Exterior Lighting Battery Saver - Cadillac 2006 Owner's Manual

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With Twilight Sentinel you will see the following
happen:
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When it is dark enough outside, the front turn signal
lamps (DRL) will go off, and the headlamps and
parking lamps will come on. The other lamps
that come on with headlamps will also come on.
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When it is bright enough outside, the headlamps
will go off, and the front turn signal lamps (DRL)
will come on, as long as the exterior lamp switch is
in the off position.
If you start your vehicle in a dark garage, the automatic
headlamp system will come on immediately. Once
you leave the garage, it will take approximately
one minute for the automatic headlamp system to
change to DRL if it is light outside. During that delay,
your instrument panel cluster may not be as bright
as usual. Make sure your instrument panel brightness
control is in full bright position. See Instrument Panel
Brightness on page 3-39 for more information.
You can idle the vehicle with the lamps off, even when it
is dark outside. First set the parking brake while the
ignition is in OFF/ACC. Then start the vehicle. The lamps
will stay off until you release the parking brake.
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Twilight Sentinel also provides exterior illumination as
you leave the vehicle. If Twilight Sentinel
on the lamps when you turn off the ignition, your lamps
will remain on until:
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The exterior lamp switch is moved from off to the
parking lamp position, or
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a delay time that you select has elapsed.
See Vehicle Personalization on page 2-53 to select the
delay time that you want. You can also select no
delay time.
If you turn off the ignition with the exterior lamp switch
in the parking lamp or headlamp position, the Twilight
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Sentinel delay will not occur. The lamps will turn off as
soon as the switch is turned off.
As with any vehicle, you should turn on the regular
headlamp system when you need it.

Exterior Lighting Battery Saver

If the parking lamps or headlamps have been left on,
the exterior lamps will turn off about 10 minutes after the
ignition is turned off. This protects against draining
the battery in case you have accidentally left the
headlamps or parking lamps on. The battery saver does
not work if the headlamps are turned on after the
ignition is turned off.
If you need to leave the lamps on for more than
10 minutes, use the exterior lamp control to turn the
lamps back on.
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