I looked through the manual again and found a reference to it. It is
called a "courtesy light." Mystery solved, sort of.

"Brian Smith" <Halifax@NovaScotia.Canada> wrote in message news:<qpXCb.124002$PD3.5843166@nnrp1.uunet.ca>...
> "michael martin" <mmartin4857@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:424c2025.0312131918.1c7b1cee@posting.google.c om...
> > I have not found any reference to it in the Owner's Manual, and when I
> > asked the dealer he said he had no idea.
>
> You need to find another dealership. They should be able to answer any
> question put to them about their product. When are they going to have the
> answer for you? Assuming that they said 'I don't know, but, I'll find out
> for you.'.