Q: Headlight delay

asked by on November 01, 2017

How do I adjust the delay of the headlights going off after I shut the car off when they are in auto mode?

My car has 73000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

You should be able to go into your LCD display and got to headlight delay settings and set to the amount of time to have the headlights stay on after leaving the car at night.

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