[ehalverson]

First question - When I open the doors, the cabin lights for the rear of the car tun on but not the front. They only turn on if I do it manually. Is this normal? Is there an easy way to make it so they turn on when the doors are open? Could this just be a fuse or maybe a switch that I haven't discovered yet?

Second question - There is a switch on top of the steering column that seems to do nothing but turn on the brake lights. Does it do anything else? I'm guessing this just a safety thing in addition to the emergency flashing lights but it took me forever to figure out what the heck it did.

 

[ehalverson]

Where is this door/on/off switch? I'm used to that in most cars and found it for the rear lights (right where it should have been) but this car only has the sunroof switch between the front lights. I feel like I must be missing something very obvious...

 

[ehalverson]

EDIT: Unless you are confusing the front dome lights with the map lights. The actual dome light (at least in my car) is in the center of the passenger area, kind of directly above and maybe a little bit behind the center console. My car has maplights in an overhead console right over the center stack. Those do not turn on automatically.

Ahh, that would be it. All of the other cars I've owned had those turn on when the door was open as well. The ones at the center of the car really only light up the rear, which is why I was calling them the rear lights.

So new question - Is there a way to get the map lights to turn on when I open the doors?

 

[ehalverson]

It's an '06 xt. I live in the city and there's enough light pollution that it's not typically a problem as I'm usually right under a streetlight. It sure would be nice though, it just seems unusual.

 

[ehalverson]

Here is the link to the Map Light Mod.
Map Lights on with Dome light Mod - Subaru Legacy Forums
I've had my '06 OBXT since last summer, and all winter I've wished I had already done this!

Thanks! I'll have to try this sometime.