Lincoln Nautilus: Interior Lighting / Interior Lighting - Overview. Description and Operation

Overview

The interior lighting system consists of:

• Courtesy lamps
• Demand lamps
• Ambient lighting

The courtesy lamps subsystem consists of:

• Interior overhead lamps
• Luggage compartment lamp
• Liftgate cargo lamp
• Puddle lamps
• Front door illuminated scuff plates
• Exterior door handle lamps
• Door ajar switches (integrated into the door latches)
• Courtesy lamp switch (integrated into the front interior lamp)
• DDM
• PDM
• BCM

The courtesy lamps provide illumination to the vehicle interior and below the exterior mirrors when entering or exiting the vehicle or when requested using the courtesy lamp switch located on the front interior lamp assembly.

The demand lamps subsystem consists of:

• Interior lamps (map lamps)
• Vanity mirror lamps
• Glove box lamp
• BCM

The demand lamps provide illumination to specific areas within the vehicle when needed.

The BCM energizes the demand lamp relay to supply voltage to the demand lamps when the battery saver feature is not active.

The ambient lighting subsystem consists of:

• Ambient lighting Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
• FDIM (touchscreen)
• BCM

The ambient lighting is controlled using the FDIM (touchscreen) controls. The ambient lighting provides aesthetically colored illumination to the following locations for illuminated entry or when the ignition is in RUN with the parking lamps on:

• Floor console cup holders
• Floor console media bin (white only)
• Floor console storage bin (white only)
• Floor console pass through
• Instrument panel
• Interior door release handles
• Interior door trim
• Interior front door map pockets
• Front footwells
• Rear footwells (rear of floor console)