1998 Buick Riviera Owner's Manual

Front Reading LampsThese lamps and the interior courtesy lamps will comeon when you open a door, and turn off when you turnthe ignition on. To turn on the reading lamps when thedoors are closed, press the button behind the lamp youwant on. Press it again to turn the lamp off.Trunk LampWhen you open the trunk to its full open position, alamp will come on inside the trunk. This lamp willautomatically turn off when the trunk is closed.Battery Rundown ProtectionThisfeature automatically shuts off the interior lampsif any are left on for more than 10 minutes when theignition is off. This will keep your batterv fromrunning down.This feature also shuts off the exterior lamps if they areleft on for more than 10 minutes when the ignition is off.You may override this feature for the exterior lamps byturning the lamps off and then back on after the ignitionis turned to off. If you do this, the exterior lamps willstay on until you manually turn them off.If the feature is enabled for the interior and exteriorlamps, all lamps should turn off at approximately thesame time.2-45