Driving lights

External Since: Dec 24, 2007 Posts: 1

Howdy,

I have a question about adding driving lights to my 07 Dodge Dakota,
I seen some on Ebay that are OEM but the auction says that I would
have to take the truck to the dealership to have a Scanstar(?) let the
computer recognize the lights.

My question is why? Would the lights be inline with the regular light
switch?

Any info would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks in advance, Jim

External Since: Oct 28, 2007 Posts: 72

> My question is why? Would the lights be inline with the regular light
> switch?

Well, the problem is that the in-dash light switch doesn't turn the lights
on and off anymore. Rather, it simply allows a signal to pass to the Front
Control Module, asking it to pretty-please-with-sugar-on-top turn on the
lights.

If your truck didn't come with fog lights, the EBay seller is probably
talking about wiring these driving lights up to work off the fog light
setting of the OEM switch, which right now your Front Control Module will
ignore.

Now, that doesn't mean you can't wire them yourself with a separate switch -
one that taps power from the existing headlamp circuit, and uses that to
energize a relay, which then sends battery voltage to the auxilliary lights.

But, if you want it all fancy and stock-like, then yes, the dealership needs
to program that function into the computer for you.