jeremy93ls

Morning,

In my 2009, I use the headlights manually when it begins to rain and during dawn/dusk when the Auto headlight feature wouldn't normally turn the lights on. I'm a little old-school, I guess. Several times, however, I've returned to the car to find I forgot to switch the lights back to Auto when I got out.

Is there an option to enable a buzzer/chime if the lights are left on using the Techstream program? I tried experimenting with 12v buzzers and headlight fuses, but I'm a little worried I'll fry something.

mnewxcv

Just curious, why does it bother you? I think it lacks a chime because the headlights automatically turn off after a minute or so after exiting the vehicle.

jeremy93ls

It bothers me because I've accidentally left the headlights on several times with the switch in the On position, rather than the Auto position. The headlights don't turn themselves off when the switch is On, so a simple audible reminder would seem logical. Every other car I've had buzzed/chimed when the headlights were left on, so I wondered if this was an option that is OFF by default, but could be turned on using Techstream.

Surely I'm not the only one who manually controls the headlights in these (?)

DennisMik

The headlights on my 2007 will turn off automatically even if the light switch is in the manual ON position just like the AUTO position.

I would think that the headlights will go off if you press the door lock button on the key fob 2 times like they do when the light switch is in the AUTO position, although I have never tried this.

jeremy93ls

That's good to know... I've left mine ON twice now by accident while I was in a store shopping, and they were still on when I returned. Weird.