AUTO LIGHT SYSTEM : System Description: Outline

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2011 Nissan Leaf. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

Auto light system is controlled by each function of BCM and IPDM E/R.

Control by BCM

Combination switch reading function
Headlamp control function
Auto light function
Delay timer function
Wiper linked auto lighting function
Auto light adjustment system

Control by IPDM E/R

Relay control function
- Auto light system has the auto light function (with twilight lighting function), wiper linked auto lighting function and delay timer function.
Auto light function automatically turns ON/OFF the exterior lamps* and each illumination automatically, depending on the outside brightness.
Wiper linked auto lighting function automatically turns ON/OFF the exterior lamps* and each illumination when the light switch is in the AUTO position, according to a front wiper operation.
When auto light system turns the exterior lamps ON with the power switch OFF, delay timer function turns the exterior lamps OFF, depending on the vehicle condition with the auto light function after a certain period of time.
*: Headlamp (LO/HI), parking lamp, tail lamp, front fog lamp and side marker lamp (Headlamp HI and front fog lamp depend on the combination switch condition.)

NOTE: The settings of the twilight lighting function and the wiper linked auto lighting function can be changed with CONSULT. Refer to "HEADLAMP : CONSULT FUNCTION (BCM - HEAD LAMP) ".