For everyone that has a 99 to 00 nbs trucks you have to engage the parking brake first then start the vehicle to do this. I had to figure this out the hard way with my 2000 silverado.
Tim Oftedahl, yes it's very odd because I had a 2002 and it was with the button. I also had a 2000 s10 and it was this same way, but for some wired reason gm must have done it with the parking brake on 99 and very early 2000. Because when it got my 2000 I thought it was this same way but no result. Finally I obtained a owners manual from a friend's wrecked 99 nbs and it said use the parking brake and I was shocked by this but it worked. Only thing I can think of is that my truck is a 2000 model but was built in 8/1999. So maybe that only applies to 99 and early 2000 and the rest is with the switch, very very odd that they would do that tho.
This was also the case on my 01 chevy express 3500....parking brake needs to be engaged, and it resets with every cycle of the power. Was there some kind of "always on" law during those years? I'd much prefer to just switch on and off. Anyone know of a workaround?
Dude, I’ve got two suburbans and one I’ve had for 20 years 😂 and this is the first time I’ve ever shut the headlights off with the car running 🤣😂🤷♀️🤦♀️
2023 and this video still helping. Just purchased a gorgeous low mileage Sierra and couldn’t figure this out. Got to be the reason so many people replace this switch!!! Doing the lords work
Dude! I can’t thank you enough! Two nights in a row now I try to idle with no lights and I ACCIDENTALLY got them off the first try. Well not tonight! I just sat here for an hour hitting buttons and turning switch🤦🏻♀️😂😂😂 THANK YOU!!!!!
THANK YOU! Nothing worse than sitting in a cell phone lot on a hot or cold night and having your headlights beaming at people because your engine is running and the darn things won’t shut off. Thanks again!
You are a lifesaver my dude cuz I've watched a hundred different videos nobody could tell me how to do it I was kind of just clicked on your video first cuz you went right to the point and solve my issue for me respect good looking out my dude
I have a 2000 Astro AWD. All interior illumination goes very dim. I and a repair shop thought I might have a bad ground, #3 fuse out, etc. A month ago, the radio, instrument cluster ( Most importantly, GEAR SELECTOR portion of cluster and interior automatic courtesy go VERY dim, only visible at night. Found your video this morning, and VIOLA! when your above explained procedure is conducted. Notice in video, how the illumination of the RPMs drops when the dome light is pressed the 4th time. I must have inadvertently switched modes while trying to figure out the auto vs manual headlighting some time ago. Though I work on autos for much of my living, it usually is tied just to the programming, service and troubleshooting of anti theft OEM components. Again, thank you for posting this to the tootoob, so many years ago. Karma points to you
Sweet!!! I have owned and or driven 4 or 5 of the model trucks and never knew how to do this and thought "there has to be a way!" Honestly its for lack of trying but I always encountered the need at an inopportune time to learn. This was straight to the point...thanks!
For the auto lights take off the right speaker grill and unplug the ambient sensor. Then buy a 2.2k ohm 1/2 watt resistor and fold ends down and plug them into the harness. Put some tape over resistor to prevent it from falling out. And the lights will stay off when dark and must be done manually. Now for the DRL's on the 1999 and older the only way to disable the DRL's is to pull the black square relay in the fuse panel under the hood. Pull the relay and on bottom there will be 5 leads marked 30 86 85 87a 87 now cut the 86 85 and 87 or bend them outwards and up then plug the relay back in and your DRL's are disabled. Do not bend or remove the 30 or 87a lead.
Wow.. owned one of these models in one form or another for 25years and never knew this. I would shut off the ignition, press the E break down to the first click. Thanks for the vid you made 11yrs ago!!!
I’ve had this thing for 2 years and this video just showed me for the first time how cut these damn lights off so I can stop blinding ppl while I’m waiting on them to come outside or at the Xmas lights drive threw!!!
Awesome dude! I just bought a '01 Sierra and was ticked 'cause the headlights were on with the key. I had an '05 a few years back but it was OK. I knew a guy that was also ticked off that his '03 lights were always on. Wish I could tell him now. Thanks for the video & tip!
