Turning off your car and seeing the headlights remain illuminated can be enough to make any driver wonder if something went wrong. After all, leaving the lights on is a classic way to drain a battery.
But if your headlights stay on for a short time after you shut the engine off, there's a good chance your car is doing exactly what it was designed to do. Modern vehicles often use automatic lighting systems that deliberately keep the headlights on for a few seconds after the ignition is switched off.
