Please help if you can. 98 legacy L, Auto, 2.2l.
My "front and rear marker (parking) lights" are on when the car is turned off and keys are out of the ignition!
The light controller stalk has 3 positions... Off, parking lights position and full headlamp position. The parking lights stay on through all positons. I'd expect that in the parking and full position but not the off position. Of course they're on with the car off and keys removed.... argh. It's late and I pulled the fuse to turn off the lights...
Experimentation found that two fuses will turn off the parking lights. The main 20 amp headlamp fuse in the fuse box under the hood and the 10 amp tail light fuse in the main cabin fuse box. I've pulled the 10 amp interior fuse until I can figure this one out.
According to the Haynes manual the circuit goes like this... the "-" below is the separator between main items in the schematic.
Battery-20amp fuse-Tail/illumination relay-comination switch consisting of light switch (head, park, off), parking switch and turn signal switch-10amp fuse (number 5) - lights.
The Normally Open relay looks like it gets de-energized when the light switch is in the "off" position. "off" takes ground to the relay. Can the NO relay break closed? Or is it likely that ground isn't getting to the relay from the "off" position of the light switch?
If you have the haynes manual for a 98 legacy, the schematic is on pg12-32.
ANY help you might relay (ha ha) is appreciated.
Thanks,
Djay