Cadillac catera 2001 User Manual

You will hear a warning chime if you open the door
while leaving the lamps on, if the manual headlamp
knob is activated. An exception to this is when you’re
using the Twilight Sentinel.

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Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) can make it easier 
for others to see the front of your vehicle during 
the day. DRL can be helpful in many different driving
conditions, but they can be especially helpful in the
short periods after dawn and before sunset. Fully
functional daytime running lights are required on all
vehicles first sold in Canada.

The DRL system will make the high

-

beam headlamps

come on at reduced brightness when the following
conditions are met:
D Your vehicle’s ignition is in ON or START,
D the low

-

beam headlamps are off (the manual lamp

knob is in the off or park lamp position) and

D your vehicle’s transmission is shifted out 

of PARK (P).

When DRL are on, only the high

-

beam headlamps (at

reduced brightness) will be on. No other exterior lamps
such as the parking lamps, taillamps, etc. will be on
when the DRL are being used. The instrument panel
won’t be lit up either.

When the Twilight Sentinel

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 is on and it’s dark enough

outside, the high

-

beam headlamps (at reduced intensity)

will change to low

-

beam headlamps. When it’s bright

enough outside, the regular lamps will go off, and 
the high

-

beam headlamps change to the reduced

brightness of DRL.

To idle your vehicle with the headlamps off, turn off the
Twilight Sentinel using the thumbwheel located below
the headlamp knob, then shift the transmission into
PARK (P). Placing your vehicle in PARK (P) disables
the DRL. The DRL will stay off until you shift out 
of PARK (P).