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Yeah mine has it to. Allthough when we replaced the windscreen just put a standard one in there. Couldnt justify the price difference for the amount of time im likely to use it.

Didnt know it did the mirrors though, might have to try it.

bit of a hijack

but what does the button do which is located behind the steering wheel on the dash which looks like

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(ignore .'s)

sorry for the crude font sketch

and what is the purpose for the snow switch on the console

it is an rs4 - so i guess it just shifts to 2nd early to stop spinning yeah?

Edited by 910trx
put everyones mind at ease, when i pick my car up.

its got the owners manual (english) i will just copy down what it says in there then , mystery solved !

RBPOWA have u got a scanner. can u scan the manual and put it all up for us. Will take a while but will help alot.

ok got the book back. word for word on this switch from my manual

WIPER DE-ICE SWITCH (grade)

The ignition must be ON. It is designed to heat the lower part of the windscreen trough embedded heating wires to help melt any ice that has formed around the wipers.

Press the lower part of the switch and the system will turn on for 15 minutes, then automatically turn off. If your wish to turn the de-icer off manual simply press the lower part of the switch.

this part is from the adivce section .....

' in vehicles with door mirrors, the door mirror heaters will also operate when the rear defogger switch is pressed.'

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ok got the book back. word for word on this switch from my manual

WIPER DE-ICE SWITCH (grade)

The ignition must be ON. It is designed to heat the lower part of the windscreen trough embedded heating wires to help melt any ice that has formed around the wipers.

Press the lower part of the switch and the system will turn on for 15 minutes, then automatically turn off. If your wish to turn the de-icer off manual simply press the lower part of the switch.

this part is from the adivce section .....

' in vehicles with door mirrors, the door mirror heaters will also operate when the rear defogger switch is pressed.'

I'm going to have to check if my aussie mirrors will de-fog , I know that windscreen de-icer works.

But the real question is:

What the heck does the 'Light Reduce' switch do? And it is messed with at compliance? I'll be damned if I can detect anything changing on my car with it 'on', so I leave it 'off'.

I've heard plenty of 'theories', but no definitive answer. Further to that, if the feature is useful, then I'd like to know how it's been disabled at compliance. I have found no power on any of the wires going to the switch, nor any fuses that seems to relate to it.

If you do not have xenons it could be this:

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From what I can make out, it increases or reduces the intensity of your headlights depending on what your are doing eg. stopped at lights - low intensity, driving at high speed - high intensity, it may even lower the intensity when you are passing cars, I'm yet to work it out. There's something you can try on the weekend.

P.S If you have "aussie compliance" mirrors they will not defog.

If you do not have xenons it could be this:

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From what I can make out, it increases or reduces the intensity of your headlights depending on what your are doing eg. stopped at lights - low intensity, driving at high speed - high intensity, it may even lower the intensity when you are passing cars, I'm yet to work it out. There's something you can try on the weekend.

P.S If you have "aussie compliance" mirrors they will not defog.

Cheers 'Stagea' :P

That sounds about right, but I'll be damned if I can actually notice any change (had the car for 4+ years!). I'll turn it back on & have another look, but I expect that compliance has interfered with it (I suspect that such a feature wouldn't be ADR compliant).

Suspected as much about the mirrors - the lack of convex is a real bugger. One day I'll get some JDM mirrors to fix the issue...

Edited by BensDR30
have you changed the batteries? do the lights come on or does it beep when you push them?

there is a switch, down near your right leg under the dash on the right

That was my first thought, no I haven't yet. The light comes on on the remote starter, no beep tho. Should probly change the batteries first and then start looking elsewhere.

CHeers

Hey there

The switch that you are talking sounds like it could be to heat up your wipers, you can tell by having a close look at your windscreen, if it does have the heating elements in the glass they are orange in colour and usually have three long strips where your wipers sit in the off mode. If the heating elements are in the black part of the glass (ceramic) it will be very hard to see but you should see them.

If you do happen to have the heated windscreen make sure you have glass cover on you insurance, if you think the price of a normal windscreen for a stagea is expensive wait till you find out how much a heated one is!!!!

Damn straight, thats why I just went with a standard windscreen. I mean when am I going to use it in QLD. But at least I still get to defrost my mirrors :P

was the car fitted with an immobiliser or alarm on compliance or after?

Far as I know there's no immobiliser, the bloke I bought it off hadn't fitted anything to it. And he got it from an importer, and the import ad says nothing about an immobiliser. Or an alarm for that matter.

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As you may have already guessed I am, what I believe is classified as, a noob! So here's a pick of what I've got.

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This add was made in January last year, that's when he bought it. And I got it for $9900 :P

Thanks for your help

Did the car with any other remotes?

Try pushing the start button twice with a 1 second gap in between.

Did you find the master switch in the right hand drivers footwell?

Experimentation it the key (no pun intended)

You'll need to use your powers of deduction to work it out.

What state are you in?

Did the car with any other remotes?

Try pushing the start button twice with a 1 second gap in between.

Did you find the master switch in the right hand drivers footwell?

Experimentation it the key (no pun intended)

You'll need to use your powers of deduction to work it out.

What state are you in?

No other remotes, only other remote is central locking on the key.

I did try pushing the start button several times, with various time lapses. But I will try again.

There is also a button in the middle, I'm not sure what it's supposed to do, when I push it the red light above it flashes intermitantly for a few seconds. If I push the start button whilst the light is flashing the light stays on without flashing for a few seconds.

I deduce that perhaps the middle switch is to arm the remote start. Would this be plausible?

However when I tried this it still did not work.

I also tried it with the car unlocked, and siting inside. Nada.

I did find the master switch, and I tried the remote start with it in both positions (up and down).

And still nothing.

I will try all these things again, just to double check.

But failing that, should I just give up?..........No there must be a way!

Cheers

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