I have an 01 tahoe and this works while I am driving! I was going to put a blackout switch in the wiring somewhere to go total blackout. Hence why I searched this. But then your video popped up and now you just saved me from an afternoon of wiring! You sir deserve a cookie! 🍪
For those of you just sitting in a parking lot and not wanting to blind anybody while your truck is running, just twist the knob counter clockwise from the off position and it will turn the headlights off. No need to press the button 4 times
Ahhhh i just passed a year with my beautiful 1999 Silverado and ive wanted more times thsn u would think to shut off my lights for various reasons and couldn’t and it made me so mad i thought id never be able to. Thank you bro you made my day with this
Thank you for sharing this video. I hope this actually works. Have had my S-10 Blazer for two weeks now. Haven't figured out how to turn the lights off on my own.
Thank you for that video, I always wondered how to shut the headlights off, It always drove nuts when my headlights was on when I didn't need them on, or I just wanted to sit in my truck while running and they would be on. So thanks again for showing me that
That was actually very helpful I was almost about to spend like $30 on a switch cuz I thought it was bad I always wondered why I couldn't independently go through the options on the switch there just always on thanks
Almost Garage so I have discovered that if you have just the base model 1999 chevy Silverado 1500 this doesn’t work, if you have the one with heated seats and all that it will work. Either way great video and thank you for trying to help.
thank you everyone! I'm repairing a 2000 Suburban 1500 LT for a friend and I can't get those lights to turn on. period. I'll try these tricks. Thought it was a blown fuse at first.
Awesome vid and helpful. Worked for me. Thanks! Tho I must say, crazy that we actually needed this video in the first place. Talk about over engineering garbage. Where the F are we headed???
Question, I have a 2001 GMC Yukon. With the car off I would set the parking brake then turn on the car and the headlights would NOT come on. Great for not disturbing the family sleeping at 4:00 am . Then with the car still on and warmed up I would disengage the parking brake and the headlights would come on and I would drive off. That procedure doesn’t work anymore. Any suggestions? But I will try this function in your video. Thx 🙏🏼
I can't believe I just watched this. My IQ level just dropped by reading the comments on here. No negativity to the maker of the video. Just blows my mind this many views on a simple matter of using the override button.
Thank you so much! I’m embarrassed to say this is my 2nd Suburban (2000 & 2002) that I’ve never known how to turn those damn automatic headlights off! Ditto the person who said they can now go see Christmas lights without being honked at!
Great video, I got them to turn off once on our tahoe but forgot. Thank you, I now have a NBS Silverado! You should make a video on your cluster lights, as well as climate control lights, your climate control lights aren't burnt out like mine I noticed.
very very interesting I bought my 99 Silverado used so I had no idea how to do that..... another words I don't have a owners manual.... very good video.....
Haha, works for my 2003 s10. Thanks man, I knew how to turn the on and off but I just kept rapidly pressing the button 2 or 3 time and sometimes I'd get lucky. I thought my truck was messed up XD thanks man.
You should check out the opt7 fluxbeam 880's or auxbeam 880 led's. I had hid's in the fog lights of my '02 Silverado for a little bit, but the chrome/aluminum reflector coating ended up coming off from the constant heat of having them on every time I drove, so I decided to go to led after getting new fog light housings
Man thanks a lot it was starting to get dark outside and don't know what i was going to do. I was trying to use a lighter to light my way but as soon as i got up over 2 miles per hour the darn thing kept blowing out. And thanks for explaining what the cargo light is used for. All this time i thought it was some kinda remote so i could turn the lights in a car before i go somewhere. But seeing as i only have the truck i was never able to test it. 😐
That little thingy is an ambient light sensor which is photodiodes and some phototransistors feature an epoxy filter., and yes the other comments about the 1999 GMC Sierra are correct, one must use a 1.5k ohm resistor to bypass the sensor. If you want full control of your lights I have a video that explains in detail how to disable the sensor.
