Gregg Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 No one was able to answer this before, but maybe somoene who didn't catch the old thread, or someone new might... Under my dash, below the winter/summer switch for my wipers, and above my hood release, I have a plain toggle switch, which has wires going towards my engine. Does anyone have any clue what it might be? I've driven with it in both positions and can't tell any difference in how the car behaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartless Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 have you tried tracing the wires under the hood to see exactly where they go/lead too??? The switch may have been to something that a previous owner had added, like auxiliary lights, but removed before they sold the car.... I would try tracing the wires from the switch all the way thru the firewall and see where they lead you.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baccaruda Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 stephen wright said of his house's mystery light switch that he'd flick it on and off at random while walking by, and after a year he got a letter from some guy in germany telling him to knock it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondasucks Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Could be a hidden switch for an alarm, my old Legacy had a toggle switch under the dash that would arm the alarm that it had. But it wasnt' hooked up to anything but the light so all it would do was to make the light on the dash flash... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet82 Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 I'm with everyone else, It's not stock and it's an alarm or lights! Wires should be easy to follow because they're probably not in the harness. My car had the same thing in the same place----Lights! Good luck, 82 Summer, almost wired:D 01 Forester, factory driving lights. :-p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg Posted February 6, 2004 Author Share Posted February 6, 2004 Actually, it probably is an alarm - when I bought the car, it had an alarm sticker in the window and came with an alarm remote, but I never actually bothered to think about it, because I never noticed an alarm system anywhere. Ah well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scooby Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 gregg, like you just said, most likly it is because i had a 94 mazda truck for a while, it had an alarm, and had a toggle, that when flipped one way it would automatically set the alarm after 30 seconds after the car was off and door was shut, other way it turned that function off. Shean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebz Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 It sounds like a valet switch for the alarm.. when hooked up and switched on, it would arm the alarm after the car was parked without having to use the remote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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