February 6, 200422 yr 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.
February 6, 200422 yr 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....
February 6, 200422 yr 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.
February 6, 200422 yr 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...
February 6, 200422 yr 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
February 6, 200422 yr Author 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.
February 6, 200422 yr 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
February 6, 200422 yr 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
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