Cadillac 1975 Owner's Manual page 37

• In cold weather, warm the windshield
with defrosters before using washer to
help prevent icing that may seriously
obscure vision.
• Do not operate windshield wipers
against dry glass.
Washer Fluid and
Lamp Monitors
WASHER FLUID LOW LEVEL INDICATOR
The amber "WASHER FLUID" indicator il¬
luminates during windshield wiper operation
if the washer fluid reservoir is less than one-
third full Fig. 2-7.
Lights
LIGHT CONTROL—The control knob for
the headlights, taillights, parking lights,
license lights, side marker lights and instru¬
ment panel lights is located on the lower left of
the instrument panel. Fig. 2-9.
_Switch Position
1^1 • Fully in toward dash
all lights off.
• Out to first stop — all lights except head¬
lights on.
• Fully out — all lights on (headlamp beam
depends on foot switch position).
• Rotate knob to adjust instrument panel
light brightness.
• Rotate knob fully counterclockwise (past
stop) to operate courtesy lights.
A circuit breaker in the light switch protects
the headlight circuits. If the headlights begin to
"flicker" on and off, have the headlamp wir¬
ing checked immediately.
Headlight Dimmer Switch—The headlight
dimmer switch (located on left side of floor
below parking brake pedal) is operated to
select low beam (outer headlights on) or high
beam (four headlights on).
• Press dimmer switch with foot once to
change beams (headlights switched on).
• The blue indicator light (located on
speedometer dial below the 50 mph
mark) illuminates when headlights are
operating in high beam.
LAMP MONITOR SYSTEM
The lamp monitor system indicates that cer¬
tain lights are functioning by conducting light
from the lamp unit to a visual monitoring unit.
FIG. 2-9: LIGHT SWITCH
A headlight and turn signal monitor is located
on top of each front fender. A monitor unit for
tail, stop and rear turn signals is located on the
headliner above the rear glass, or above the
rear seatback on a convertible.
Front Monitor
• Parking light, turn signal, and hazard
flasher operation is indicated by illumi¬
nation of the outboard amber lens.
• Low beam headlight operation illumi¬
nates the center white lens.