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Old 03-14-2011 | 04:19 PM
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rear lights stay on

Whats up all thanks for the help in advance. Just went and got my car washed. When i came home my neighbor came up and told me my lights were on. So get this, my rear tail lights seem to be on, and on my front right side light the little upper light is on. Weird right? I turned the headlights on and off and nothing changed. Blown fuse? I don't have any idea what it might be.
Old 03-14-2011 | 04:22 PM
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Whats up all thanks for the help in advance. Just went and got my car washed. When i came home my neighbor came up and told me my lights were on. So get this, my rear tail lights seem to be on, and on my front right side light the little upper light is on. Weird right? I turned the headlights on and off and nothing changed. Blown fuse? I don't have any idea what it might be.
Sounds like whoever cleaned your interior accidentally hit the parking light switch on top of the steering column, just switch it off and you should be fine.
Old 03-14-2011 | 04:27 PM
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and don't worry, you wouldn't be only one that asked that question.

i was meeting up with some friends once, and friend's gf drove her folks' legacy. a bunch of them were hovering around the car trying to figure something out and i noticed the parking lights were on. without even asking them, i said, "It's the switch on top of the steering column."
Old 03-14-2011 | 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by 0 4 P S M W R X
Sounds like whoever cleaned your interior accidentally hit the parking light switch on top of the steering column, just switch it off and you should be fine.
Bingo!
Old 03-14-2011 | 04:37 PM
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hahahahaha i let my battery drain twice before figuring it out and that was after googling it. god im a dumb *** sometime.
Old 03-14-2011 | 04:37 PM
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Lol, before I even clicked on the thread.
Old 03-14-2011 | 04:52 PM
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Ha ha lol... Damn I remember when this happened to me when I first got my subie... I was at a car show in Seattle and I thought I had a short somewhere.... I was freaking out ha ha... It's all good man...
Old 03-14-2011 | 04:54 PM
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Lol, before I even clicked on the thread.
Same here lol

I had the same exact problem...


****ing switch is hidden until someone tells you it is there.
Old 03-14-2011 | 05:23 PM
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awsome...thanks for using lube on that answer :-)
Old 03-14-2011 | 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Turbo Rob
Same here lol

I had the same exact problem...


****ing switch is hidden until someone tells you it is there.
Here too!

Almost all of us have done it
Old 03-14-2011 | 05:43 PM
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Stupid dealership I traded my STi into for my new car called me up and told me my car was a POS and that the battery died all the time. I told them I'd be there in 30 minutes and sure enough the switch had been turned on and that's why the battery was dead. Stock battery was about 6 years old by the time I traded the car in, not bad if you ask me. The sales guy felt like a complete and utter dipsh!t when I pointed it out to him and he did apologize for calling my old car a POS.

I wish it was directional like the Eurpean cars have, oh well.
Old 03-14-2011 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by VRT MBasile
Here too!

Almost all of us have done it
Yeah, it's like an initiation. I did it myself... Then I felt really dumb.. But this was 9 years ago! Haha...

Old 03-14-2011 | 08:36 PM
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hahaha happened to me too! when i got my 06! hahaha
Old 03-14-2011 | 08:39 PM
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awsome...thanks for using lube on that answer :-)
Good sport.
Old 03-14-2011 | 09:24 PM
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lol happened to me, than after wondering for a minute i was like... wdf theres a switch on my steering wheel


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