Turning On The High Beam Headlights; Daytime Running Light System; Headlight Control Sensor - Toyota Camry 2018 Owner's Manual

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4-3. Operating the lights and wipers

Turning on the high beam headlights

With the headlights on, push
1
the lever away from you to turn
on the high beams.
Pull the lever toward you to the
center position to turn the high
beams off.
Pull the lever toward you and
2
release it to flash the high
beams once.
You can flash the high beams with the headlights on or off.
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Daytime running light system

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Type A:
The daytime running lights illuminate the headlights and illuminate darker
than the headlights.
Type B:
The daytime running lights illuminate the parking lights and illuminate
brighter than parking lights.
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To make your vehicle more visible to other drivers during daytime driving,
the daytime running lights turn on automatically when all of the following
conditions are met. (The daytime running lights are not designed for use at
night.)
• The engine is running
• The parking brake released
• The headlight switch is in
surroundings are blight) position
The daytime running lights remain on after they illuminate due to the condi-
tions above, even if the parking brake is set again.
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For U.S.A.: Daytime running lights can be turned off by operating the switch.
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Compared to turning on the headlights, the daytime running light system
offers greater durability and consumes less electricity, so it can help improve
fuel economy.
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Headlight control sensor

The sensor may not function properly if an
object is placed on the sensor, or anything
that blocks the sensor is affixed to the
windshield.
Doing so interferes with the sensor
detecting the level of ambient light and
may cause the automatic headlight sys-
tem to malfunction.
(Canada only), or (when the