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Car Forum / GMC Cars / January 2006

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What is this red light on my Le Sabre dash ?  photo below

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HLM - 08 Jan 2006 20:36 GMT
http://www.geocities.com/r11rs/Buickdash2.jpg

I can't find this anywhere in the owners book , wondered what it is for and
what it means when it comes on.

TIA.   P. Mitchell
HLM - 08 Jan 2006 20:45 GMT
I forgot to mention it's a 2002 LeSabre Limited.
RSCamaro - 08 Jan 2006 21:14 GMT
>I forgot to mention it's a 2002 LeSabre Limited.

I make the guess that it is the vehicle theft light or an aftermarket
version or dealer installed version of a vehicle theft deterrent
light.  Of course I have no facts to back it up with.

                     ...Ron
--
68'RS Camaro
88'Formula
00'GT Mustang
Shep - 08 Jan 2006 23:45 GMT
Agreed, there is no indicator there from the factory.

>>I forgot to mention it's a 2002 LeSabre Limited.
>
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> 88'Formula
> 00'GT Mustang
Steve, Has Tiger firmly by tail - 09 Jan 2006 01:29 GMT
My 2002 Le sabre Custom without the Head's Up Display, doesn't have a
red light there :( ,
but I love her anyway :) .
HLM - 09 Jan 2006 02:25 GMT
Thanks all.

I suspected it was not factory original.
Harry Face - 09 Jan 2006 02:28 GMT
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        


HLM - 09 Jan 2006 05:13 GMT
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
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> 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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-Mike-
mmarlowREMOVE@alltel.net

John Horner - 09 Jan 2006 02:38 GMT
> http://www.geocities.com/r11rs/Buickdash2.jpg
>
> I can't find this anywhere in the owners book , wondered what it is for and
> what it means when it comes on.
>
> TIA.   P. Mitchell

Hmmm, looks like an indicator for an alarm system.  Probably not factory.

John
Lumpy Rutherford - 09 Jan 2006 20:40 GMT
> > http://www.geocities.com/r11rs/Buickdash2.jpg
> >
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
> John

I suspect its just an ornamental option, to make the dash look more
importatnt.
Lumpy Rutherford - 09 Jan 2006 20:37 GMT
> http://www.geocities.com/r11rs/Buickdash2.jpg
>
> I can't find this anywhere in the owners book , wondered what it is for and
> what it means when it comes on.
>
> TIA.   P. Mitchell

Probably just an ornamental decoration.
 
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