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Old 01-09-2006, 03:47 PM
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yeah cool shift light. I dont have one of those
Old 01-09-2006, 03:51 PM
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The 4 speed AT does not have a shift light. Not sure what country this cluster this from?
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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.
Old 01-09-2006, 04:05 PM
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That image is from the Detroit 2003 Auto Show

http://images.rotarynews.com/images/Detroit2003_1/
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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
Old 01-09-2006, 07:52 PM
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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
Old 01-09-2006, 08:21 PM
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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.
Old 01-09-2006, 08:32 PM
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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?
Old 01-09-2006, 08:40 PM
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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.
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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.
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There is another way.
Old 01-09-2006, 10:13 PM
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tell me tell me tell me!!!!
this is soooo suspenseful!!!
Old 01-09-2006, 10:28 PM
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I wouldn't be a shifty bastard if there wasn't some suspense.....
Old 01-09-2006, 10:35 PM
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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,
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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)?
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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.
Old 01-10-2006, 06:15 PM
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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.
Old 01-10-2006, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Aseras
... it involved 2nd gear at 100 mph.....
OOOUUUCCCHHHH!!!! Intentional?!?
Old 01-10-2006, 07:39 PM
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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
Old 01-10-2006, 07:43 PM
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I'd say they are underinflated. My car's tire pressure was less the night I got it.
Old 01-10-2006, 09:45 PM
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OK thanks zoom44 an NgoRX8, I do think my tires are underindlated.
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