Member Since: 17 Sep 2023
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 4
STRANGE BUTTON
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HELLO EVERYONE,
i WONDER IF ANYONE KNOWS WHAT THIS BUTTON IS FOR?
i HAVE ASKED A COUPLE OF LAND OVER GARAGES BUT NO ONE KNOWS. IT IS SITUATED AT THE TOP CORNER OF THE PANEL IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER'S KNEES. SEE PHOTOS.
ANY IDEAS WOULD BE WELCOME.
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18th Sep 2023 3:16 pm
TheWojtek
Member Since: 23 Apr 2016
Location: Poznan, Poland
Posts: 80
This is not a factory button.Wojtek
L319: dad's
L320: mine
18th Sep 2023 3:26 pm
rrhool
Member Since: 28 Aug 2014
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 4405
It's the passenger eject button! Richard
D3 SE 2007. Triumph 2.5Pi 1973. Ferguson TEA20 1948.
Discovery 2 4.0 ES 2001- Gone
Discovery 1 300Tdi ES '95 - Gone
Range Rover Classic '79 - Gone
18th Sep 2023 3:31 pm
Nasher
Member Since: 07 Mar 2009
Location: Clanfield, North of Pompey - UK
Posts: 2686
Power button, to turn it on and off.
As for what 'it' is, I'm not a details bloke, somebody else might know, but as it's not at all a factory fitment you've going to have to trace the wires behind it back to what they are connected to.
Or, just be brave and push it!Heaven doesn't want me, and hell is afraid I'll take over.
18th Sep 2023 3:38 pm
kirkyworld
Member Since: 01 Mar 2016
Location: Northampton
Posts: 566
After market fitted, pull the panel down and see where the wires go?
18th Sep 2023 3:59 pm
darrind
Member Since: 04 Jul 2008
Location: In A World of My Own!
Posts: 2863
Press it whilst someone stands in front of the car - if the number plates rotate and guns pop out of the headlights the car must have had a government department as a previous owner if not perhaps it’s the button to turn on spotlights Must stop buying shiny toys....
18th Sep 2023 8:16 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 13670
Apart from the above I Wonder if that’s for one of those plug in tuning box as they use a similar button
It might be tucked under one of the battery covers
18th Sep 2023 10:13 pm
JTR
Member Since: 17 Sep 2023
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 4
STRANGE BUTTON
Hello all,
Many thanks to The Wojtek, Nasher, kirkeyworld, darrind and gstuart for taking the time and trouble to reply.
I have tried the button with the ignition on, off andwith the engine running but could not see any effect. I have pulled the panel down and saw that the wiring seemed correct but it disappeared into the back of the dashboard to goodness only knows where. Still, as long as it does not seem to affect anything I think that I will just leave it alone.
Thank you also to rrhool for suggesting that it is a passenger eject button. If it is it does not work as SWMBO is still in situ.
Thanks again,
JTR
19th Sep 2023 12:46 pm
darrind
Member Since: 04 Jul 2008
Location: In A World of My Own!
Posts: 2863
Hi
It might be worth checking for Spotlight wiring behind the grill, my old D3 had an odd button fitted to the dash and I eventually found a set of cables tucked up behind the grill that were for a pair of lights that must have been removed by the previous owner.Must stop buying shiny toys....
Whilst extra lamps is most likely, isn't it a tad awkward position wise ? unless it was a work-lamp at the rear ?.
Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
19th Sep 2023 3:20 pm
JTR
Member Since: 17 Sep 2023
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 4
Hello darrind and Hardware,
Thanks for the ideas.
I will investigate behind the grill.
Failing thatI will get my local LR specialist to have a go.
JTR
19th Sep 2023 3:42 pm
XDAndy
Member Since: 16 Jan 2018
Location: Gibraltar
Posts: 597
So???
What was it ???2011 D4 XS : LHD
2005 D3 HSE : reluctant sale, but moved abroad. Great car.
7th Oct 2023 10:55 pm
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15214
STRANGE BUTTON
It’s a remote “CAPS LOCK” button……. that’s obviously jammed on I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
8th Oct 2023 6:17 am
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6577
2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
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if not perhaps it’s the button to turn on spotlights 
... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
