Parking lights wont turn off?

Redlined · Post by **Redlined** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:25 pm

First beautiful day in weeks so I take the car out to get it washed. when I get home I notice my parking lights are on. First I look down at the keys in my hand and think "now THATS odd" then I open to door and realize the switch is off.

So. Not only is the ignition off but the switch is also and I still have parking lights on (not headlights and they dont turn on if I turn the switch on with the ignition off)

Any clues where I should start looking? I hate electrical work

legacy92ej22t · Post by **legacy92ej22t** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:52 pm

Did you try to cycle the parking light switch? Maybe turning on then back off will do the trick?

Redlined · Post by **Redlined** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:04 pm

Yes I did. Both with the ignition on and off with no results.

Considering this happened directly after getting my car washed. is there a connection somewhere that is suseptible <sp?> to water?

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:08 pm

Did you hit the switch on top of the steering column?

Redlined · Post by **Redlined** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:21 pm

*blank expression* on top of steering column?

Redlined · Post by **Redlined** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:24 pm

ok. im a dumbass. That fixed it, thanks Evolutionmovement

must have hit it when I was wiping the dash etc down at the carwash.

asc_up · Post by **asc_up** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:44 pm

Hahahaha I hated that damn switch when I first got my Subaru. Don't worry, I think just about EVERYONE does what you did and freaks out.

evolutionmovement · Post by **evolutionmovement** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:55 pm

I think cleaning the interior is how most people discover the thing.

asc_up · Post by **asc_up** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:58 pm

Yeah. The guy I bought my car from warned me about it ahead of time, but I still hit it once and then remembered what he told me.

Saskatoon Subaru · Post by **Saskatoon Subaru** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:13 pm

don't worry i've done that, came and asked the same question lol stupid pointless switch

New92 · Post by **New92** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:41 am

When I flipped mine, I must have popped the hood and pulled the fuse for a month before I finally looked it up on here and found out what a dork Id been! Dont worry friend, some people have done much much worse as a result of being unaware of that tricky little switch.

Aerotech · Post by **Aerotech** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:35 am

LOL... At least you caught it! The first time that happened to me, (yep, after a car wash, they flipped the switch when wiping the column down) I parked the car in the morning, and went up to the apt and to bed. Got up that night to go to work, battery was totally dead... and I was parallel parked, so I couldn't get it out to coast. Hello... AAA?
Late for work, naturally.

legacy92ej22t · Post by **legacy92ej22t** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:05 pm

legacy92ej22t wrote:Did you try to cycle the parking light switch? Maybe turning on then back off will do the trick?

Haha, that's the switch I thought we were talking about, the one on top of the steering wheel column.

Don't worry, it's happened to everyone.

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Parking lights wont turn off?

Parking lights wont turn off?