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2023 Cadillac Escalade Owners Manual - Interior Lighting



Interior Lighting

Instrument Panel Illumination Control


This feature adjusts the brightness of all illuminated controls.

The display brightness automatically adjusts based on outdoor lighting

: Move the thumbwheel up or down to brighten or dim the lights.

The thumbwheel is functional at night, or when the headlamps or parking lamps are on.

Interior Lamps


Interior Ambient Lighting

If equipped, this feature allows the color of the interior lighting in the vehicle to be chosen.

To access, press on the infotainment controls, then touch AMBIENT LIGHTING to display the settings screen.

Touch to select from the following:

OFF : Turns the feature off.

ON : Turns the feature on. Ambient lighting provides the ability to customize the color and intensity of the interior accent lighting. Chose the color on the display screen to make change to interior lighting color.

DEMO MODE : When the shift lever is in P (Park), touch to turn the feature on in colors chosen by the vehicle. When the shift lever is not in P (Park) , the interior color will default to the last active color selected.

LINK TO DRIVE MODE : The light color is matched to the color being used for the drive mode.

Dome Lamps


There are dome lamps in the overhead console and the headliner.

To change the dome lamp settings, press the following:

OFF : Press to turn off the dome lamps when any door is opened, on the RKE tansmitter is pressed, or when the ignition is switched off. An indicator light on the button will turn on when the dome lamp override is activated. Press OFF again to deactivate this feature and the indicator light will turn off. The dome lamps will come on when any door is opened, on the RKE transmitter is pressed, or when the ignition is switched off.

Press and hold any of the overhead console lens to turn all dome lamps on or off manually.

Reading Lamps


There are reading lamps in the overhead console and the headliner, if equipped.

These lamps come on automatically when any door is opened, on the RKE transmitter is pressed, or when the ignition is switched off.

To operate, the ignition must be on or in ACC/ACCESSORY or using Retained Accessory Power (RAP).

Press the lens on each reading lamp to turn it on and off.


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