Battery Run Down Protection/Inadvertent Power
To provide battery run down protection, the exterior lamps will be deactivated automatically under certain conditions. The Dash Integration Module
(DIM) monitors the state of the
headlamp switch. If the park or headlamp switch is ON when the ignition switch is placed in either the CRANK or RUN position and then placed in the OFF position, the DIM initiates a
10 minute timer. At the end of the
10 minutes, the DIM will turn off the control power output to the park and
headlamp relay coils, deactivating the exterior lamps. This feature will be cancelled if any power mode other than OFF becomes active. The DIM will disable battery run down protection if any of the following conditions exist. The park or headlamp switch is placed in the ON to OFF position, and back to the ON position during battery run down protection. The DIM determined that the park or headlamp switch was not active when the ignition was turned OFF.