1994 Oldsmobile Achieva Owner's Manual - Page 80

Features & Controh Headlights: Rotate the switch to to turn on: Headlights Parking Lights Side Marker Lights Taillights License Plate Lights Instrument Panel Lights Rotate the switch to OFF t:o turn all the lights off. -;q- parking lights, especially dawn or at dusk. It is recommendedthat you check with your own state or provincial highway authority for applicable lighting regulations. Lights On Reminder If you open the driver's door while leaving the lights on, you will heara warning chime. Daytime Running Lights (CANADA ONLY) The Canadian federal government has Although your vehicle's lighting system decided that Daytime Running Lights (DRL) are a useful feature, in that DRL (headlights, parking lights, lamps, fog can make your vehicle more visible to side marker lights and taillights) meets pedestrians and other drivers during all applicable federal lighting daylight hours. DRL are required on requirements, certainstates and Canada. provinces may apply their own lighting new vehicles sold in Your DRL work with light sensor on a regulations that may require special attention before you operate these lights. top of the instrument panel. Don't cover it up. For example, some jurisdictions may require that you operate your fog lamps The high and low beam headlights will only when your lower beam headlights come on atreduced brightness in are also on, or that headlights be turned daylight when: on whenever you must use your The ignition is on windshield wipers. In addition, most The headlight switch is off,and jurisdictions prohibit driving solely with Operation of Lights The parking brake is released on a manual transaxle; or The shift lever is shifted out of P (Park) or N (Neutral) on an automatic transaxle. At dusk, the exterior lights and headlights will come on automatically. At dawn, the exterior lights will go out and the high and low beams will change to the reduced brightness of DRL again (if the headlight switch isoff). Of course, you may still turn on the headlights any time you need to. To idle your vehicle the DRL off, with set the parking brake on a manual transaxle or put the vehicle inP (Park) or N (Neutral) on an automatic transaxle, while the ignition is inthe Off or Lock position. Then start the vehicle. The DRL will stay off until you release the parking brake on a manual transaxle or shift out of P (Park) or N (Neutral) on an automatic transaxle. 7 8