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cegan09 · Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 71 Location: Mass

Question about the switches by the gear shift. There is a row behind the gear shift (close to cassette box) that looks to have 4 holes for switches. I only have 2, and 2 holes. From what i remember (i'm at work) i have one for the rear windshield wiper, and one for selecting what mirror is being moved. My question is what are the other 2 holes for? Were they nothing, or am i missing switches?

P.S. car is a 1987 924s.
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Chrenan · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 3903 Location: Canada

There should be "fake" switches to fill the holes.
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gohim · Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 4459 Location: Rialto, CA

Optional Headlight Washers, and (1) Spare. I stuffed the "Valet" Switch for my alarm system in the Spare hole.

cegan09 · Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 71 Location: Mass

thank you. fakes or plugs or whatever was there must have just fallen out. I'm sure i'll find something to fill them with.
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Druman · Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 419 Location: Middleport, Ohio

Haha, check under your seats, tha's where I always seem to find those little blanks. Or you could just add a subwoofer and put a switch to turn your amp on and off, like I did

7osh
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NBRettie18 · Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:13 pm Post subject:

my 924S has really weird what appear to be broken switches one moving left and right the other moving forward and back and have cables coming out of them. i think the previous owner might have installed them because there is also what appears to be a 9 volt dc outlet or something. i will take pictures of it tomorrow because i've been wondering for some time what the heck they are.
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cegan09 · Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 71 Location: Mass

924guy · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:43 am Post subject:

four holes, four switches for optional accessories: side power mirror select, rear wiper , headlight washer, and i think the last one was for the rear fog light switch.
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Druman · Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 419 Location: Middleport, Ohio

Rear fog light? Never heard of that. Anyone have any pics of this?

7osh
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Paul · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:03 am Post subject:

We all have them, but there's no bulb installed. Take a look at your rear tail light and you will see a space for it.
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Druman · Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 419 Location: Middleport, Ohio

I think I know what you're talking about, but then again I'm not exactly sure, I know that we have backup lights and under that is an extra lense, but it's red, and that wouldn't make much sence to be used as a fog light. Like I said, I'm not really sure.

7osh
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85' 944 "early" NA (Red) 130K miles

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Smoothie · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:51 am Post subject:

I think the OE position for the foglight switch was up near the cig lighter. It would be a larger switch and lighted.
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Druman · Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 419 Location: Middleport, Ohio

Yeah, my 944 has a foglight switch right there, but I'm still a little confused about this whole rear foglight thing, haha.

7osh
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87' 924S non-sunroof (Red) 45K miles
85' 944 "early" NA (Red) 130K miles

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Smoothie · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:18 pm Post subject:

I believe a rear foglight is required in some European countries though I'm not seeing it in the wiring diagrams. The front foglights are shown with the switch and relay and the common sense thing to do by my definition of what's reasonable would be to add the rear foglight/s to the fronts' circuitry. -But this may be another application of seemingly counterintuitive German car electrical engineering - they may well have wired the rear foglight through a seperate switch.
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Paul · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:22 pm Post subject:

It's under the back up light. Only the driver's side is lit. The idea is to help drivers approaching from the rear to be able to see you quicker.
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