The courtesy lamps will come on and stay on for a set time whenever the interior lamp control is in the door position and the UNLOCK button on the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter is pressed.
The lamps will stay on while a door is opened and then turn off automatically about 25 seconds after it is closed. If the UNLOCK button is pressed and a door is not opened, the lamps will turn off after about 25 seconds.
Entry lighting includes a feature called theater dimming. With theater dimming, the lamps do not turn off at the end of the delay time. Instead, they slowly dim after the delay time and then turn off.
The courtesy lamps turn off when the ignition key is turned to RUN or START. They will come on again when a door is opened.