2013 Ford Taurus Owner Manual Printing 3 - Page 93

92 AUTOLAMPS Lighting WARNING: In severe weather conditions, it may be necessary to switch your headlamps on manually. Note: If the vehicle is equipped with autolamps, it will have the windshield wiper rainlamp feature. When the windshield wipers are turned to low- or high-speed wiping during daylight, and the headlamp control is in the autolamp position, the exterior lamps will turn on after a brief delay and will remain on until the wipers are turned off. 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 at the first position until the desired level is reached. • Fully press and hold the top of the control to activate the "dome on" feature. This will turn on the interior courtesy lights. Fully press and hold the bottom of the control to turn off the interior courtesy lights. 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. 2013 Taurus Owners Guide gf, 3rd Printing, December 2012 USA (fus)