Headlights Turn Off While Driving problems of the 2006 Subaru Legacy

One problem related to headlights turn off while driving has been reported for the 2006 Subaru Legacy. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Subaru Legacy based on all problems reported for the 2006 Legacy.

1 Headlights Turn Off While Driving problem

Failure Date: 02/27/2018

I had run into a few small problems this winter, like my steering wheel not turning when the car was cold, but I experienced my first major problem while my vehicle was stationary, but had been running. I was going through a drive through, had to put my car in park, then when I went to shift it back into drive, nothing would happen. It was stuck in park. I don't think the problem was temp. Related, it was about 40 degrees outside. After turning the car on/off four or five times I was able to get it going, but my headlights went out, which I thought was strange. While driving home I noticed that the "brake" light was illuminated. The next day, I started my car before work to defrost my windows. The car started just fine (all the electrics worked and the engine was on and running), and I went inside. About 15 minutes later I came back to my car, and the engine had turned off. At first the electrical components worked. My friend came and tested the voltage anyway, because a dead battery is common when it gets cold, and the battery was fine. The warning lights that I noticed were on were the "brake" light, as well as the "abs" light. After trying to turn it on a couple times, all the electrical components stopped working as well. It will start if I leave it for a few hours, but I am terrified to drive it anywhere to figure out what is going on.


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10
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Headlights Turn Off While Driving problems
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