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Interior Lighting Control

The BCM provides the following interior lamp control:
^ Courtesy lamps
^ Illuminated entry/exit control of the courtesy lamps The following methods enable the courtesy lamps:
^ By discrete input to the BCM from the door ajar switches.
^ If any of the doors are open and the vehicle speed is less than 13 km/h (8 mp/h).
^ If the ignition switch has been turned OFF for less than two minutes and then the doors are closed, the lights will stay on for 4 seconds (or until the Ignition Switch is turned to the RUN position).
^ If the ignition switch has been turned OFF for more than two minutes and then the doors are closed, the lights will stay on for 40 seconds (or until the Ignition Switch is turned to the RUN position).
^ If the ignition switch has been turned OFF for less than two minutes and the ignition key is removed, the lights will turn on for 15 seconds (or until the ignition key in reinserted or a door open switch is cycled).
^ RFA transmitter activation (function of Illuminated entry).

When the interior lights will be turned off because a customer is leaving the vehicle (the ignition switch is turned to OFF for more than two minutes), the following actions occur:
1. First, the interior lights are dimmed
2. Then theater dimmed to the OFF state