what is the small switch under the dash???
 

I have an 04 mt. I was checking out my clutch pedal and noticed a small red toggle switch that says on and off. I have searched every where and cant find anything about it. It is bunched up with all the wires that go to the fuse box and next to the cord that releases the hood i think. Is it stock? Is it supposed to be on or off? what does it do? help!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------seems like it goes to this module. i still have plenty of bump with it turned off because it has always been turned off. it still doesnt seem to do anything.

Not stock.

Maybe an alarm or possibly a time portal.

Itz for teh nawzz in yo' trunk

It literally could be anything that interacts with anything in the car.

And I say this without sarcasm. That fuse box has all fuses for everything rearward of the firewall, and it would be a logical tapping point for any manual control over the on/off status of any of those. Anything forward of the firewall that needed a manual control could be run through the firewall there.

Some more logical possibilities:
- Fuel pump cut-off (anti-theft or anti-flood)
- Clutch interlock switch cut-off (anti-theft)
- All light cut-off
- Battery cut-off
- Audio / PS3 / PC power switch


From there the suggestions move from "possible" to "improbable but possible" It literally could be to an ignition source in your gas tank. It could even be the time portal Zoom mentions.


Granted, it could be wired wrong, so the time portal might not work, if that is indeed what the switch is for.

Show us some pics of this time portal activation system you got going on.

HEY, maybe we can finally figure out the age old question of "if your driving at the speed of light and switch your headlights on, what happens"

(Not to thread-jack) RIWWP - You drove to SS last year, was it totally worth it? Looks like im doing it this year from Colorado.

my car came with a sub and amp in the trunk, it looks professionally installed. the switch was off when i seen it i tried turning it off and on didnt seem to do anything. you guys havent herd of any mods that sound like that? i guess ill just leave it off.

Don't mess with it.
It will initiate the self-destruct sequence. It was a Mazdaspeed-provided extra to thwart curious thieves.

You could follow the wires and see where it's wired into.


But, that might give the appearance of work :)

im in colorado springs maybe we can car pool! save on gas. ill take it to 100mph at the track and turn on the switch and see if anything happens. ill try and get some pics im supposed to be working right now?

That distinctly looks like you aren't sure if you are supposed to be working :lol: Whether or not you actually are supposed to be is entirely up to you (or your boss, if you are at work at the moment :lol2:)

Step 1. Go 88 mph
Step 2. Flip the switch to "On" position
Step 3. Stop assassination of Abraham Lincoln and JFK
Step 4. Begin new world order
Step 5. Profit.




Be a WINNER.

I second this motion.

I think a part of me just died of laughter! :rofl:

While I agree it could be the switch for the time portal and I am known to be generally fairly stealthy- it wasn't me , man.

i did read through the manual but couldent find anything. if i hadn't asked here i would have never found out about the time portal.. see ya in the future or the past depending on the portal.

If you go into the future can you please do the following for me?

...let me know when google takes over the world so i can start investing more in their stock.



also...let me know when kim kardashian leaks another sex vid so i can invest some money in Vivid Ent.


thanx

:)

:suspect:

lol. taking a serious guess here, but maybe it is a clutch switch bypass toggle? do you have a remote starter?

This thread is worthless without pics















from the Kardashian sex vid.

Is the amp self-switching (turns on and off by itself by detecting voltage in the audio signal wiring)?
Sometimes, professional installers splice in a switch between the amp and the amp fuse so you can manually switch off the amp.

That's my guess.

If everything in the car is working as it should, I'd just leave it and forget about it.
If you're really curious and want to test my hypothesis, keep the car parked, turn off the switch in question, turn the key to accessories position, and try playing a track with heavy bass. Check out your sub in the trunk and see if it's firing. Then try that with the switch on.

If the switch doesn't affect the sub, it's anyone's guess.

He read the manual guys.. He mustve missed page 14 3/4 where it says about the time portal.

But on a serious note.. pics and lets see where those wires go. Maybe it deactivates the AC and makes the car run faster... i got a funny story about that when i sold my integra.. I told buddy that a switch did that and he immediatly spent 3000 on a car i spent 800 on. HAH

Mate WHY?, would you read through the factory manual?..

There is no on-off small red toggle switch that says on and off installed by the factory anywhere in the car, particularly near the clutch pedal..

It IS obviously something the previous owner installed on the car?

^+1 on being an amp switch - it could be there to provide some assistance w/batt life.

honest suggestion:

Check your amp n' sub n' see if everything is still wired up and do as the above stated.

I would think amp and sub as well, but who the hell mounts a kill switch to an amp on the floor next to the clutch?:dunno:

^clearly someone who was too lazy to flip a switch with his hand.

i posted some pics on first my first post. they are with my phone so they kind of suck but better than nothing.

Not stock at all.

It's either an amp switch as stated above, or a toggle for your aux in (looks like an in line fm modulator). If so, it's to turn the modulator on and off so you still get fm reception.

^did you check to see if it does anything to your audio when switched to the 'on' position?

yeah nothing seems to change. when its on or off im just worried if i leave it on and turn my car off it may drain my battery

^well then turn it off...

:eyetwitch

Dude, it's for heavy traffic...to switch between manual and auto. Duh

I probably wouldnt bought the car if it had some Mickey Moused wires like that hanging out.. unless it was a Honda and was free

Thoes Micky mouse wires are hidden behind the carpet and behind the dash had the car for 6 months only found it cuz I was following the wire for that switch

In the amount of time invested in this thread, you could have just followed the wires back to see where they run. Quit being lazy.

That switch could be for anything obviously, but that exact switch is commonly included with wired FM modulators. Maybe someone wanted an AUX in.

It's also included in some remote start systems I've installed. Flip the switch off and the remote start feature is disabled.

I see you've now added a third picture. Of the FM modulator. There's a pair of RCAs somewhere to go with that, likely running into a 3.5mm headphone plug. Find it and you shall have an auxiliary input to your headunit.

So where did the wire come from?:spank:

I'd say this is the most plausible explanation. Find the Aux in plug, tune the radio to teh freq printed on the side of the FM modulator & you have a wired imput to your ipod.

Sweet ill check it out in the morning.. and the wire led to the fm modulator dmedz8

x_x

If you couldnt have supplied that info to begin with, You probably shouldnt be licensed to activate switches. Tune your radio to 88.7 or whatever it says and follow the RCA, plug the cable into your ear and you can broadcast your thoughts.

you could possibly have this...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MAZDA...item4cf514df7d

seeing as how he's already posted a picture of the damn thing and 16 people have already said FM modulator.... I'd say you might be right.

I have one too.

I just used it to go back 48 hours and steal credit for Zoom's 'Time Portal' post!!

....see what I did there?

S

:lol:


I don't know why I do that to you two :)

It happens fairly regularly.

I am from the future. now that you guys have found the little red switch under the dash, I can let you know that in the next RX will get 400 hp/350 torques and 35 mpg... and you can use synthetic oil in it.