Cool, I didn't know about how to turn off the head light with the dome light switch, now I do. Owned the truck for 15 years, lol. Thanks. Can you tell me why every time I ran over a bump, it feel like my strut is raddling.
Thanks much! I have a 2002 yukon and the manual doesn't say anything about that trick. Thanks as I'm sick of wasting energy and straining the alternator during the day.It melted the license plate light sockets as it gets very hot here in S. Fl.
For everyone that has a 99 to 00 nbs trucks you have to engage the parking brake first then start the vehicle to do this. I had to figure this out the hard way with my 2000 silverado.
Cody Proefrock interesting.... I have a 00 sierra and i can do it just how he does it in the video. No parking brake or anything
Tim Oftedahl, yes it's very odd because I had a 2002 and it was with the button. I also had a 2000 s10 and it was this same way, but for some wired reason gm must have done it with the parking brake on 99 and very early 2000. Because when it got my 2000 I thought it was this same way but no result. Finally I obtained a owners manual from a friend's wrecked 99 nbs and it said use the parking brake and I was shocked by this but it worked. Only thing I can think of is that my truck is a 2000 model but was built in 8/1999. So maybe that only applies to 99 and early 2000 and the rest is with the switch, very very odd that they would do that tho.
My dash lights won't come on there's 1 10amp fuse that isn't getting any power.?
Cody Proefrock did this and now my brake lights won’t turn off how do I get that to turn off
This was also the case on my 01 chevy express 3500....parking brake needs to be engaged, and it resets with every cycle of the power. Was there some kind of "always on" law during those years? I'd much prefer to just switch on and off. Anyone know of a workaround?
You are the man! I’ve owned my truck for 8 years and didn’t know how to shut the lights off until today
I just learned this today and my truck is 2002 ☺️
Dude, I’ve got two suburbans and one I’ve had for 20 years 😂 and this is the first time I’ve ever shut the headlights off with the car running 🤣😂🤷♀️🤦♀️
DUDE
Bruh fr wtf 🤦♂️
2023 and this video still helping. Just purchased a gorgeous low mileage Sierra and couldn’t figure this out. Got to be the reason so many people replace this switch!!!
Doing the lords work
I got your Lord, hanging.
Dude! I can’t thank you enough! Two nights in a row now I try to idle with no lights and I ACCIDENTALLY got them off the first try. Well not tonight! I just sat here for an hour hitting buttons and turning switch🤦🏻♀️😂😂😂 THANK YOU!!!!!
Been In this Chevy for 8 years, and didn't have a clue on how to shut my light off, bro!!
I ‘ppreciate this video to the fullest, man
THANK YOU! Nothing worse than sitting in a cell phone lot on a hot or cold night and having your headlights beaming at people because your engine is running and the darn things won’t shut off. Thanks again!
Bro ive had my truck for 2 yrs never knew how til this video thnx
jessy sanchez has mine for like 5 months and barely found out 😭
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Omg now I can go through the Xmas lights without people honking at me
LMAO
Literally why I looked this video up. Thanks and Merry Christmas all
Lmfao I feel you!!!!
BRO!! this video has been the most important video I’ve watched this year
8 Years later and this Video still coming clutch !! Thanks for the video man Fr
Owned a 02 tahoe for 4 years. Thought it wasn't possible until I saw one driving the other day without them on. Thanks.
You are a lifesaver my dude cuz I've watched a hundred different videos nobody could tell me how to do it I was kind of just clicked on your video first cuz you went right to the point and solve my issue for me respect good looking out my dude
Man long as I had my 02 I never knew how to turn my lights off,thanks man
I have a 2000 Astro AWD. All interior illumination goes very dim. I and a repair shop thought I might have a bad ground, #3 fuse out, etc.
A month ago, the radio, instrument cluster ( Most importantly, GEAR SELECTOR portion of cluster and interior automatic courtesy go VERY dim, only visible at night.
Found your video this morning, and VIOLA! when your above explained procedure is conducted.
Notice in video, how the illumination of the RPMs drops when the dome light is pressed the 4th time.
