Lighting
Exterior front lamps and rear lamps have vents to accommodate normal changes in air pressure.
Condensation can be a natural by-product of this design. When moist air enters the lamp assembly through the vents, there is a possibility that condensation can occur when the temperature is cold. When normal condensation occurs, a fine mist
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can form on the interior of the lens. The fine mist eventually clears and exits through the vents during normal operation.
Clearing time may take as long as 48 hours under dry weather conditions.
Examples of acceptable condensation are:
Examples of unacceptable condensation are:
If you see any unacceptable condensation, have your vehicle checked by an authorized dealer.
Push the lever away from you to switch the high beam on.
Push the lever forward again or pull the lever toward you to switch the high beams off.
Slightly pull the lever toward you and release it to flash the headlamps.
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WARNING: The system does not relieve you of your responsibility to drive with due care and attention. You may need to override the system if it does not turn the headlamps on in low visibility conditions, for example daytime fog.Autolamps turn the headlamps on in low light situations or when the wipers operate.
Switch the lighting control to the autolamps position.
The headlamps remain on for a period of time after you switch the ignition off. Use the information display controls to adjust the period of time that the headlamps remain on.
Note: If you switch the autolamps on, you cannot switch the high beams on until the system turns the low beams on.
When you switch the autolamps on, the headlamps turn on within 10 seconds of switching the wipers on. They turn off approximately 60 seconds after you switch the windshield wipers off.
The headlamps do not turn on with the wipers:
Note: If you switch the autolamps and the autowipers on, the headlamps turn on when the windshield wipers continuously operate.
The instrument lighting dimmer buttons are on the lighting control.
Repeatedly press one of the buttons to adjust the brightness.
After you switch the ignition off, you can switch the headlamps on by pulling the direction indicator lever toward you. You will hear a short tone. The headlamps will switch off automatically after three minutes with any door open or 30 seconds after the last door has been closed. You can cancel this feature by pulling the direction indicator toward you again or switching the ignition on.
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WARNING: The daytime running lamps system does not activate the rear lamps and may not provide adequate lighting during low visibility driving conditions. Make sure you switch the headlamps on, as appropriate, during all low visibility conditions. Failure to do so may result in a crash.Switch the daytime running lamps on or off using the information display. See General Information (page 94).
The daytime running lamps turn on when:
The other lighting control switch positions do not turn on the daytime running lamps.
If the daytime running lamps are off in the information display, the lamps stay off in all switch positions.
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WARNING: The daytime running lamps system does not activate the rear lamps and may not provide adequate lighting during low visibility driving conditions. Make sure you switch the headlamps on, as appropriate, during all low visibility conditions. Failure to do so may result in a crash.The system turns the lamps on in daylight conditions.
To switch the system on, switch the lighting control to any position except headlamps.
Only switch the front fog lamps on during reduced visibility.
You can switch the front fog lamps on if any of the following occur:
The front fog lamp button is on the lighting control.
Press the button to switch the front fog lamps on or off.
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Note: The brightness of the daytime running lamps may decrease when the front fog lamps are switched on.
It illuminates when you switch the front fog lamps on.
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Push the lever up or down to use the
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The front interior lamp switches are on the overhead console.
Note: The position of each button on the overhead console depends on your vehicle.
Press to switch all interior lamps on.
direction indicators.
Note: Tap the lever up or down to make the direction indicators flash three times to indicate a lane change.
Press to switch all interior lamps off.
The lamps turn on under the following conditions:
Press to switch the left-hand individual dome lamp on and off.
Press to switch the right-hand individual dome lamp on and off.
Press to switch the interior lamp function on and off.
When the interior lamp function is off and you open a door, the courtesy and door lamps stay off.
When the interior lamp function is on and you open a door, the courtesy and door lamps turn on.
Note: The indicator lamp lights amber when the door function is off.
Press a map lens to switch individual map lamps on and off independently.
Rear Interior Lamps
The rear interior lamps may be above the rear seat or above the rear windows.
Press to switch the lamps on or off.
Use the touchscreen to select the following:
Touch any color once.
Drag the selected color up or down.
Touch the selected color once or drag the selected color down to zero brightness.
Select the settings option on the feature bar.
Select ambient lighting.
Touch a color once.
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