2014 Ford Explorer Owner Manual Printing 1 - Page 100

Lighting 99 The autolamp system provides light sensitive automatic on-off control of the exterior lights normally controlled by the headlamp control. The headlamps will remain on for a period of time after you switch the ignition off. You can adjust the time delay using the message center in the instrument cluster. See Information displays. INSTRUMENT LIGHTING DIMMER Press repeatedly or press and hold until the desired level is reached. Note: In the uplevel message center only, a message will pop up that will show incrementally where the dimmer is in relation to the dimming steps. These steps will also vary for daytime and night time dimming. Note: If the battery is disconnected, discharged, or a new battery is installed, the dimmer will set the illuminated components to the maximum setting automatically. HEADLAMP EXIT DELAY You can set the delay time to keep the headlamps on for up to three minutes after the ignition is turned off. Follow the steps below to change the delay time (Steps 1 through 6 must be done within 10 seconds): 1. Turn the ignition off. 2. Turn the lighting control to the autolamp position. 3. Turn the lighting control to the off position. 4. Turn the ignition on. 5. Turn the ignition off. 6. Turn the lighting control to the autolamp position. The headlamps and parking lamps will turn on. 2014 Explorer (exp) Owners Guide gf, 1st Printing, April 2013 USA (fus)