessie), is there any other options anyone knows of?