Kozmo

thanks to both of you. You confirm my fears. I wanted to verify I shouldn't be driving the car to the airport tomorrow. oh ... and I assume the heat here (WA) isn't the same as what Lucky Texan means by real heat.

I have a '96 Outback Yesterday for the first time the dash warning lights for parking brake and battery started flashing simultaneously and regularly. I think they stopped falshing briefly when I coasted some times. The weather was hot and the car had been parked in the sun. I don't think I had the AC on at the time. My wife said she thought she smelled rubber. When I got home I checked the belts. They didn't seem loose or hot. I drove it again this morning in the cool. It still happens though less regularly. Seems to happen when I rev the engine and just as it starts to slow back down. I find no mention of multiple dash lights flashing in the owners' manual. Any ideas would be greatle appreciate. thanks / Kozmo

I have an interesting problem with my driver's window. When I open it in "auto" mode (press the switch fully so the window opens all the way by itself), the window opens fine but then sticks open. When open I hear the motor periodically trying to continue opening the window. It seems that the control does not know the window is open so continues to try to open it. The window is then stuck open though I can can close it by holding the close button for about 10 seconds. I don't know if the problem is in the switch mechanism or in the window-open sensor. Where is the sensor that tells the controller that the window is open? Once I find it I assume I can fiddle with it and figure out if it's the problem or the switch. thanks; Kozmo