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Posted on Jan 19, 2011

Parkin lights and headlights come on and stay on randomly. never know when it is going to happen but it always does at least 5 out of 7 days per week and battery is always dead.

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According to my owners manual the lights turn themselves off automatically if you accidently left them on, to preserve the battery. I would suspect a faulty lamp control module. Not sure but I read somewhere that this is about a $300-400 part. Mechanic needs a $3000 tool to test/check it.

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