As the other poster said, its probably for an after market alarm system.
Does the car have a keyed hood lock under the dash? Did you buy the car
used? Does it have an alarm? Does the red light even light?
Harryface
05 Park Avenue, 33,138
91 Bonneville LE 305,222
Car is used, I got it last week.
Light does not light up ( so far ), no sign of alarm system yet but I will
look again.
Love the car, only problem now is instruments and heater/ac ctrls are dark
at night, they work ok but no lighting.
any tips on what to look for ? ( fuse # 7 is ok )
> As the other poster said, its probably for an after market alarm system.
> Does the car have a keyed hood lock under the dash? Did you buy the car
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> 05 Park Avenue, 33,138
> 91 Bonneville LE 305,222
James Goforth - 09 Jan 2006 11:52 GMT
If that red light ever does come on, exit the car immediately and run
as fast as you can...just kidding.
Cymbal Man Freq. - 10 Jan 2006 12:44 GMT
It was so DARK yesterday afternoon...that when I stopped at a red light then the
traffic light turned green, my
dashboard lit up because the Daytime Running Lights switched off.
Later, that night, my dash would not light up when I started my car!
I had to manually turn on my lights FROM Daytime Running Lights Mode to
Nighttime Mode in order for my dash lights to light up in the pitch black.
I drove around but nothing helped fix the problem. I let the car sit for an hour
then went to the store to pick up some milk, and the dash still did not work
right. When I pulled into the store parking lot, a cop was there with his rader
going. When I came out, the cop was gone, but my car started up and now my dash
lights work fine. Could it be that just slamming the trunk shut fixed the
problem?
| Car is used, I got it last week.
| Light does not light up ( so far ), no sign of alarm system yet but I will
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| > 05 Park Avenue, 33,138
| > 91 Bonneville LE 305,222
Mike Marlow - 10 Jan 2006 13:05 GMT
> It was so DARK yesterday afternoon...that when I stopped at a red light then the
> traffic light turned green, my
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> lights work fine. Could it be that just slamming the trunk shut fixed the
> problem?
It's more likely that the cop irradiated your car with his radar and the
resultant EMF reset the primary input to the irrelevant output modulator.
The good news is that it's working now, the bad news is that if you climbed
into the car within 4 hours of when he shot it with his radar gun, you're
probably now sterile.
In the off chance that he didn't irradiate your car and the problem pops up
again, play with the dashboard headlight switch. A lot of these problems
are a faulty switch. They start out somewhat intermittent and get worse
over time.

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