Hyundai Elantra Hybrid 2023 Interior Lights, Wipers, and Washers

With a focus on overall driving comfort and safety, the 2023 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid Interior Lights, Wipers, and Washers Guidelines provide a thorough understanding of the car’s interior lighting and external visibility elements. These rules also apply to the control of internal illumination, which improves the cabin’s comfort and atmosphere. They also explain how the washers and wipers on windshields work to maintain visibility in inclement weather. These directions, which include advice on how to customize interior illumination to your tastes and how to best utilize wipers and washers to clean your windshield, perfectly capture Hyundai’s dedication to providing an enjoyable and user-focused driving experience in the Elantra Hybrid.

2023 Hyundai Elantra Specs, Price, Features, Milage (Brochure)

Interior Lights

WARNING
Do not use the interior lights when driving in the dark. The interior lights may obscure your view and cause an accident.

NOTICE
Do not use the interior lights for extended periods when the vehicle is turned off or the battery will discharge.

Interior Lamp AUTO Cut
The interior lamps will automatically go off approximately 20 minutes after the engine is turned off and the doors are closed. If a door is opened, the lamp will go off 40 minutes after the engine is turned off. If the doors are locked by the remote key or smart key and the vehicle enters the armed stage of the theft alarm system, the lamps will go off five seconds later.

Front Lamps

1. Front Map Lamp
2.  Front Door Lamp
3. Front Room Lamp ON
4.  Front Room Lamp OFF

Front map lamp:
Press either of these lenses to turn the map lamp on or off. This light produces a spot beam for convenient use as a map lamp at night or as a personal lamp for the driver and the front passenger.

Front Door Lamp ( ):
The front or rear room lamps come on when the front or rear doors are opened if the engine is running or not. When doors are unlocked by the remote key or smart key, the front and rear lamps come on for approximately 30 seconds as long as any door is not opened. The front and rear room lamps go out gradually after approximately 30 seconds if the door is closed. However, if the ignition switch is in the ON position or all doors are locked, the front and rear lamps will turn off. If a door is opened with the ignition switch in the ACC position or the OFF position, the front and rear lamps stay on for about 20 minutes.

Front room lamp

• Press the button to turn ON the room lamp for the front/rear seats.
• Press the button to turn OFF the room lamp for the front/rear seats.

Mood lamp (if equipped)

Room Lamp

Rear Room Lamp ( ):
Press this switch to turn the rear room lamp on and off.

NOTICE
Do not leave the lamp switches on for an extended period of time when the engine is turned off.

Luggage Compartment Lamp

The luggage compartment lamp comes on when the trunk is opened.

NOTICE
The luggage compartment lamp comes on as long as the trunk is open. To prevent unnecessary battery system drain, close the trunk securely after using the luggage compartment.

Vanity Mirror Lamp (if equipped)

• Push the switch to turn the light on or off.
• The lamp will turn on if this button is pressed.
• The lamp will turn off if this button is pressed.

NOTICE
Always have the switch in the off position when the vanity mirror lamp is not in use. If the sunvisor is closed without the lamp off, it may discharge the battery or damage the sun visor.

Welcome System (if equipped)

Welcome light

Door handle lamp (if equipped)
When all the doors (and trunk) are closed and locked, the door handle lamp will come on for about 15 seconds if any of the below is performed.

• When the door unlocks button is pressed on the remote key or smart key.
• When the button on the outside door handle is pressed.
• When the vehicle is approached with the smart key in possession.

Headlight and parking lamp
When the headlight (lamp switch in the headlight or AUTO position) is on and all doors (and trunk) are locked and closed, the headlight and parking lamp will come on for 15 seconds if/or any of the below is performed. When the door unlocks button is pressed on the remote key or smart key. At this time, if you press the door lock or unlock button, the headlight and parking lamp will turn off immediately. You can activate or deactivate the Welcome Light from the User Settings Mode on the LCD display. For more details, refer to “LCD Display” in Chapter 4. If your vehicle is equipped with additional navigation, please refer to the infotainment system manual separately supplied.

Interior lamp
When the interior lamp switch is in the DOOR position and all doors (and trunk) are closed and locked, the room lamp will come on for 30 seconds if any of the below is performed.

• When the door unlocks button is pressed on the remote key or smart key.
• When the button on the outside door handle is pressed.
  At this time, if you press the door lock or unlock button, the room lamp will turn off immediately.

WIPERS AND WASHERS

• A. Wiper speed control
• MIST – Single wipe
• OFF – Off
• INT / — – Intermittent wipe 􀀁􀀂LO– Low wiper speed
• HI – High wiper speed
• B. Intermittent control wipe time adjustment
• C. Wash with brief wipes (pull the lever towards you)

Windshield Wipers

Operates as follows when the ignition switch is in the ON position.
MIST: For a single wiping cycle, push the lever upward and release. The wipers will operate continuously if the lever is held in this position.
OFF: Wiper is not in operation. INT: Wiper operates intermittently at the same wiping intervals. To vary the speed setting, move the speed control lever. The top most setting will run the wipers most frequently (for more rain). The bottom setting will run the wipers the least frequently (for less rain).
LO: The wiper runs at a lower speed. HI: The wiper runs at a higher speed.

Information
If there is heavy accumulation of snow or ice on the windshield, defrost the windshield for about 10 minutes, or until the snow and/or ice is removed before using the windshield wipers to ensure proper operation.
If you do not remove the snow and/or ice before using the wiper and washer, it may damage the wiper and washer system.

Windshield Washers

In the OFF position, pull the lever gently toward you to spray washer fluid on the windshield and to run the wipers 1-3 cycles. The spray and wiper operation will continue until you release the lever. If the washer does not work, you may need to add washer fluid to the washer fluid reservoir.

WARNING
When the outside temperature is below freezing, ALWAYS warm the windshield using the defroster to help prevent the washer fluid from freezing on the windshield and obscuring your vision which could result in an accident and serious injury or death.

NOTICE

• To prevent possible damage to the washer pump, do not operate the washer when the fluid reservoir is empty.
• To prevent possible damage to the wipers or windshield, do not operate the wipers when the windshield is dry.
• To prevent damage to the wiper arms and other components, do not attempt to move the wipers manually.
• To prevent possible damage to the wipers and washer system, use anti-freezing washer fluids in the winter season or cold weather.

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