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Old Jul 9, 2013 | 09:45 AM
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Parking lights

So I park in a parking garage while I am at work and I sometimes go sit in my car during my lunch hour. Sometimes I like to charge my cellphone using the car charger that I have. The problem is that in order to get juice flowing to the car charger, I have to turn the key to the first position, but when I do that, the parking lights come on.

I dont want to be sitting in my car for 30 minutes with the parking lights on while my cellphone is charging up.

Is there a way that if your car is in a garage and you turn the key to the first position that the parking lights will stay off?
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 03:49 AM
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I believe this should work as supposed to be .
Turn your headlamp knob all the way to the left where it says P and two arrows , I would not recommend it because leaving it in AUTO is what is recommended .
My recommendation is you should buy a mobile charging device and carry it in your pocket or car .Well ,I am using it right now lol
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by BenzV12
I believe this should work as supposed to be .
Turn your headlamp knob all the way to the left where it says P and two arrows , I would not recommend it because leaving it in AUTO is what is recommended .
My recommendation is you should buy a mobile charging device and carry it in your pocket or car .Well ,I am using it right now lol
That worked.....thanks!
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Originally Posted by johnlk25
That worked.....thanks!
Thanks for your feedback
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