2002 Explorer: Is there a automatic headlight turn off?

[beertracker]

2002 Explorer: Is there a automatic headlight turn off? You leave the headlights on, turn off the engine and exit the vehicle. Will the headlights turn off after a pre-time? I remember a headlight ON warming chime but not a turn off feature.

 

[J_C]

Do you have a windshield rearview mirror with a slider on it? That autolamps feature will turn the lights off after X seconds depending on the position of the slider. IF yo have that, then you would use that to turn them on, not the dash switch, Edit: Except that CallMeSyd has a dash switch that seems to incorporate this, so the feature may have moved from the rearview mirror to the dash at some point.

 

[beertracker]

Do you have a windshield rearview mirror with a slider on it? That autolamps feature will turn the lights off after X seconds depending on the position of the slider. You use that to turn them on, not the dash switch.

My rearview mirror does not have a slider on it.

 

[J_C]

Edit: Removed potentially wrong info.

Check your owner's manual, if it has the feature then it should be mentioned, keeping in mind that it may mention the autolamps feature since it was a common option on so equipped explorers.

https://www.fordservicecontent.com/Ford_Content/Catalog/owner_information/2002-Explorer-version-2_om_EN-US_01_2001.pdf

 

[CallMeSyd]

This is the automatic headlight setting. If your switch does not have this, you do not have automatic headlights. I'm not sure if they will turn off on their own otherwise. If they do, it may take hours before it kicks in.