DIPPED HEADLAMPS - Description

Description

The vehicle is equipped with two dipped headlamps in the light clusters.

The dipped beam headlamps are switched on through the steering column switch by turning the specific ring to the position after the side lights.

A special relay - in the underdashboard control unit - controls the switching on of the dipped headamps via two lines protected by special fuses.

The relay for switching on the dipped headlamps is managed by the Body Computer: the energizing of the relay is activated by the go ahead signals with the ignition key in the ON position (INT) and by the specific signal from the steering column switch unit.

With the dipped headlamps on, the simultaneous presence of the main beam headlamps and fog lights commands disables the dipped headlamps. The subsequent deactivation of one of these two controls, with the dipped headlamps on, means that the dipped headlamps have to be switched on again.

The dipped headlamps are activated automatically, via the dusk sensor, if the AUTO function is set on the steering column switch unit.

The dusk sensor is an infrared device that operates at different levels of sensitivity. When the dusk sensor is activated, a message appears on the control panel display that indicates a preset sensitivity level (from 1 to 3). This intensity may be adjusted using the 'Mode +' and 'Mode -' keys.