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what does this button do??
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:05 pm
by telski789
ive got abutton which i havent used before,its black and when i press it,it sticks out and has a red band around it?? its above the clock,what is it?!!!
ta
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:06 pm
by Geeman
Stops your windows going up and down...
"Whatever you do... DON'T press it!"
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:08 pm
by Brianmoooore
Sounds like that's what it is, but what's it doing above the clock?
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:08 pm
by telski789
damn is that it!! i was hoping for at least an ejector seat!! cheers,shame they didnt put a pic of a window with an x thru it on there or somthin!!
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:36 pm
by Richy325iTouring
perhaps someone has just put it there then cos they didnt like the blanking plates
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:50 pm
by Geeman
My first convertible had it up there too... none of the other cars did though...
G.
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:57 pm
by Demlotcrew
its an 'early' car thing
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:23 pm
by Turbo-Brown
Yeah, mine's got one of them (on a C-reg). I didn't dare press it when I first got the car for fear that it might trigger some ancient immobiliser or something
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:51 am
by mrLEE30
Its actually a thermal trip switch so if the window or the sunroof in some cases gets jammed it should pop out thus saving your electric motors. wouldnt rely on it though. mine now used as an electric areial switch.
mr lee
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2005 8:14 am
by Turbo-Brown
Aah, that explains why it's not marked up and also why it's not very nice to use compared to the others. Did wonder why a 2 door car would need a switch to disable the windows.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:48 pm
by MarkP
While we are on this topic, can anyone tell me what the button down beside the gearstick and in front of the driver side electric window button does?
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:51 pm
by Simon
MarkP wrote:While we are on this topic, can anyone tell me what the button down beside the gearstick and in front of the driver side electric window button does?
Sounds like the button mentioned above, it's a cut off switch for the windows. Just in a different place to the one above.
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:08 pm
by Geeman
Same banana dude... Like Andy said, different places for different age cars.
I've got my electric window switches in my side blank panels above where the radio should go in my track car, as I have no centre console to hold them in.... so buttons can fit anywhere really...
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:51 pm
by Cotty
Simon wrote:MarkP wrote:While we are on this topic, can anyone tell me what the button down beside the gearstick and in front of the driver side electric window button does?
Sounds like the button mentioned above, it's a cut off switch for the windows. Just in a different place to the one above.
Same place mine is on my 1992 year
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 6:40 pm
by RICHIE74
mrLEE30 wrote:Its actually a thermal trip switch so if the window or the sunroof in some cases gets jammed it should pop out thus saving your electric motors. wouldnt rely on it though. mine now used as an electric areial switch.
mr lee
Aaah !!! Been wondering what the point of that was , once again the zone comes to the rescue .
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 6:58 am
by mrLEE30
no worries.
mr lee