why are my running lights and tail lights staying on all of a sudden.

Asked by bym123 Feb 19, 2015 at 11:24 PM about the 2001 Subaru Outback Base Wagon

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

so yesterday my cars running front small side lights and the rear small side light (running
lights) i think. so i can remove the fuse and it directly affects those two lights but why
would they be staying on?

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Chris answered 9 years ago

I think those are actually your parking lights. Check out this thread here, you have the same button: http://www.cargurus.com/Cars/Discussion-c3468_ds577751#msg319118

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Chris answered 9 years ago

Also, after you've seen the above, please let me know if that is or is not the fix :)

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harris_42 answered 9 years ago

There is a switch on the steering column that turns on the parking lights. Below is a piture of the switch on my 2001 Subaru. If you see the orange the lights are switched on

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