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What's this red button?!

  • 20-04-2015 8:48pm
    #1
    stefanovich
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,490 ✭✭✭


    In my 1.4 Corolla, I've never been able to figure it out.
    RJo6hLd.jpg


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Comments

  • #2
    ShaunieVW
    Registered Users Posts: 585 ✭✭✭ShaunieVW


    'ejecto-seato-cuz.jpg


  • #3
    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,631 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    Ejector seat in case of a crash. But don't push it unless the sunroofs open.


  • #4
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,688 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Gah I was about to post the same lol


  • #5
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,477 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Nitro boost/taxi sign/sirens


  • #6
    madcabbage
    Registered Users Posts: 2,304 ✭✭✭madcabbage


    Do not push that button!!!!!!


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  • #7
    Kenny Logins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,060 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    What steps did you take to try to establish its function?


  • #8
    pred racer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,384 ✭✭✭pred racer


    Kenny Logins wrote: »
    What steps did you take to try to establish its function?

    I reckon he probably pressed it :p


  • #9
    stefanovich
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,490 ✭✭✭stefanovich


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Nitro boost/taxi sign/sirens
    Would be a pretty crappy taxi, what with it having 3 doors and all.


  • #10
    stefanovich
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,490 ✭✭✭stefanovich


    pred racer wrote: »
    I reckon he probably pressed it :p
    Yes I toggled it but nothing happened.


  • #11
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,477 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    stefanovich wrote: »
    Would be a pretty crappy taxi, what with it having 3 doors and all.

    Could be for front fogs?


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  • #12
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Could be for front fogs?

    NO FOGS DISCUSSION!!!!


  • #13
    robtri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭robtri


    could be under car Neon.....

    have you tried tracing the wiring??


  • #14
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    robtri wrote: »
    could be under car Neon.....

    have you tried tracing the wiring??

    Nah, he's off stealing a truck.


  • #15
    blackbox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,444 ✭✭✭blackbox


    Window lock? Door lock?


  • #16
    stefanovich
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,490 ✭✭✭stefanovich


    robtri wrote: »
    could be under car Neon.....

    have you tried tracing the wiring??
    No, didn't try that yet.

    My car is bit of an odd one. Its got a linea terra badge (which I thought was the lower spec) but it has alloys and whatnot.


  • #17
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,477 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    The alloys on it aren't original Toyota ones, they were added afterwards.


  • #18
    stefanovich
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,490 ✭✭✭stefanovich


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Could be for front fogs?
    blackbox wrote: »
    Window lock? Door lock?
    It looks like someone cut into the dash to install it.


  • #19
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,248 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    It activates the left filangee.


  • #20
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,477 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    stefanovich wrote: »
    It looks like someone cut into the dash to install it.




    They did. that switch didn't come with the car.


  • #21
    Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,964 ✭✭✭Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime


    Id say an aftermarket flux capacitor


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  • #22
    stefanovich
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,490 ✭✭✭stefanovich


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    The alloys on it aren't original Toyota ones, they were added afterwards.
    They are toyota alloys though, at least the have a toyota badge on them.


  • #23
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,477 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    They've just got centre caps thst say Toyota, but they aren't Toyota parts from what I can tell.

    That's one of the newest old model 3 doors out there I'd say.


  • #24
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,107 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    just push it - what's the worst that could happen?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlFM4-8w6AM


  • #25
    ShaunieVW
    Registered Users Posts: 585 ✭✭✭ShaunieVW


    I had a switch like that in my old s3 turned out some geebag had fitted red neons :0


  • #26
    Señor Fancy Pants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,628 ✭✭✭Señor Fancy Pants


    Transformer button?


  • #27
    stefanovich
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,490 ✭✭✭stefanovich


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    They've just got centre caps thst say Toyota, but they aren't Toyota parts from what I can tell.

    That's one of the newest old model 3 doors out there I'd say.
    Yeah I thought they stopped making them in 2000.


  • #28
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,290 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    tumblr_m4f029rfqw1rwuopao1_400.gif


  • #29
    V Eight
    Registered Users Posts: 245 ✭✭V Eight


    ex Garda Car - Blue Lights switch


  • #30
    stefanovich
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,490 ✭✭✭stefanovich


    V Eight wrote: »
    ex Garda Car - Blue Lights switch
    Really? :)


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  • #31
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,429 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    Something non standard fitted, possibly some kind of immobiliser or kill switch.


  • #32
    stefanovich
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,490 ✭✭✭stefanovich


    V Eight wrote: »
    ex Garda Car - Blue Lights switch
    It's funny cause our other car is ex-gendarmerie.


  • #33
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,477 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    stefanovich wrote: »
    Yeah I thought they stopped making them in 2000.

    Nah, the new model came out in 02 and went till 07


  • #34
    pablo128
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭pablo128


    It engages the giggling pin into the laughing shaft.


  • #35
    madcabbage
    Registered Users Posts: 2,304 ✭✭✭madcabbage


    Would it be for some aftermarket sound system that was later removed?:confused:


  • #36
    Hachiko
    Registered Users Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭Hachiko


    flux capacitor boost


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  • #37
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,477 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Hachiko wrote: »
    flux capacitor boost

    They're only on the Luna model,


  • #38
    dodderangler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,204 ✭✭✭dodderangler


    image_zpsgp82ng0k.jpg


  • #39
    RandomAccess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,830 ✭✭✭RandomAccess


    I know what i'd like it to be..


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFrze9eY9o0


  • #40
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,429 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    RandomAccess wrote: »
    I know what i'd like it to be..

    Grand job for the M50 toll :D


  • #41
    mossy50
    Closed Accounts Posts: 390 ✭✭mossy50


    heated door mirrors or immobiliser


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  • #42
    Hachiko
    Registered Users Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭Hachiko


    RandomAccess wrote: »
    I know what i'd like it to be..


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFrze9eY9o0


    totally legal .


  • #43
    Noccy_Mondy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,845 ✭✭✭Noccy_Mondy


    pablo128 wrote:
    It engages the giggling pin into the laughing shaft.


    I got coded with that one so much in the past. Now it's what I say all car related problems are, if someone with limited knowledge asks!


  • #44
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,107 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    Hachiko wrote: »
    totally legal .

    all you need is someone following you with a dashcam and you're in trouble. Bond didn't have to worry about that in 1968.


  • #45
    power pants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭power pants


    it does nothing

    if it did something you would have known when you pressed it.


  • #46
    laoisfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭laoisfan


    Turns on your cloaking I believe.


  • #47
    ectoraige
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭ectoraige


    It's a piquer.


  • #48
    goz83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭goz83


    It ejects a litre of fuel each time you press it. Standard Toyota feature , just like the alloys. ;)


  • #49
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Nobody mentioned nitrous oxide.

    Must have been fitted due to fast and furious craze.

    All the 1.4 cars were done up so much back then.


  • #50
    Craftylee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 429 ✭✭Craftylee


    Radar jammer and/or stealth mode


  • #51
    H3llR4iser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,028 ✭✭✭H3llR4iser


    stefanovich wrote: »
    In my 1.4 Corolla, I've never been able to figure it out.
    RJo6hLd.jpg

    I found this:

    m2q8IaKanb4XZwM1ITDDFxw.jpg

    Looks like the headlights adjustment wheel was there. Not sure what they were trying to do with the button - I would check if it is connected to anything, might just be there to fill the space!!!


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