Dome Lamps; Reading Lamps; Lighting Features; Entry Lighting - Chevrolet 2011 Impala Owner's Manual

6-6 Lighting

Dome Lamps

The center mounted dome lamp
overhead comes on when a door
is opened. This lamp can also be
turned on by turning the instrument
panel brightness control clockwise.

Reading Lamps

The vehicle has reading lamps that
also act as the dome lamp. Press
the button near each lamp to turn
them on and off.
Map Lamps
The vehicle has map lamps on the
rearview mirror. Press the button
near each lamp on the mirror to
turn the map lamps on and off.

Lighting Features

Entry Lighting

For vehicles with courtesy lamps,
they come on and stay on for a set
time whenever the unlock symbol
is pressed on the Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) transmitter.
If a door is opened, the lamps stay
on while it is open and then turn off
automatically about 20 seconds
after the door is closed. If the unlock
symbol is pressed and no door is
opened, the lamps turn off after
about 20 seconds.
Entry lighting includes a feature
called theater dimming. With theater
dimming, the lamps do not turn
off at the end of the delay time.
Instead, they slowly dim and then
go out. The delay time is canceled
if the ignition key is turned to
ON/RUN or the power door lock
switch is pressed. The lamps will
dim right away.
When the ignition is on, illuminated
entry is inactive, which means the
courtesy lamps will not come on
unless a door is opened.