No front sidelights with engine off

[luceberg]

My car is a 1992 VW Passat estate, 1.6 diesel.

This recently started happening;

The front sidelights, and headlights too, go off when the engine stops. The rear lights stay on.

With the engine running , it all works ok.

Anyone know what's going on?

[boschmann]

The headlights should turn off when the key is turned off, the park lights shoud stay on as long as the switch is on.

[luceberg]

Yes, I know that.

With the ignition off and the light switch on, only the rear lights are on.

With the ignition on, all lights are functional.

Thanks for the reply though.

[luceberg]

Oops! Turned out it was the bulbs! Silly me.

I was fooled because they both went at the same time , and also they appeared to be on with the ignition switch on. In fact it was the headlights in dim mode.