2005 Cadillac STS Owner's Manual - Page 165

Intellibeam Intelligent High-Beam Headlamp Control System If your vehicle has this feature, be sure to read this entire section before using it. Intellibeam is an enhancement to your vehicle's headlamp system. Using a digital light sensor on your rearview mirror, this system will turn the vehicle's high-beam headlamps on and off according to surrounding traffic conditions. This feature will help improve forward visibility during nighttime driving by initiating high-beam usage as ambient lighting, as traffic conditions allow. The Intellibeam system will turn your high-beam headlamps on when it is dark enough, there is no other traffic present, and the Intellibeam system is enabled. Driving with Intellibeam Intellibeam will only activate your high-beams when driving over 10 mph (16 km/h). The high-beam headlamps will remain on until any of the following situations occur: • The system detects an approaching vehicle's headlamps. • The system detects a preceding vehicle's taillamps. • The outside light is bright enough that high-beam headlamps are not required. • The high-beam headlamps are manually turned on or you use the flash-to-pass feature. See Headlamp High/Low-Beam Changer on page 3-9 and Flash-to-Pass on page 3-13. When either of these conditions occur, the Intellibeam feature will be disabled until the high-beam stalk is returned to the neutral position. Enabling Intellibeam To enable the Intellibeam System, turn the exterior lamp control to AUTO, with the turn signal/multifunction lever in its neutral position. The High-Beam On Light will appear on the instrument panel cluster when the high-beams are on. See Highbeam On Light on page 3-68. • The exterior lamp control is turned to any setting except AUTO. When this occurs, Intellibeam will be disabled until the control is turned back to the AUTO position. • The Intellibeam system is indefinitely disabled at the rearview mirror. • The vehicle's speed drops below 5 mph (8 km/h). 3-33