I must have inadvertently switched modes while trying to figure out the auto vs manual headlighting some time ago.
Though I work on autos for much of my living, it usually is tied just to the programming, service and troubleshooting of anti theft OEM components.
Again, thank you for posting this to the tootoob, so many years ago. Karma points to you
you’re a lifesaver i can finally listen to music in the dark with my lights off
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! AT THE DRIVE IN WITH MY KIDS STARTED TO TAIN AND COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO TURN THEM OFF!!! THANK YOU!!! SAVED OUR NIGHT!!!!
Maritza Aguilar I'm glad everything worked out. Love the drive in
Almost Garage seriously cannot tell u how happy i am that i found your video we would be gone by now if i hadnt found it!!!
Sweet!!! I have owned and or driven 4 or 5 of the model trucks and never knew how to do this and thought "there has to be a way!" Honestly its for lack of trying but I always encountered the need at an inopportune time to learn. This was straight to the point...thanks!
It was also a lie.
Yep he also lying!!
Okay it's 3 degrees outside with a wind chill of -12 degrees and now I'm going to have to go outside and try this like right now LOL
Did it work???
For the auto lights take off the right speaker grill and unplug the ambient sensor. Then buy a 2.2k ohm 1/2 watt resistor and fold ends down and plug them into the harness. Put some tape over resistor to prevent it from falling out. And the lights will stay off when dark and must be done manually. Now for the DRL's on the 1999 and older the only way to disable the DRL's is to pull the black square relay in the fuse panel under the hood. Pull the relay and on bottom there will be 5 leads marked 30 86 85 87a 87 now cut the 86 85 and 87 or bend them outwards and up then plug the relay back in and your DRL's are disabled. Do not bend or remove the 30 or 87a lead.
This still works in May 2021 for an old 2002 Chevy Blazer. Thanks 😀
Wow.. owned one of these models in one form or another for 25years and never knew this. I would shut off the ignition, press the E break down to the first click. Thanks for the vid you made 11yrs ago!!!
I’ve had this thing for 2 years and this video just showed me for the first time how cut these damn lights off so I can stop blinding ppl while I’m waiting on them to come outside or at the Xmas lights drive threw!!!
Awesome dude! I just bought a '01 Sierra and was ticked 'cause the headlights were on with the key. I had an '05 a few years back but it was OK. I knew a guy that was also ticked off that his '03 lights were always on. Wish I could tell him now. Thanks for the video & tip!
You will never fully realize how much I appreciate your video. Your the F@#kin man. Thank you!!!!!
I have a 2001 Chevy Suburban and it worked, but it only took 2 clicks instead of 4 and this is with the vehicle running. Thanks! 💯✌🏾❤️
Seriously thank u .... I’ve had this 02 a long time and no clue on this .... so this is what freedoms like
🎉🎉🎉 Sir! You're a gentleman a scholar and few others we won't mention! 🙏🤲🛐
Lol
Dang, had my 02 for 15 years and never knew the 4 press trick!
Thanks
For the longest I've wondered how to turn off auto lights off, u showed me after yrs of looking thanks
bro, my bf left the lights on when he went to the store and it kept making the loud as noice but thanks to you, u saved my ears so thanks man😔
I have an 01 tahoe and this works while I am driving! I was going to put a blackout switch in the wiring somewhere to go total blackout. Hence why I searched this. But then your video popped up and now you just saved me from an afternoon of wiring! You sir deserve a cookie! 🍪
For those of you just sitting in a parking lot and not wanting to blind anybody while your truck is running, just twist the knob counter clockwise from the off position and it will turn the headlights off. No need to press the button 4 times
Ummm, no.
Nope
Holy Moses. First time I've ever turned off my headlights after watching this video. Thanks man
This man is a genius. I was about to do a diagnostic on electric system.
Ahhhh i just passed a year with my beautiful 1999 Silverado and ive wanted more times thsn u would think to shut off my lights for various reasons and couldn’t and it made me so mad i thought id never be able to. Thank you bro you made my day with this
This video keeps on giving eh? Just got my 2002 Tahoe to work! Thanks!
