Yesterday morning I went to the dealer and had two safety recalls done:
One was replacement of the brake switch, an old problem that caused some cruise control dramas for some, never for me, but replaced anyway.
The other was a power isolation mod to cut power to certain circuits when the car is not in use, to avoid fire danger when moisture might cause corrosion.
Well, having recently done Serge the neighbour's car for the same DRL mod as mine, and spotted his odd add-on structure over what was a flat fusebox surface, and assumed it was the difference between my Diesel and his petrol variant, it turns out I now have the same change in my fuse box, complete with a shiny new black lid with updated fuse legend on the inside.
They didn't bother to investigate my tap into the original backup lamp fuse, where I was stealing the signal for my delay relay to turn on the DRLs when (6 seconds after, to avoid cranking noise to the DRLs) ignition is on.
As a result of the recall, that fuse now appears up on the new level of the add-on, so having done Serge's car only a couple of weeks ago, it was a simple relocation of the tap line to restore the function.
Still has me wondering about the specifics of the recall - I may still go back to the service department and ask for a schematic - professional interest.
