Cadillac 2012 CTS - Manuel (Page 193)

Black plate (3,1) Cadillac CTS/CTS-V Owner Manual (Include Mex) - 2012
Lighting 6-3
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL)
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) can
make it easier for others to see the
front of your vehicle during the day.
Fully functional daytime running
lamps are required on all vehicles
first sold in Canada.
The DRL system will make either
the reduced intensity low‐beam
headlamps or dedicated DRLs come
on when the following conditions
are met:
. It is still daylight and the ignition
is in ON/RUN or START.
. The exterior lamp control is
in
P or AUTO and the
headlamps are off.
. The automatic transmission is
not in P (Park).
When DRLs are on, only the
reduced intensity low‐beam
headlamps or dedicated DRLs
will be on. The other exterior lamps
and the instrument panel cluster
will not be on.
When the exterior lamp control is in
AUTO and it is dark enough outside,
the DRL turn off and the low-beam
headlamps will turn on. When it is
bright enough outside, the low-beam
headlamps will go off, and the DRL
will turn back on. If the vehicle is
started in a dark garage, the
automatic headlamp system comes
on immediately. Once the vehicle
leaves the garage, it takes about
one minute for the automatic
headlamp 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 knob is in the full bright
position. See Instrument Panel
Illumination Control on page 6‑6.
Turning the exterior lamp control to
off or to the low-beam headlamp
position will turn off the DRL.
If the parking lamps or the fog
lamps were turned on instead, the
DRL will still turn off.
This will work regardless of gear
position and whether or not the
parking brake is set.
When the DRLs are active and a
turn signal is operated, the DRL on
the side the turn signal is activated,
will turn off until the turn signal is
turned off.
Automatic Headlamp
System
When it is dark enough outside, the
automatic headlamp system turns
on the headlamps at the normal
brightness, along with the taillamps,
sidemarker, parking lamps, and the
instrument panel lights. The radio
lights will also be dim.
To turn off the automatic headlamp
system, turn the exterior lamps
switch to the off position and then
release it.