Interior Lighting Delay
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2010 Mercury Mariner and 2010 Ford Escape. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
When the dome defeat feature is not active, the interior lighting delay feature provides temporary illumination of the courtesy lamps after the doors are opened and then closed. The interior lighting delay feature keeps the courtesy lamps, the parking lamps and the dimmable backlighting on for a period of 25 seconds after all the doors are closed. If during the 25-second delay time the SJB detects that the ignition has been switched out of OFF, or if the vehicle is locked using the RKE transmitter or the keypad, the courtesy lamp illumination is discontinued.