Daytime running lights not working at daytime?

Hello guys,

I’m new to this forum. I just acquired a beautiful ‘21 Tacoma in midnight black with the off road package and headlight upgrade from factory. It’s my dream car

The problem is I can’t seem to get the DRL leds to turn on. What gives? They’re gorgeous and I want to have them on 24/7. I’ve tried all the headlight modes (DRL off, auto, and the other two symbols) no luck .

here’s a photo of with the car on and no light bar from DRL

 

What did the manual say?

 

You have perhaps solved the Q, pending a quick test when I arrive home

 

Turn the light switch forward one click

 

Is this the spot.

 

They should still come on with "auto."

 

Two things to check

• In the pre-CarPlay trucks there was an option in the head unit to enable/disable the DRL, verify that this still exists in your head unit and they are on.
  
• The DRL doesn’t turn on when the truck is first started and the handbrake is on.

Otherwise I am stuck.

 

In auto with the engine on parked, they didn’t come on

 

They do not come on if the parking brake handle is pulled. Try putting it in Auto and park the truck with ONLY the transmission.

 

I have a manual tranny, if I tried that shed roll off lol

 

Ghost ride it for a bit and check it out

 

it's the ebrake then, when you take it off and go for a drive pull up behind a shiny black truck and see if they're on

 

drop it to auto and take off the e brake and then pull it back on. Should stay on. My stalk is different. They changed it from the 19 on up

 

This also works on AT trucks. I'd give you +1 beer points but a like is all I can provide on TW

 

Thanks a ton guys, it was the e brake because the lights came on when I let her roll a bit without it . I also found in the head unit a auto light sensitivity, maybe that has something to do with enabling the DRLs too

 

My 2020 has the same stalk as yours, I don't have factory leds either, maybe it's different for those

 

bad ass!! Glad it worked

 

10/10 he jogged down the street next to the truck!

Glad it got solved! Would have loved to been a bystander.

Welcome to TW

 

Same here.