Don't know of a setting, but rotate the control from Auto to anything else, and back, and your lights will go off & stay off, and be ready to turn themselves on again when darkness falls.
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Rotate the switch to Off, problem solved. Reading different forums it fascinates me that people will take so much time trying to figure out how to get the automation to do something when it takes a few seconds to simply use the manual overrides.

 

Please don’t bother responding to the posts that cause you so much stress. Responding is not mandatory to participate in the forums

 

I doubt that delay function can be altered (only over-ridden as above). I suspect its another one of those wacky Toyota "safety features", like turning off a car that was auto-started, by unlocking the door. My dealer said that was a "safety feature",it doesn't make me feel any safer, just aggravated.

 

He asked a simple question..he only needed a simple reply. The rest is crap

Thanks for the useful replies. I think you’re right that for some odd reason it’s their intention. I can’t think of any reason I’d want headlights to stay on before I open the door but go off automatically when the door is opened. I don’t know if there’s even a specific timer that shuts them off in the scenario I’m talking about, hopefully wouldn’t kill the battery. Oh well, at least some old Camry owners found something to complain about from the post anyways.

 

He asked a simple question..he only needed a simple reply. The rest is crap

 

For real!💯

 

I'll see if this can be adjusted with Carista (OBD2-based customizer) when I get back from Japan soon.

 

Please be respectful of other members.

 

If someone asks a question theres no reason for others to reply/imply that its a silly question or expound why they dont do this or that. Then when they are called out on it the first thing they want is the speech police to step in!

 

I do not know about the newer cars but, for what it is worth, my 1998, 1999 and 2000 Camry's all have a way to disable the automatic headlight Bravo Sierra. All I need to do is pull up the hand brake cable one click and the headlights are completely and solely controlled by the light switch itself.
You can either consult the owner's manual or go see a Toyota service department. It may well be possible that what works for my Camry may work on your Avalon. It can't hurt to try.

 

I do not know about the newer cars but, for what it is worth, my 1998, 1999 and 2000 Camry's all have a way to disable the automatic headlight Bravo Sierra. All I need to do is pull up the hand brake cable one click and the headlights are completely and solely controlled by the light switch itself.
You can either consult the owner's manual or go see a Toyota service department. It may well be possible that what works for my Camry may work on your Avalon. It can't hurt to try.

All the Avalon's and Camry's now have automatic and electronic parking brakes that fully engage and disengage based whether the transmission is set to Park, so I don't think this will work. And besides, I think what 20Avalon20 is trying to do is not hassle with the light switch at all.

 

Electronic parking brakes? What kind of moron would think of something so incredibly stupid?!?????!!!!!
So, what ever happened to emergency brakes? That was actually the primary purpose of hand brakes. (They used to be foot brakes.) What happens if your master cylinder fails or a brake line fails? Has anyone even considered such a problem occurring? Good grief!

You couldn't GIVE me a new car or even pay me to take one!

 

Electronic parking brakes? What kind of moron would think of something so incredibly stupid?!?????!!!!!
So, what ever happened to emergency brakes? That was actually the primary purpose of hand brakes. (They used to be foot brakes.) What happens if your master cylinder fails or a brake line fails? Has anyone even considered such a problem occurring? Good grief!

We’ve come a long, long way since the days of single-circuit master cylinders.