87 Forester - running lights stay on with key removed

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slowbreath

The only way I can extinguish the running lights is to pull the 20A
fuse on the right side, three down from the top.

Is this a relay issue, if so, which one?

TIA,
Aaron
 
The only way I can extinguish the running lights is to pull the 20A
fuse on the right side, three down from the top.

Is this a relay issue, if so, which one?

TIA,
Aaron



Did you recently clean/detail the car? Check the switch on top of the
steering column.

(noobs - *sigh*)

lol!

;^)


Carl
1 Lucky Texan
 
sometime in the recent past 1 Lucky Texan posted this:
Did you recently clean/detail the car? Check the switch on top of the
steering column.

(noobs - *sigh*)

lol!

;^)


Carl
1 Lucky Texan
Had that happen to me once when the wife did the Amor-All - she gets all the
buttons ;-)
 
1 said:
Did you recently clean/detail the car? Check the switch on top of the
steering column.

(noobs - *sigh*)

lol!

;^)


Carl
1 Lucky Texan

We've all done it. Of course 87 Forester is a rarity ;)
 
Not *all* of us!
I did it once. A body shop did it once (they were charging the battery
when I came to pick up the car) and an AC repair shop did it once.
I personally never had a use for this switch.
 
I did it once. A body shop did it once (they were charging the battery
when I came to pick up the car) and an AC repair shop did it once.
I personally never had a use for this switch.

I think they couldn't figure out how to have the parking lights on, and
then stay on after opening the door, so they put the switch in.

On my Toyotas, you have to open the door first, then turn on the parking
lights.
 
I think they couldn't figure out how to have the parking lights on, and
then stay on after opening the door, so they put the switch in.

On my Toyotas, you have to open the door first, then turn on the parking
lights.


I read it was due to parking laws in Europe, coupled with Subaru's
'feature' that turns the lights off when you pull the key? That way,
you can actually turn the parks on and lock the car. Dunno why they
couldn't figure a way to just kill the headlights but allow the use of
the regular switch to turn on/off the parks regardless of the key
being in the ignition.
anyway - it's weird and catches a lot of people unawares.
 

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