Interior roof light

[Hughston]

Hi all, I have a 2007 Estima 2.4  Aeras petrol. Before this I owned a Lucida which we loved - the kids thought it looked like a space ship!

Anyway, the estima has a very small interior light in the roof, yellow/orange coloured and in a deep recess next to the usual reading lights above the front windscreen near the rear view mirror. It's always on so far as I can tell.

Does anyone know what this is for? 

Many thanks 

Tom 

[Gerg]

A complete guess here, I've never even sat in one of these - to illuminate the dashboard?

Perhaps its brightness rises and falls with the dash adjustment control?

Does it point in the general direction of the centre of the dashboard?

 

[RUToyota]

No idea...mine certainly doesn't have one...maybe a sensor of some kind.?

[FROSTYBALLS]

Picture may help.

[flash22]

A pic may help, if you can post one

only thing i can think of it's a courtesy light

 

[Hughston]

I'll take a picture. It's not a warning light or a courtesy light as not bright enough. Barely noticeable really...

Bound to be something really daft/obvious but I just can't work it out. 

Cheers

[FROSTYBALLS]

Some versions of a previous generation Avensis had something similar, and it seems as though it was to illuminate the gear lever. Does it change in brightness when the headlights are turned on/off?