Second attempt at resolving this problem

would appreciate some help

My xk8 lights will not turn off the only lights i am able to turn off are the headlights, running lights tail lights all stay on



I checked the head lamp relay but that was not it

 

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My first suspect would be the column switch ........

Graham

 

Since it will shut off the headlights and not the remaining lights, I would think you have a loose or shorted wire in the Stalk multi switch. The norm for a loose wire would be intermittent operation or none. It is possible that one of the wires is creating a ground causing the lights to stay lit.
I would remove the covers on the steering column and start checkiing the connections to the stalk. The stalk is the only point that i think all of the other wires come together.
If the wires don't seem to be causing a problem them I would replace the stalk switch.

 

Do the lights turn off when the engine is off and the key out?

If so it is a setting, Jags are homogenized for the North American Market, Canada must have running lights. Yours could be turned on. Visit the dealer to have them turned off.

 

the lights stay on only the head lights turn off

I replaced the multiswich in September because it was broken brand new from the dealer I have had bulb failures due to a bad ground in the tail light connections that i fixed that

 

So, if I understand your symptoms, when you remove the key, irrespective of where the lighting stalk is set, the sidelights & side marker lights remain on?

In which case, you must have to keep putting the battery on charge?

Is this correct?

Mike