Miata Mailing List: August 1993, Message #30
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   From: Clayton B Jenkins 
Subject: Canadian Daytime Running Lights
   Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1993 16:50:49 -0400


You have it correct. When the car is on and the parking
brake is released, the front parking lights come on.
The tail lights stay off.

The Canadian Government decided that as of 1990 model year
all cars must come equiped with automatic daytime running
lights. For cars without pop-up headlights, they use low
intensity headlights. That don't work for the Miata.

I don't know if you notice the problem that the Miata faces
with this, but the parking lights are also the signal lights.
So the first cars (the first year or so) that shipped, when
you put on the signal light, both front lights would go out
and then one would blink. The government made them change
(recall) it so that one light stays on and the other blinks.

The running light recall is the only recall that Canadian
Miatas have had (at least 1990 Miatas).

BTW, could someone post/mail me an address of a supplier
of McG's Plastic Polish. After phoning all the auto
supply places around here and getting 'We don't sell
car polish, try K-Mart' I have lost faith. One auto
body shop suggested I try Armor-All. Yeah, right.

Thanks,
Clayton (where'd the sun go???) Jenkins
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Clayton Jenkins                 | jenkincb@newton.ccs.tuns.ca