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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 09:55 PM
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Arent they supposed to auto - turn off?

It seems to say so in the manual but...mine dont.
Had it for about a month or so...

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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 09:58 PM
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mine doesnt either.
Old Jan 18, 2007 | 09:58 PM
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annoying....seems so simple!
Old Jan 18, 2007 | 09:58 PM
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if you have em on, turn off the car, and then open the door, yeah they turn off.
Old Jan 18, 2007 | 10:00 PM
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Wha?? thats what the manual says but mine dont seem to do it! I feel like i'm missing something here i've tried it like 10 times...
Old Jan 18, 2007 | 10:05 PM
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If you have them on with the car running, just turn off the car. The lights should go off when you remove the key. Basically what Neothin said!
Old Jan 18, 2007 | 10:06 PM
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not when u remove the key, but when ur door opens
Old Jan 18, 2007 | 10:09 PM
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i feel lame asking this because it seems like this should be mindless....i'll try again later haha
Old Jan 18, 2007 | 10:09 PM
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make you turn the car on and everything... just turning it to on w/o starting the engine wont achieve the same effect.
Old Jan 18, 2007 | 10:19 PM
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^^ what he said.
Old Jan 18, 2007 | 10:22 PM
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mine works fine :D
Old Jan 18, 2007 | 11:34 PM
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let's do a step-by-step process here:

1. make sure headlights are off
2. start the car up (engine running)
3. make sure door is closed
4. turn on headlight

now to auto-off the headlights:
1. turn the engine off
2. remove the key
3. open door
4. headlights should turn off automatically

if not:
1. you're doing it wrong
2. u got a faulty car

if it does turn off automatically:
1. jump in joy
Old Jan 19, 2007 | 12:14 AM
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^^^ What he said.

mine works fine
Old Jan 19, 2007 | 01:04 AM
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yep, definitely doesnt work. Thnx guys I have a call to make.
Old Jan 19, 2007 | 03:58 AM
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This is easy and a very nice feature!
Old Jan 19, 2007 | 04:02 AM
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didn't the '05 not have that niffty little feature?
Old Jan 19, 2007 | 04:05 AM
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Originally Posted by htowntc
didn't the '05 not have that niffty little feature?
Nope, my 05 works just fine. were did you here that?
Old Jan 19, 2007 | 04:05 AM
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Yeah, it does.
Old Jan 19, 2007 | 01:27 PM
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the 05 should have it if my 89 toyota does it. :D
Old Jan 19, 2007 | 02:04 PM
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I like the way european cars do it: key off, lights off. period end of story.



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