Some guy in my complex has a newer camry and I guess it dosnt have auto off headlights. Lights been on all night, to bad I dont know what apt he lives in. I know my GF 03 accord lx has auto off.

 

Meh...:whocares:

 

prob depends on the model camry, my 1987 had em

 

My wife's '02 has them.

 

The way they work in Camry's is that they shut off when the door is opened, maybe the door wasn't opened for some reason or another. But its a pretty standard feature on camry's from as early as the mid-80's, I have few camry's here right now I'll check and get back to you if its any different.

 

so did my (i mean my moms that i eventually inherited) 86, you had to hold the door handle up when you closed it and when you released it the lights would go off. toyotas were cool even back then.

 

even though it was a family car i was hella proud to drive it

 

Hell yeah, it looked pretty sharp back in those days, we had it for 15 yrs and it never gave one problem and looked new til the end. I should have never given it to my sister, she ran it into the ground within a year.

 

I was just saying my gf 17k accord and this 22k+ camry didnt. He has the alloy wheels and leather so it must be the Xl model

 

the 96 and 99 I have here does, however, the 03(which has a slightly different headlight switch with DRL controls as well) doesn't - pretty weird!

 

shouldnt there be a way to turn them on manually?

 

 

why would you want or need that?

 

I like how they put cool stuff on older cars, then dont put that same thing on the new cars...

 

I think if your too lazy to turn you danged headlights off. A dead battery is the perefct lesson to teach you right.

 

People make such a big deal about auto on and auto off headlights. It's a stupid feature IMO. I don't need more electronic nannies taking care of me. I can flip a damn switch on my signal stalk when I WANT my lights on, and I can remember to shut them off. Anyone who doesn't deserves a dead battery.

I figure the money would better be spent on rain-sensing wipers. They're so much more useful, because the rain intensity relative to your car changes as you change speed.

 

I hate auto off headlights... that new fangled stuff messes with my mind...

 

I know, that's just weird.