I have a 1995 Subaru Legacy sedan. 2 days ago, I blew the fuse for the dash lights. I replaced the fuse, I turned the car, it sparked and blew the fuse. So I replaced the fuse again, it worked fine, with no problems. Yesterday, I went to drive and the dash lights were not working, and neither were the tail lights (brake lights were good). The fuses were all fine. Today I went to start it, and the engine wont turn over. I get the beeping noise of the key inserted and door open, but the engine doesnt even make a noise. What could this be? Im guessing its a ground or a short, or at least I hope so. The car is old and tired and its not worth the money to have a proffessional look at it. Any thoughts? Thank you!

SOURCE: 1989 subaru legacy 2wD 2.0 vz

Welllllllllll how do I say this without incriminating myself too much, after furiously mad panic stations on the sunday, it was decided that first thing monday it would be towed to the electricians! as my husband had concluded it was electrical this came after new battery fuses etc.. had been checked and many an hour spent under the bonnet.As we have a kill switch, which I had tried an still did not go also I reminded my husband of this and he screamed at me its not the bloody kill switch @#!*!!? ok, have a GREAT DAY! So come monday morning after getting up early to drop my husband off at work dressed only in my dressing gown jammies and socks and slippers I duly dropped him off and used our pajero for the day which I ended up having to put 10 dollars in. That night he returned home with the subaru and a receipt for work done I ( I had visions of hundreds of dollars worth) but noooooo $54.00 great ah! Cos it was the kill switch !!!!.
We will never speak of this again!!!!! It is often the simple things in life that we overlook? TeeHeeee.
Linda

SOURCE: 1995 subaru electrical problem

your alternator sounds like its gone. ask a battery shop to come and carbon pile load test the system. sorry to say but it sounds like alt is dead. cheap enough to fix though so all good.

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turn head light on and try to start car if they dim way down replace battery or connect a volt meter to bat check voltage while cranking. it must be 12 volts or higher.

SOURCE: Legacy wagon tail light replacement

The one thing youll find with subaru's is that they like to put nuts in funny places that are hard to access. There are either 3 or 4 nuts holding the tail-light assembly in place, which means youll need to take out most of the inner panels to access the others. You should not need a sealant unless the rubber seal is done for or there is water inside the car. Hope this helps

SOURCE: 1989 Subaru Gl Wagon At

does the vehicle have an alarm system??? possiblly causing fault, or if the battery is fine, check the main fuse in fuse box located in the engine bay beside the battery,