I was looking at my headlights and I noticed there was an "extra" light (encased in a circle next to low beams) that has no apparent function on my 01 civic dx.

yea and a side question is what do ppl mean when they say parking light?

 

LOL... that "extra" light is the parking light.

 

lol. nice avatar

 

Heh.. thanks. I had to chop a fair amount of it in order to meet the avatar size restrictions, but...

 

how do u activate it?

 

 

TURN IT ONCE FOR PARKING LIGHTS ( LIGHTS YOU USE FOR PARKING WHEN YOUR NOT DRIVING...SO YOU DONT BLIND PEOPLE AND THEY CAN SEE YOU...)

TURN IT TWICE FOR DRIVING LIGHTS. ( USE THIS SO YOU CAN DRIVE AND SEE)

 

Those are Hazard lights, not Parking lights.

On the light control stalk, there is three stages for the headlights.
Off - Parking Lights - Full Beam Headlights

 

so in the picture (1) shows the second stage and (2) shows third stage of the control stalk, with first stage being in the off position. I was wondering what the (?) in the picture is for. Thanks.

 

The light switch only has two options. (not including high-beams)
0. Lights are off
1. Lights #1 and ? are on
2. Lights #1, #2 and ? are on


If your ? lights aren't coming on, replace the bulbs.




Edit: As stated earlier, the ? lights are the parking lights.

 

i dotn think the ? is the parking lights. i think they are really called "city driving lights".

parking lights are the side markers/blinkers.

 

*Owner's Manual page 245

 

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And yeah it is the Parking Light.

 

quite frankly i have never used the parking light. i find it rather useless.. or maybe its just me

 

"City" lights are an extra bulb offered in most Japanese production vehicles. It's housed in the main headlamp reflector. It's not something found in most North American vehicles, because it's not a required component.

 

lol