2014 Chevrolet Corvette Owner Manual - Page 155

Lighting When DRL are on, only the front lamps will be on. The parking lamps, taillamps, instrument panel lights, or other exterior lamps will not be on when the DRL are being used. When it is dark enough outside, the front lamps dim to parking lamps and the normal low-beam headlamps turn on. When it is bright enough outside, the regular lamps go off, and the front DRL lamps will take over. If the vehicle is started in a dark garage, the automatic headlamp system comes on immediately. Once the vehicle leaves the garage, it takes approximately one minute for the automatic headlamp system to change to DRL if it is light outside. During that delay, the instrument 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 6-5. If it is dark enough outside and the exterior lamp control is off, a Driver Information Center (DIC) message may display. See Lamp Messages on page 5-35. Turning the exterior lamp control to off a second time, or turning on the headlamps will remove the DIC message. If the parking lamps were turned on instead, the DIC message will continue to be displayed. The regular headlamp system should be turned on when needed. To turn off the DRL, turn the exterior lamp control to the off position or shift into P (Park). The DRL will stay off until the control is toggled again or the vehicle is shifted out of P (Park). This procedure applies only to vehicles first sold in the United States. 6-3 Automatic Headlamp System When the exterior lamp control is set to AUTO and it is dark enough outside, the headlamps and parking lamps come on automatically. There is a light sensor on top of the instrument panel. Do not cover the sensor, otherwise the headlamps will come on when they are not needed. The system may also turn on the headlamps and parking lamps when driving through a parking garage or tunnel.