2010 Lincoln MKZ Owner Guide 3rd Printing - Page 52

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. Adaptive headlamps (if equipped) The headlamp beams move in the same direction as the steering wheel to provide more visibility when driving around curves. Note: The system has a power-up movement check feature. When the vehicle is started, the lamps track to the right, then back to center to alert the driver that the system is working properly. There is a delay of two to five seconds before the adaptive headlamp system will operate when the vehicle is driven, as the system is inactive below 3 mph (5 km/h). Autolamp control 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. The autolamp system also keeps the lights on for a predetermined amount of time after the ignition switch is turned to off. You can change the amount of time the lamps stay on by using the programming procedure that follows: Note: If the vehicle is equipped with autolamps, it will have the headlamps on with windshield wipers feature. If the windshield wipers are turned on, the exterior lamps will turn on with the headlamp control in the autolamp position. 52 2010 MKZ (378) Owners Guide, 3rd Printing USA (fus)