When it is dark enough outside, your automatic system will turn on your headlamps at the normal brightness along with other lamps such as the taillamps, sidemarker, parking lamps, instrument panel lights, and interior switch backlighting.

Your vehicle has a light sensor on top of the instrument panel. Make sure it is not covered, or the headlamps may remain on when you do not need them.

The system may also be on when driving through a parking garage, heavy overcast weather or a tunnel. This is normal.

There is a delay in the transition between the daytime and nighttime operation of the automatic lamp control system so that driving under bridges or bright overhead street lights does not affect the system. The automatic lamp control system will only be affected when the light sensor sees a change in lighting lasting longer than this delay.

If you start your vehicle in a dark garage, the automatic lamp system will come on immediately. Once you leave the garage, it will take about 20 seconds for the automatic lamp system to change to DRL if it is light outside. During that delay, the instrument panel cluster may not be as bright as usual. Make sure the instrument panel brightness control is in the full bright position. See Instrument Panel Brightness .

To idle your vehicle with the system off, turn the ignition on and turn the exterior light switch to the off/on position. For Canadian vehicles, the transaxle must stay in PARK (P) for this function or the parking brake must be set for vehicles with manual transaxles.

As with any vehicle, you should turn on the regular headlamps when you need them.