Annabelle Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 2005 Subaru Forester. Came home from the car wash late today and the side marker lights (two red lights L & R in back, two yellow lights in front) are one when vehicle is OFF. Doesn't matter position of light stalk on steering wheel. Any ideas on what to look for first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montana tom Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Known as the Subaru virgin switch. You hit it by accident. Top of steering column behind steering wheel is a toggle switch . If you look at yours now it will show a red line , Flip it the other way and your running lights will go off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montana tom Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 That switch is installed for the Europe market but they install on them all. Apparently on tiny cobblestone streets , you pull as far to the side as you can... flip the switch on the column , flip on your turn signal so only the light,s that protrudes into said tiny street will illuminate. This helps keep your car from getting crashed... Europe... their different... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 Lucky Texan Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 interior detailing guy hit it - same thing has happened a coupla times on wife's outback. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabelle Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 Thank you to all who replied and for supplying the solution, this not-well-known info about the "virgin" switch. It was switched by one of the crew at the car wash as they fussed to wipe the muck from the dashboard. Now that I know about this feature, I feel like I've been admitted to a secret society... no longer a virgin, so to speak 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartless Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Welcome to the club! You are now officially a Subaru Owner. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadspit Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 I remember when I got my first subaru and when I arrived on my job site early one dark winter morning and I got frustrated and finally just disconnected the battery until after work when I had time to look into it. I felt pretty silly for some reason. You never forget your first time lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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