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cleoent 01-09-2006 03:47 PM

yeah cool shift light. I dont have one of those :(

my10ae 01-09-2006 03:51 PM

The 4 speed AT does not have a shift light. Not sure what country this cluster this from?

djseto 01-09-2006 03:53 PM


Originally Posted by deamicls
You guys are all wrong. I think that it's the "low gas" light. You can see the gas gauge almost pointing to E.

Uh..no. The low gas light is the yellow light near the "E" in the previous picture. The green one definitely says Shift

deamicls 01-09-2006 03:58 PM


Originally Posted by djseto
Uh..no. The low gas light is the yellow light near the "E" in the previous picture. The green one definitely says Shift

oooh. I was looking at the yellow dot. I see what you guys are talking about now. I have a shift light in my jeep wrangler. The most useless thing in the car. It will tell you to shift at 2k rpm and while you speed up from there will turn off. I'm glad that they didn't include it.

Nemesis8 01-09-2006 04:05 PM

That image is from the Detroit 2003 Auto Show

http://images.rotarynews.com/images/Detroit2003_1/

REMillers 01-09-2006 04:40 PM

Hmm interesting so on the oil light.

I had the recall done but they didn't replace the oil pan, instead they "reprogrammed" it.

However I haven't notice the oil light lighting up when the key is inserted etc.

Wonder if they just disabled it....Hmmmmmm

DOMINION 01-09-2006 07:52 PM


Originally Posted by zoom44
tpms- your tires need air

Hey do you know if its due to the Tires being over filled or under filled with air?
Thanks

Aratinga 01-09-2006 08:21 PM

You'll get a TPMS light if tires are OVERinflated as well as underinflated. When I picked my 8 up at the dealer the day I bought her, the light came on as I was driving home (110 degree July day) and I pulled out the manual to figure out what that weird ( ! ) meant as soon as I parked in my garage. I checked my tire pressures and they were all over 70psi!

One of the things dealers are supposed to do during that 100 point new car inspection is deflate the tires, since they're all pumped up to maximum pressure to prevent them from flat-spotting on the long boatride over here from Japan. Needless to say, many dealers don't bother doing this.

Gomez 01-09-2006 08:32 PM


Originally Posted by REMillers
Hmm interesting so on the oil light.

I had the recall done but they didn't replace the oil pan, instead they "reprogrammed" it.

However I haven't notice the oil light lighting up when the key is inserted etc.

Wonder if they just disabled it....Hmmmmmm

Odd.....wanna test to see if it works?

Gomez 01-09-2006 08:40 PM


Originally Posted by Nemesis8
That image is from the Detroit 2003 Auto Show

http://images.rotarynews.com/images/Detroit2003_1/

Well done. This image is from a pre-production car after all. I suspect the image I posted earlier is pre-prod too, I got it off an American website.

REMillers 01-09-2006 10:03 PM


Originally Posted by Gomez
Odd.....wanna test to see if it works?


LOL no not by running out of oil, but next time I get in will turn the car on and see it lights up with all the other lights.

Gomez 01-09-2006 10:04 PM

There is another way.

zaglo6204 01-09-2006 10:13 PM

tell me tell me tell me!!!!
this is soooo suspenseful!!!

Gomez 01-09-2006 10:28 PM

I wouldn't be a shifty bastard if there wasn't some suspense.....

Gomez 01-09-2006 10:35 PM

Seven minutes is up...I'm a weak, soft touch shifty bastard...

Ok....here's the deal.

Key off.....hold the odometer reset button.....key to ignition....wait.....cluster goes into test mode. Press odo reset button to step through the instrument cluster test. Some tests test the gauges, another tests the rev beeper, one of them tests the cluster indicators.

All good clean fun. Key off to exit test mode.

Cheers,
Gomez.

iKenndac 01-10-2006 08:26 AM


Originally Posted by Gomez
Key off.....hold the odometer reset button.....key to ignition....wait.....cluster goes into test mode. Press odo reset button to step through the instrument cluster test. Some tests test the gauges, another tests the rev beeper, one of them tests the cluster indicators.

Ooooo, purty. Does anyone else find it interesting that the rev needle goes miles past 10k revs (I'd say to about where 12-13k would be)?

Cool-Blue-Dad 01-10-2006 05:10 PM


Originally Posted by Gomez
Seven minutes is up...I'm a weak, soft touch shifty bastard...

Ok....here's the deal.

Key off.....hold the odometer reset button.....key to ignition....wait.....cluster goes into test mode. Press odo reset button to step through the instrument cluster test. Some tests test the gauges, another tests the rev beeper, one of them tests the cluster indicators.

All good clean fun. Key off to exit test mode.

Cheers,
Gomez.

Woot! Thanks for the 'easter egg of the week' Gomez. Gotta go try that now.

fray 01-10-2006 05:52 PM

You can compare the picture of the cluster in one of the previous messages with my cluster:

http://gate.crashing.org/~fray/RX-8/...s/Image10.html

There is no (obvious) shift indicator, and the door/seat-belt lights have moved.

Aseras 01-10-2006 06:15 PM


Originally Posted by iKenndac
Ooooo, purty. Does anyone else find it interesting that the rev needle goes miles past 10k revs (I'd say to about where 12-13k would be)?

i've seen mine go almost to the digital speedomter.. and it wasn't in test mode... it involved 2nd gear at 100 mph..... that the only thing that happened too.

MadDashRX8 01-10-2006 06:20 PM


Originally Posted by Aseras
... it involved 2nd gear at 100 mph.....

OOOUUUCCCHHHH!!!! Intentional?!? :rock:

zoom44 01-10-2006 07:39 PM


Originally Posted by DOMINION
Hey do you know if its due to the Tires being over filled or under filled with air?
Thanks

short answer- check with a guage

long answer-
is it a colder morning than you have had recently when the light comes on? did you park outside when you normally park in your garage? was the last time you checked your tires in the summer and now its winter? then they are under filled.

unless you just purchased the car at the dealer and it came from the truck the day before than you probably have over filled tires.


if its summer and the last time you put air in it was winter or its hotter than normal or you just purchased the car at the dealer and it came from the truck the day before than you probably have over filled tires.

unless there is a nail in your tire - then they are probably under inflated

NgoRX8 01-10-2006 07:43 PM

I'd say they are underinflated. My car's tire pressure was less the night I got it.

DOMINION 01-10-2006 09:45 PM

OK thanks zoom44 an NgoRX8, I do think my tires are underindlated.


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