I tried searching first...

High beams won't stay on when I push the stalk (edited for correction). They will flash on then go back to low. After many tries they may decide to stay on high or they may not. Then if I switch back to low beam, I have to go through the whole rigmarole again to get high beams. Maybe.

There doesn't appear to be a high beam relay. There is a Daytime Running Light relay that maybe has this function.

Anybody know anything?

ETA: Now the high beams don't come on at all.

 

Edited July 6, 20196 yr by Daddybob
Clearing confusion

push the stalk forward (toward the front of the car)

 

4 hours ago, heartless said:

push the stalk forward (toward the front of the car)

 

Okay you're right about that, and I wrote it up wrong because I drive three different vehicles that seem to do three different things and I haven't driven this one in a while. Nevertheless the problem is the same. I push the stalk forwards and the high beams fail to come on. The high-beam indicator comes on but the high beams themselves do not come on.

I should add that when I pull the switch backwards to blink the high beams, most of the time that seems to work. But not always.

 

Edited July 6, 20196 yr by Daddybob

then i would suggest checking the bulbs - how old are they? have you tried new bulbs?

could also be a bad connection in the column - at the base of the stalk...

17 minutes ago, heartless said:

then i would suggest checking the bulbs - how old are they? have you tried new bulbs?

could also be a bad connection in the column - at the base of the stalk...

No haven't thought about both bulbs going out at one time, and besides they do both come on sometimes, but no predictability about that. I dread messing with that stalk. Oh well it goes in for a repair soon that I am unable to do, so maybe then.

i would try new bulbs first - cheap and easy.

if that does not fix it, then go deeper

 

Bulbs can fail intermittently, but both of them? Not likely.

Sounds like a headlight switch, easy enough to test with a multimeter and a wiring diagram.

Edited July 8, 20196 yr by Numbchux

6 hours ago, Numbchux said:

Bulbs can fail intermittently, but both of them? Not likely.

Sounds like a headlight switch, easy enough to test with a multimeter and a wiring diagram.

stranger things have happened. and new bulbs are easy to come by, and relatively cheap

Ha. I just now found this thread again. I never did finish this thread. That's because the final answer was so shocking that I forgot about this thread.

The bright lights wouldn't come on because the bulbs were completely shattered. They only lights working inside of the bright lenses were the daytime running lights.

The problem is coming up again. See my new thread...

2012 Legacy repeat headlamp failure and blowout

Edited April 25, 20214 yr by Daddybob

https://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/172456-2012-legacy-repeat-headlamp-failure-and-blowout/