My sister had a newer model(~2009 or 2010) Corolla that left the lights on all the time, and more or less required required the owner's manual to turn the lights off!

As I recall, to get the lights to go off, you had to shift into neutral, pull the emergency brake up one click(no more no less), turn the car off and then restart it. The lights would remain off only as long as the emergency brake was pulled up one click.

My brother in law finally talked her into selling the car over that and far too many other quirks.