Thanks so much for the video annoyed me to have the lights on all the time while driving. Thanks for your time
Thank you! Ive had my GMC Sonoma for years and just thought the running lights were a safety curse! I can see why i never figured this out on my own
Thanks for this video. I was going crazy trying to turn my headlights off.
Duuuuuuude thank you. Mines lifted and I feel like an asshole whenever I'm in the drive through. So helpful!
Lmfao. Ive wondered for so long.... I feel like a noob looking up a vid how to turn my headlight on and off. Thanks for the vid!
Omgeeeee ive been trying for months to get these off thank youuuuu lol
This was helpful I got a 05 tahoe it turn off when I turn the knob then I just bought a 01 and notice this and youtube it and u help me out 💯💯💯
THANK GOD. I was just saying that this was the worst part of my new 01 sierra is the headlights are always on if it's slightly dark.
Thanks man I hate not being able to turn them off great video
Thank you for sharing this video. I hope this actually works. Have had my S-10 Blazer for two weeks now. Haven't figured out how to turn the lights off on my own.
I just learned this today lol I’ve always owned 03-07 my 1st 01 and I couldn’t figure out how to get them off for shit thanks boss 🙇🏾♂️
I had to look this video up because I have owned my 2000 Tahoe since 2002 (16 years) and had no idea. Thanks!
this made me giggle, now i can sneak around on those night rides.
Dude thank you this has been driving me nuts
Thanks guy I've been low key trying to turn them off at times for two years now... Righteous!
thanks man this really helped i have led headlights and they’ve always been on and i just wanted them off and it worked
What battery do you use for your car
Dudeee hell yeah!!!! I'm been trying to figure this out for ever!!!! Thankyou!!!!
After 18 years now I know how 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
I'm going to try this tomorrow night . I'm so excited lol
Thank you for that video, I always wondered how to shut the headlights off, It always drove nuts when my headlights was on when I didn't need them on, or I just wanted to sit in my truck while running and they would be on. So thanks again for showing me that
Just got this truck for my 17 bday thank you now I can pipe Hidden😇😇😇😇
Thanks man my dad sadly passed and left me his 2001 Tahoe suburban and I'm still trinna figure things out
That was actually very helpful I was almost about to spend like $30 on a switch cuz I thought it was bad I always wondered why I couldn't independently go through the options on the switch there just always on thanks
Nice clean truck bro!!
For sale lol
Now I can’t take my family to Electric mile without worrying about the damn headlights being on the whole time. Thanks brother #LIFESAVER
dude made sneaking out way easier 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Currently at a drive in and I’m leaving before other people and I pray to god this works Bc blinding people here is basically a sin
Jordan Fielding I got you!
Almost Garage so I have discovered that if you have just the base model 1999 chevy Silverado 1500 this doesn’t work, if you have the one with heated seats and all that it will work. Either way great video and thank you for trying to help.
You’re freakin awesome for making this video! Thank you so much!
Thanks man. I have this truck for over a year with no incognito mode.
Thank you SO much!!! I could not figure this out in my 2003 safari van. Appreciate the help !
Your actually a life saver
thank you everyone! I'm repairing a 2000 Suburban 1500 LT for a friend and I can't get those lights to turn on. period. I'll try these tricks. Thought it was a blown fuse at first.
Awesome vid and helpful. Worked for me. Thanks! Tho I must say, crazy that we actually needed this video in the first place. Talk about over engineering garbage. Where the F are we headed???
Ive had this truck for 5 months and didn’t know that thanks
This helped with my GMC Sonoma. Thank you
Bro you a genius for real real!!!!
Now i can be a genius & pass this nifty info along!!!
your videos still out here helping.
