Courtesy Lamp: Description and Operation

COURTESY/ILLUMINATED ENTRY LAMPS

The courtesy/illuminated entry lamps, may be manually turned on or off by placing the interior lamp switch in the ON or OFF position. If a door is opened, the courtesy/illuminated entry lamps illuminate. After all the doors have been closed the courtesy/illuminated entry lamps will remain illuminated approximately 15 seconds. The courtesy/illuminated entry lamps will also turn on prior to any door being opened, and remain illuminated approximately 40 seconds when the driver removes the ignition key. If the interior lamp switch is turned on when the ignition key is OFF, or the interior lamp switch is left on when the ignition key is turned OFF the BCM will turn off the courtesy lamps after approximately 10 minutes.

When the driver places the dome lamp defeat switch in the OFF position, the courtesy/illuminated entry lamps will be disabled, however will still operate from the interior lamp switch.

The left and right front door courtesy lamps are controlled, and receive voltage and ground from the drivers door module (DDM) and the passenger door module (PDM) respectively. The BCM, DDM, and the PDM communicate through class II serial data for the lamp illumination commands and the door ajar switches.

The remaining courtesy lamps are controlled and receive voltage from the BCM. Ground is provided to the footwell lamps and all courtesy/reading lamps at G203. Ground is provided to the right middle and right rear door at G306. Ground is provided to the left middle and left rear door at G302.