Cadillac CTS/CTS-V Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-9369309) -
2016 - crc - 7/30/15
Lighting
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To manually turn the reading lamps
on or off:
Press
m
or
n
next to each
overhead console reading lamp.
Press the lamp lenses over the rear
passenger doors.
Lighting Features
Entry Lighting
The headlamps, taillamps, license
plate lamps, dome lamps, and most
of the interior lights turn on briefly at
night when
K
is pressed on the
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
transmitter. See
After about 30 seconds the exterior
lamps turn off, then the dome and
remaining interior lamps dim to off.
Entry lighting can be disabled
manually by changing the ignition
out of the OFF position, or by
pressing
Q
on the RKE transmitter.
This feature can be turned on or off.
See
“
Vehicle Locator Lights
”
under
.
Exit Lighting
Some exterior lamps and interior
lights come on at night, or in areas
with limited lighting, when the driver
door is opened after the ignition is
turned off. The dome lamp comes
on after the ignition is changed to
the OFF position. The exterior
lamps and dome lamp remain on for
a set amount of time, then
automatically turn off.
The exterior lamps turn off
immediately by turning the exterior
lamp control off.
This feature can be changed. See
Battery Load
Management
The vehicle has Electric Power
Management (EPM), which
estimates the battery's temperature
and state of charge. It then adjusts
the voltage for best performance
and extended life of the battery.
When the battery's state of charge
is low, the voltage is raised slightly
to quickly bring the charge back up.
When the state of charge is high,
the voltage is lowered slightly to
prevent overcharging. If the vehicle
has a voltmeter gauge or a voltage
display on the Driver Information
Center (DIC), you may see the
