2010 Ford Mustang Owner's Manual - Page 59

Lights HEADLAMP CONTROL Turns the lamps off. Turns on the parking lamps, instrument panel lamps, license plate lamps and tail lamps. Turns the low beam headlamps on. Automatic instrumentation illumination When the headlamps or parking lamps are switched on, a light sensor in your vehicle monitors the outside lighting conditions and automatically sets the instrument panel illumination to one of the following modes: • If the headlamps and parking lamps are off, the vehicle will be in daytime illumination mode. • If the headlamps or parking lamps are on and daylight is detected, the vehicle will be in daytime illumination mode. • If the headlamps or parking lamps are on and nighttime conditions are detected, the vehicle will be in nighttime illumination mode. Note: The panel dimmer control works only in nighttime illumination mode. It has no effect in daytime illumination mode. Also, selectable features such as gauge color and halo color will not be available in daytime illumination mode. Autolamp control (if equipped) The autolamp system provides light sensitive automatic on-off control of the exterior lights normally controlled by the headlamp control. • To turn autolamps on, rotate the . control to • To turn autolamps off, rotate the control from the autolamp position. 59