Yeah my van does this too... it is a battery save feature I
think.

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:55:35 -0500
>From: "Royston, Jerry" <gmr@OBPA.USDA.GOV>
>Subject: Headlight question
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>I just noticed something this weekend and I was wondering if
it is normal.
>I left my headlights on when I went into a store for a few
minutes and when
>I came out I noticed that only the parking lights were on.
Yet when I
>started the engine again, the headlights did come on.  Is it
normal for the
>headlights not to be on when the engine is off?  Seems like
a good idea if
>it is.
>
>Gerry Royston
>'87 Westy