 Tail light staying on, with the key out of the car and light switch off ? |
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| DANNYMAC |
 Oct 19 2020, 01:49 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 86 Joined: 8-July 20 From: NORTH HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA Member No.: 24,470 Region Association: Southern California  |
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 ?
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| Rider914 |
Oct 19 2020, 01:59 PM
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If you leave the turn signal lever on it will do that - Marker light or something
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| eric9144 |
Oct 19 2020, 02:14 PM
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QUOTE(Rider914 @ Oct 19 2020, 12:59 PM)  If you leave the turn signal lever on it will do that - Marker light or something (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Make sure your turn signal switch is in neutral |
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| DANNYMAC |
Oct 19 2020, 02:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 86 Joined: 8-July 20 From: NORTH HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA Member No.: 24,470 Region Association: Southern California |
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 @eric9144 |
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| eric9144 |
Oct 19 2020, 03:15 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,734 Joined: 30-March 11 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 12,876 Region Association: Southern California
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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. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| rgalla9146 |
Oct 19 2020, 07:40 PM
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So the corner of your car would be seen when parked on narrow European streets
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| Rider914 |
Oct 20 2020, 11:10 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 276 Joined: 13-April 04 From: Palm Beach Member No.: 1,923 |
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. |
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| GregAmy |
Oct 20 2020, 11:17 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,311 Joined: 22-February 13 From: Middletown CT Member No.: 15,565 Region Association: North East States
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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. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) |
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| 73-914 |
Oct 20 2020, 01:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 578 Joined: 24-April 10 From: Albany UpstateNY Member No.: 11,651 Region Association: None
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Must be the same for Mercedes-Benz
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| Mark Henry |
Oct 21 2020, 05:16 PM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
Another old fart left the turn signal on. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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