What does this button do
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FarmerPug
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What does this button do
On the centre console of my car there is a blank button, one of the things i hate to see most in a car is a blank button, but anyhow what does this button do in cars that have it, and could i get a button to fit in here to act as a switch for something else in the car, i intend to get another one of them alarm cancel buttons off ebay and use it to act as the right button for the MFD when i put the SE kit into the car so that when its pressed it will bring the calendar back up, anyhow here is the blank button im on about:
Re: What does this button do
It looks like a blank, not a button
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FarmerPug
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Re: What does this button do
yeah i know its a blank but what does it do on appropriatley equipped cars, i find it strange that my car has a blank button here because its an exec
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Doggy
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Re: What does this button do
Sometimes used for fuel selection (LPG/petrol) or disabling electronic stability programme, neither of which you car has, exec or not.
Nice interior BTW
Nice interior BTW
2002 HDi 2.2 Exec Estate, (2008-12) (wonderful)
2003 HDi 2.2 6-speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
2003 HDi 2.2 6-speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
Re: What does this button do
On D8s with the alarm schtum button next to the headlamp adjuster and no airbag disable switch, there's a coin holder there
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mickeydread1122
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Re: What does this button do
i agree with Dogslife that that button on HDIs be it executive or not is just a blank as its meant for petrol or LPG cars only.unless if you want to modify the button into something usefull. 
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I have a button there in my car. It has the following symbol on it: !
It adds about 50bhp to the standard 138bhp and I only turn it on in extreme situations. Very extreme situations indeed
It adds about 50bhp to the standard 138bhp and I only turn it on in extreme situations. Very extreme situations indeed
2000 D9 Coupé 2.0 SE EW10J4 Scarlet Red - 5 litres of oil gone in 500 miles!!! Time for a new coupe me thinks
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mickeydread1122
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Re: What does this button do
eoin27 your car should be a sports coupe then cause like in BMWs there are buttons like that when you press it it goes into sports mode and goes like a bullet !!!!!! 
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Welly
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Re: What does this button do
Fixeredeoin27 wrote:I have a button there in my car. It has the following symbol on it: !
When I press it the oil sump empties it's entire contents down the exhaust, like a James Bond film
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2013 Renner Twingo - donkey work
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Re: What does this button do
Unskilled meddling sin©e 2007
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Doggy
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Re: What does this button do
Class!
(I'm really tempted to get one, preferably illuminated, (be even better if you could make it flash on occasion).
(I'm really tempted to get one, preferably illuminated, (be even better if you could make it flash on occasion).
2002 HDi 2.2 Exec Estate, (2008-12) (wonderful)
2003 HDi 2.2 6-speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
2003 HDi 2.2 6-speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
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Captain Jack
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Re: What does this button do
What I want to know is what does a button next to it do? The one with the "radar" picture on it...
2003 - 2008: 1998 Peugeot 406 2.1 TD 110bhp LX Saloon
2008 - 2009: 2004 Honda Accord 2.2 CDTI 136bhp Executive Saloon
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2008 - 2009: 2004 Honda Accord 2.2 CDTI 136bhp Executive Saloon
2009 - 2013: 2002 Peugeot 406 2.0 HDI 110bhp Executive Saloon
2013 - 2021: 2007 Peugeot 407 2.2 HDI 170bhp Executive Saloon (mapped to 213bhp
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Doggy
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Re: What does this button do
turns off the ultrasonic sensors for the alarm.
2002 HDi 2.2 Exec Estate, (2008-12) (wonderful)
2003 HDi 2.2 6-speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
2003 HDi 2.2 6-speed Exec Estate (2012-19) (also a gem)
2009 Citroen C5 2.0 HDi VTR+ Estate (godawful heap)
2008 BMW E91 330i touring (great fun - murdered by a reversing SUV)
2007 BMW E91 325i touring (slower smoother quieter)
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it can also completely disable the alarm temporarily
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teamster1975
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Re: What does this button do
Very useful if the plip doesn't work! (Like mine)mjb wrote:it can also completely disable the alarm temporarily
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1996 406 Executive 2.0 Turbo XU10J2TE No longer hangin' on in there
1997 Honda CB500V
2003 Volvo V40 1.8 GDi SE killed by a nutter in a beemer 5 series
2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium X
"Always look on the bright side of life, dedo, dedo dedodedo"