Question, I have a 2001 GMC Yukon. With the car off I would set the parking brake then turn on the car and the headlights would NOT come on. Great for not disturbing the family sleeping at 4:00 am . Then with the car still on and warmed up I would disengage the parking brake and the headlights would come on and I would drive off. That procedure doesn’t work anymore. Any suggestions? But I will try this function in your video. Thx 🙏🏼
Dam you came in clutch bro thanks 😂😂😂👍👍
I can't believe I just watched this. My IQ level just dropped by reading the comments on here. No negativity to the maker of the video. Just blows my mind this many views on a simple matter of using the override button.
+Z Johnson I just added news about that at the top. Hehe
Thanks. This works for the 03 GMC Sonoma also. Greatly appreciated!!
Hell yeah man!!! Thanks for posting!!! it was Driving me crazy!!!!!
Thank you for the help, just bought a Silverado and been looking for a blown fuse!!
Thx bro..this was helpful..i just got a 0Tahoe
Thank you so much! I’m embarrassed to say this is my 2nd Suburban (2000 & 2002) that I’ve never known how to turn those damn automatic headlights off! Ditto the person who said they can now go see Christmas lights without being honked at!
Thanks. Now my star gazing friends won’t be mad cause I drive up with my lights on.
Unbelievable. Like a Chinese puzzle box! OY!
Big thanks. I knew there must be a way.
Winner winner chicken dinner... Bravo brother that was actually a pain in the a&&. Thank you.
Great video, I got them to turn off once on our tahoe but forgot. Thank you, I now have a NBS Silverado! You should make a video on your cluster lights, as well as climate control lights, your climate control lights aren't burnt out like mine I noticed.
Just got a 2002 with 75000 miles, THANKS SO MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was really helpful 👌 thanks bro.
Thing is you have to do this every time you get in your truck.
I do too. Every time I get in and use my lights. Did you figure it out? Thanx
Bro I’ve owned my truck for YEARS and never knew 😅... Thanks
very very interesting I bought my 99 Silverado used so I had no idea how to do that.....
another words I don't have a owners manual....
very good video.....
very nice video man. was trying to smoke in my car lowkey, ya know what i'm sayin. shit really works, information in video is true.
PlasmaVFX I got you. Stay safe. Don’t get a dui. I’ll chooch one for you rn!!
Same dude, same
Haha, works for my 2003 s10. Thanks man, I knew how to turn the on and off but I just kept rapidly pressing the button 2 or 3 time and sometimes I'd get lucky. I thought my truck was messed up XD thanks man.
You should check out the opt7 fluxbeam 880's or auxbeam 880 led's. I had hid's in the fog lights of my '02 Silverado for a little bit, but the chrome/aluminum reflector coating ended up coming off from the constant heat of having them on every time I drove, so I decided to go to led after getting new fog light housings
thank you Soooo!!! much I have been trying to turn them of for months!!!
Man thanks a lot it was starting to get dark outside and don't know what i was going to do. I was trying to use a lighter to light my way but as soon as i got up over 2 miles per hour the darn thing kept blowing out. And thanks for explaining what the cargo light is used for. All this time i thought it was some kinda remote so i could turn the lights in a car before i go somewhere. But seeing as i only have the truck i was never able to test it. 😐
Thanks so much..i hope someone does something nice for you..you CAN do anything.."mighty fine man" 🎵
Thank you so much. Im trying to sleep in the back of my cab incognito and its hot! Need that AC for a bit.
That little thingy is an ambient light sensor which is photodiodes and some phototransistors feature an epoxy filter., and yes the other comments about the 1999 GMC Sierra are correct, one must use a 1.5k ohm resistor to bypass the sensor. If you want full control of your lights I have a video that explains in detail how to disable the sensor.
Lol had this truck for a while now and never knew how to do it people at the drive ins hated me 😂😂
Cool, I didn't know about how to turn off the head light with the dome light switch, now I do. Owned the truck for 15 years, lol. Thanks. Can you tell me why every time I ran over a bump, it feel like my strut is raddling.
Thanks much! I have a 2002 yukon and the manual doesn't say anything about that trick. Thanks as I'm sick of wasting energy and straining the alternator during the day.It melted the license plate light sockets as it gets very hot here in S. Fl.