Fang Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 I have a 1988 GL 4x4 wagon with the fuel injection. I'm not sure if this is how it is for all Subarus, but my lights used to automatically be turned off when the ignition was turned off. I leave the lights on all the time because they always turned off when the key was off. Yesterday, like magic, when I turned the car off, the lights stayed on. Pretty neat, eh?! It's just the driving lights(the beams seem normal), and suddenly I can not turn them off at all. Ever. Two interesting things happend to me yesterday between the lights being normal and suddenly being always on. 1. I drove across a paved low-water crossing (about 4" to 8" deep) about four or six times, once sort of fast, at about 20mph. 2. I was in a super-minor rear-end accient. some guy clipped my driver's sied, rear corner of the bumper so slightly that it barely left a mark. The bumper didnt even budge. There is no visible damage, but it happened. What an exciting day. So I am disconnecting the battery everytime I get out of the car. Any help is appreciated!!! Thanks. -Fang (Steve) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtsmiths Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Fang, I suspect that you just lost your Subaru virginity. Go out and flick the little switch on the top of the steering column, and see if the lights go off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All_talk Posted February 15, 2005 Share Posted February 15, 2005 Little rocker switch on top of the steering column... "parking lights". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 This should be a sticky.. Even I got stuck by this trouble with my first wagon:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomRhere Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 This should be a sticky.. Even I got stuck by this trouble with my first wagon:lol: Same here, when I got my 1st Subaru, the now departed '86 BRAT. I was like, WTF!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fang Posted February 16, 2005 Author Share Posted February 16, 2005 HA ha ha. I always wondered what that switch did! When the guy rearended me (no more virginity references here...) My first responce was to wildly hit all the buttons in the dark, trying to remember where the hazards are!!! ...and now I clearly remember flipping that switch. I guess I can go and reconnect the battery now. Thanks guys, you've come through again! -fang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushbasher Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 my button only leaves the tailights on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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