Sounds like a bunch of Voodoo to me.
But it's probably a good thing I crawled under the van because I noticed another fun problem coming my way: my left front strut appears to be leaking oil.That will definitely have to wait quite some time, because I can't do it until I get home in a few weeks and I can't do it then either because I have to replace the clutch in my 4runner first. Big fun. (not to mention the 4Runner timing belt and valve cover gaskets but those can wait)
I'm going to test my DRL wiring eventually but I'm a bit afraid to crack the plastic or brittle gaskets when I'm so far from my parts van so I may procrastinate that until I get home in April too. @Isights may be on to something and I've been planning to do that since before I left home