Dimmable Backlighting

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2012 Ford Pickup. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

The dimmable backlighting system consists of the following components:

Ambient lighting switch
Floor shifter
Hazard/Passenger Air Bag Deactivation (PAD)/traction control switch
Headlamp switch
Hill descent control switch (Raptor only)
Instrument panel dimmer switch
Mode select switch
Off-road mode switch (Raptor only)
Overhead console
Steering wheel switches
Upfitter switch
Audio Control Module (ACM) (base audio)
Front Controls Interface Module (FCIM)
Front Display Interface Module (FDIM) (vehicles without navigation)
HVAC module
Instrument Panel Cluster (IPC)
Trailer Brake Control (TBC) module

The dimmable switches and components are illuminated when the parking lamps are on. The instrument panel dimmer switch is a double detent rocker switch used to control all dimmable interior illuminated components and the courtesy lamps. The first up detent increases dimmable backlighting intensity. The first down detent decreases dimmable backlighting intensity. The second up detent turns the courtesy lamps on. The second down detent turns the courtesy lamps off (allowing other features to control the courtesy lamps).

On vehicles equipped with autolamps, if the exterior lamps are activated during the daytime, the message center illumination remains at full intensity and does not dim from the instrument panel dimmer switch during this condition. If the vehicle travels under a bridge or a tunnel, the low level of ambient light causes the illumination level of the message center to change to the level set by the instrument panel dimmer switch. The message center illumination changes back to full intensity when the intense ambient light is restored.