Daytime Light Operation

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Nissan Frontier. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

With the engine running, the lighting switch in the OFF or 1ST position and parking brake released, the IPDM E/R receives input requesting the daytime lights illuminate. This input is communicated across the CAN communication lines. The CPU of the IPDM E/R controls daytime light relay 1 supplies ground

To daytime light relay 1 terminal 1
Through IPDM E/R terminal 44.

When energized, daytime light relay 1 directs power

Through daytime light relay 1 terminal 3
Through front combination lamp LH (headlamp) terminal 2
Through front combination lamp LH (headlamp) terminal 1
Through IPDM E/R terminal 55
Through 10A fuse (No. 35, located in the IPDM E/R)
Through 10A fuse (No. 34, located in the IPDM E/R)
Through IPDM E/R terminal 56
To front combination lamp RH (headlamp) terminal 1.

Ground is supplied

To front combination lamp RH (headlamp) terminal 2
Through grounds E9, E15 (all) and E24 (VQ40DE engine only).

With power and ground supplied, the daytime lights illuminate. The high beam headlamps are now wired in series and illuminate at a reduced intensity.