Parking Lights are stuck in On Position

[frarth]

Hey can anyone help out on this one????

So my parking lights (the little orange one in the top of the headlights and the dim red ones in the back) are not turning off. I am disconnecting my battery everywhere i park b/c i do not want it to die on me

I am full stage 2 w/ a Cobb AP (and was for few months before this started) and was just about to order a bumper beam and the JDM fogs but i have to take care of this first.

[VD5505]

i think this might be a little to good to be true but go to the top of your steering wheel cover and you will see a little switch flip that thing its in the center of the plastic cover.

[frarth]

ok i am still at work but it will be the first thing i check when i get back in my car....and reconnect my battery. i will be the first to admit i am the worlds biggest donkey if that the case. i have already torched about 5 hours tracing all the electrics to make sure i wasn't about to have a fire

[VD5505]

well my brother in law has a forester and he had that same prob and i was looking all over then after an hour i remember that on the steering cover there is a switch i dont know why the hell you would want that though i think its dumb

[Jave]

+1 to switch on top of the steering wheel

[frarth]

It's official i am the dumbest damn donkey in the book. I just came back from my parking lot at work after your last reply...well b/c i just couldn't believe it was that easy. It was

Guess i'll email my buddy and tell him i don't need his volt meter tonight

Makes sense b/c i just cleaned her and must have hit the switch

[VD5505]

thats what my brother in law did as well lol good to have another subie fixed lol

[newtothegame]

Its common to have this happen, I have read and seen it happen a few times. Like stated above its kind of a crappy place to put it.

[Vew]

Most car companies don't have the lights turn off with the ignition (which I love). Only reason they have that switch. Yes, it's a very common "problem."

[dak287]

lmfao i found out about the switch the hard way one of my kids stuck a penny in my cd player and it blew a fuse well got that fixed and what do you know my parking lights were stuck on!!!! i had the dash apart trying to find this mystery but guess what there is a switch!!!!!!!

[newtothegame]

Im with you Jon, it kind of seems like a ploy to get a customer to come in to get the car "looked at" while they charge an arm and a leg for it.

[Vew]

lol, your dealership charges for that? I'm sorry.

[newtothegame]

Oh I wasnt saying that they did, but it wouldnt surprise me for something like that. The only time my car has seen the dealership is for oil change(s).

[VD5505]

they should of put the switch somewhere else where you wouldnt hit it if your cleaning your car. or just go with out a switch IMO

[lifeinasubie]

the day i bought my wrx i had the same thing happen. that night i was going crazy trying to figure out y they were on, then i bumped the switch and they turned off.