Subaru Forester Manuals 2018 Forester Owner's Manual | Page 387

Interior equipment/Interior lights & Map lights 1) Map light switch (lens) To turn on the map light, push the lens. To turn it off, push the lens again. ! Door interlock switch 1) Door interlock switch Although the map light switches (lenses) are in the OFF position (manually off), the map lights can be set to illuminate auto- matically in conjunction with a door open- ing, etc. by use of the door interlock switch. The door interlock switch has the following positions. OFF: The map lights do not illuminate automatically in conjunction with a door opening. However, the lights can be turned on manually by pushing the map light switches (lenses). DOOR: The map lights illuminate auto- matically in the following cases. . Any of the doors other than the rear gate is opened. (The map lights do not 6-3 illuminate when only the rear gate is opened.) . The doors are unlocked using the keyless access function (if equipped). Refer to “Locking and unlocking with “keyless access” entry function” F2-13. . The doors are unlocked using the remote keyless entry system. Refer to “Remote keyless entry system” F2-21. . The ignition switch is turned from the “ACC” position to the “LOCK”/“OFF” posi- tion. & OFF delay timer The following lights have an automatic illumination function. . dome light . map light . cargo area light After being illuminated automatically, these lights remain on for several seconds and then gradually turn off under the following conditions. . after all doors and the rear gate are closed (dome light) . after all doors are closed (map light) . after the rear gate is closed (cargo area light) While the lights are illuminated, if any of the following operations are performed, – CONTINUED –