2006 Chevrolet SSR Pickup Owner's Manual - Page 129

To idle your vehicle with the DRL off, set the parking brake when the ignition is off and then start your vehicle. The DRL will stay off until you release the parking brake. In DRL mode further cycling of the park brake will do the following if your vehicle was made in the United States: Automatic Headlamp System When it is dark enough outside, your automatic headlamp system will turn on your headlamps at the normal brightness along with other lamps such as the taillamps, sidemarker, parking lamps and the instrument panel lights when the exterior lamps knob is turned to AUTO. See Exterior Lamps on page 3-13 for more information. The radio lights will also be on. Your vehicle is equipped with a light sensor on the top of the instrument panel. Be sure it is not covered or the system will be on whenever the ignition is on. The system may also turn on your lights when driving through a parking garage, heavy overcast weather or a tunnel. This is normal. There is a delay in the transition between the daytime and nighttime operation of the Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) and the automatic headlamp systems so that driving under bridges or bright overhead street lights does not affect the system. The DRL and automatic headlamp system will only be affected when the light sensor sees a change in lighting lasting longer than the delay. See Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) on page 3-14 for more information. • If your vehicle has an automatic transmission, pulling up the parking brake and then releasing it will turn on the DRL. If you repeat this, the DRL will turn off and stay off. This applies to the automatic headlamps as well. • If your vehicle has a manual transmission, pulling the parking brake up will turn off the DRLs. If the parking brake is released, the DRLs will turn on. After the first cycle of the park brake, the automatic headlamps will stay on and the system does not respond to further cycling of the park brake until the next time you turn on your vehicle. 3-15