2001 Chevrolet Lumina Owner's Manual - Page 102

Courtesy Lamps When any door is opened, several lamps will come on. These lamps are courtesy lamps. They make it easy for you to enter and leave your vehicle. You can also turn these lamps on by moving the thumbwheel near the exterior lamps control all the way up. Some of the lamps have switches so you can turn them on even when the doors are closed. These lamps are reading lamps. To avoid draining your battery, be sure to turn off all the reading lamps when leaving your vehicle. If you open a door, the lamps will stay on while it's open and then turn off automatically about 18 seconds after you close it. If you don't open a door, the lamps will turn off after about 18 seconds, unless you press UNLOCK or the trunk symbol on the remote keyless entry transmitter. If you press UNLOCK or the trunk symbol and don't open a door, the lamps will turn off after about 55 seconds. If you press LOCK on the remote keyless entry transmitter the lamps will turn off about 17 seconds after all the doors are closed. Sustained interior illumination includes a feature called theater dimming. With theater dimming, the lamps don't just turn off at the end of the delay time. Instead, they slowly dim during the delay time until they go out. The delay time is canceled if you turn the ignition key to RUN or START, so the lamps will go out right away. When the ignition is on, sustained interior illumination is inactive, which means the courtesy lamps won't come on. Sustained Interior Illumination Your courtesy lamps will come on and stay on for a set time whenever you do one of the following: D Open a door. D Press the LOCK or UNLOCK button on the remote keyless entry transmitter (if equipped). transmitter (if equipped). D Press the trunk symbol on the remote keyless entry 2-34