blinker switch even turns blinker lights on when key is off, (but they don't blink)

[myeaglescout]

is that normal? what would cause that? I've never seen that before on any other car. Doesn't bother me, but I happen to accidentally turn on the blinker when exiting the car the other day, and if it was during daylight, I wouldn't have noticed it.

[oldskewel]

That's how it's supposed to work. It's a German thing. It is a one-sided (e.g., left side, front and back) solid parking light.

[Zulu95]

Had it back in the early 70's on my VW 411LE.

[myeaglescout]

thx oldskewel and zulu, I didn't really want to add another gremlin to chase down to my list!

[andrewwynn]

It's for parking on a narrow street. You can light up the side of the car away from the curb. It's in the manual.

Also: it takes about 12 w to run the two corner lights. The battery has about 1000 watt-hours so it can run the corner lights for a couple days and still start the engine.