I have a 1988 GL 4x4 wagon with the fuel injection.

 

I'm not sure if this is how it is for all Subarus, but my lights used to automatically be turned off when the ignition was turned off. I leave the lights on all the time because they always turned off when the key was off. Yesterday, like magic, when I turned the car off, the lights stayed on. Pretty neat, eh?! It's just the driving lights(the beams seem normal), and suddenly I can not turn them off at all. Ever.

 

Two interesting things happend to me yesterday between the lights being normal and suddenly being always on.

1. I drove across a paved low-water crossing (about 4" to 8" deep) about four or six times, once sort of fast, at about 20mph.

2. I was in a super-minor rear-end accient. some guy clipped my driver's sied, rear corner of the bumper so slightly that it barely left a mark. The bumper didnt even budge. There is no visible damage, but it happened.

 

What an exciting day. So I am disconnecting the battery everytime I get out of the car. Any help is appreciated!!! Thanks.

-Fang (Steve)

Fang, I suspect that you just lost your Subaru virginity. Go out and flick the little switch on the top of the steering column, and see if the lights go off.

Little rocker switch on top of the steering column... "parking lights".

This should be a sticky..

 

Even I got stuck by this trouble with my first wagon:lol:

This should be a sticky..

 

Even I got stuck by this trouble with my first wagon:lol:

 

Same here, when I got my 1st Subaru, the now departed '86 BRAT. I was like, WTF!?!?!

HA ha ha. I always wondered what that switch did! When the guy rearended me (no more virginity references here...) My first responce was to wildly hit all the buttons in the dark, trying to remember where the hazards are!!! ...and now I clearly remember flipping that switch.

 

I guess I can go and reconnect the battery now.

Thanks guys, you've come through again!

-fang

my button only leaves the tailights on