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Posted by: DANNYMAC Oct 19 2020, 01:49 PM

The other day, I pulled off the road, key off and out. I then noticed the passenger side tail light was on ? Disconnected the wire, went out, put the wire back on, lights on ? I since have been unable to reproduce this ? Any knowledge ? Help ?

Posted by: Rider914 Oct 19 2020, 01:59 PM

If you leave the turn signal lever on it will do that - Marker light or something

Posted by: eric9144 Oct 19 2020, 02:14 PM

QUOTE(Rider914 @ Oct 19 2020, 12:59 PM)

If you leave the turn signal lever on it will do that - Marker light or something

Make sure your turn signal switch is in neutral

Posted by: DANNYMAC Oct 19 2020, 02:31 PM

QUOTE(Rider914 @ Oct 19 2020, 02:59 PM)

If you leave the turn signal lever on it will do that - Marker light or something

Ah ha ! that's probably it ! Thanks 2Rider914 and @http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=12876

Posted by: eric9144 Oct 19 2020, 03:15 PM

It was apparently a 'feature' for parking, I think the idea is that if you're parked parallel on a street you could illuminate the outside (road side) light for visibility.

Posted by: rgalla9146 Oct 19 2020, 07:40 PM

So the corner of your car would be seen when parked on narrow European streets

Posted by: Rider914 Oct 20 2020, 11:10 AM

Everyone here has scratched their head and wondered why half the car is lit up one time or another - Welcome to the club.

Rumor is that BMW's would do the same, but so far no driver has used their signal to activate it.

Posted by: GregAmy Oct 20 2020, 11:17 AM

QUOTE(Rider914 @ Oct 20 2020, 01:10 PM)

Rumor is that BMW's would do the same, but so far no driver has used their signal to activate it.

Posted by: 73-914 Oct 20 2020, 01:47 PM

Must be the same for Mercedes-Benz

Posted by: Mark Henry Oct 21 2020, 05:16 PM

Another old fart left the turn signal on.