Help! My parkers won't turn off!

Marty · Post by **Marty** » Fri May 18, 2007 12:47 pm

G'day crew. I went to drive my L series to work yesterday and the battery was flat, not totally but not enough to crank the thing. I had a look over the car and found that the parkers are staying on even when the ignition and headlight switches are both in the off position. Is this just a sticky relay and if so where is it located? I just moved so my L series manual is still in a box somewhere? Thanks, Marty.

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Fri May 18, 2007 12:52 pm

Do You Have A Switch On Top Of Steering Shroud ...if You Do Try Turning It Off

Subyroo · Post by **Subyroo** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:40 pm

GREENTREEFROG wrote:Do You Have A Switch On Top Of Steering Shroud ...if You Do Try Turning It Off

What are the odds he does?
This little item has caught people out all over the world, lucky it isn't a kill switch otherwise we would stranded subies all over the place

Marty · Post by **Marty** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:44 pm

Thanks mate, problem's fixed. I never knew what that switch was for! I must have accidentally switched it on when I was cleaning the interior yesterday. I feel so stupid!

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:45 pm

Dont Worry Mate Ive Had Ahundred People Come Into My Work With This Prob....it Gets Funnier Everytime I Do It

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:47 pm

caught me out when i bought my car, and its always after you clean the interior

must have caught out 90% of the people on this board at some stage

BrennyV · Post by **BrennyV** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:58 pm

vincentvega wrote:caught me out when i bought my car, and its always after you clean the interior

must have caught out 90% of the people on this board at some stage

haahah so true! should lock this and make a sticky :P

daveosubi · Post by **daveosubi** » Fri May 18, 2007 2:01 pm

I didnt know either till a few weeks ago.

I dunno how many times ive driven all day with them on, i usually notice now by looking at the clock and see it's dimmed. I guess I could just check the stalk

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Fri May 18, 2007 2:07 pm

First time this happened to me was after i had spliced the MPFI loom to the carbie one... I was wondering how i could f**k something like that up and i was pulling wires from the dash for a while before i realised the switch had been knocked when i was putting the dashboard back in... Glad it wasn't my wiring, i'd still be looking for the problem today...

My mate that also has this switch didn't care when i told him about it, his reply was something like "so why would i want to have my parkers on with the ignition off?" with an un-impressed tone that didn't warrant an answer.

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Sat May 19, 2007 11:42 am

Subyroo wrote:What are the odds he does?
This little item has caught people out all over the world, lucky it isn't a kill switch otherwise we would stranded subies all over the place

maybe it would be a good place for a kill switch;)

AlpineRaven · Post by **AlpineRaven** » Sat May 19, 2007 11:34 pm

that happened once when I first bought my Liberty, I accidentally left the parkers on overnight and had flat battery next day's lunch time.. lesson learnt!

Cheers
AP

Post by **Alex** » Sun May 20, 2007 1:04 pm

gotta be careful too, on l-series in particular, the switch can sometime crap itself, and leave the parkers on, even if you switch it on and off, this is why i have totally by-passed this switch...

alex

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Help! My parkers won't turn off!

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