Delete the "European Parking Light Function?"
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Racer
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Delete the "European Parking Light Function?"
The European parking light function bugs me, where the turn signal says on solid when the turn signal stalk is left up or down with the ignition off.
I think I read that snipping the green wire in the ignition will kill this "feecher."
I don't want to snip the wrong wire, when I look up under the dash there does not seem to be any green wires coming out of the ignition switch itself, but there is a white plastic plug with one red wire and one green wire that looks as though it is plugged into the steering-column side of the ignition switch.
Is that the correct green wire to snip?
I think I read that snipping the green wire in the ignition will kill this "feecher."
I don't want to snip the wrong wire, when I look up under the dash there does not seem to be any green wires coming out of the ignition switch itself, but there is a white plastic plug with one red wire and one green wire that looks as though it is plugged into the steering-column side of the ignition switch.
Is that the correct green wire to snip?
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Rainman
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look at the wiring diagrams and see where the wires run, maybe you could swap the flasher relay for one with an ignition-on pin?
btw i was in agoura yesterday, i moved to the valley a few months ago. would love to check out your swap sometime.
btw i was in agoura yesterday, i moved to the valley a few months ago. would love to check out your swap sometime.
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Burning Brakes
I didn't realize this was an actual feature and not just a weird consequence of the blinker design. It killed my battery while I was at work last week, I couldn't figure out how to turn the damn thing off.
#5
Racer
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Because it's a "feature" I will never, ever use, and I have too often accidentally left the turn signal on when I park the car thus draining the battery. I have a really small, light battery in my car, and it gets drained easily. So, no upside to having it, and plenty of downside.
#6
Racer
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The car is at my biz in Tarzana every day, come on by!
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#8
Racer
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Arominus, I did indeed pull the chime, it yelled at me every time I opened the door, regardless of whether the turn signal was on or not. Sounds like you're saying it's not supposed to do that.
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Its very useful for parking on road like this
Last edited by Voith; 11-18-2013 at 05:34 PM.
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I had some wiring issues I was working on and discovered this ' feature', I just assumed this was another wiring screw up.
1987 Red 944 N/A *** NOTE- I probably posted from my iPad, please excuse any typos, bad punctuation or odd grammar, if it is unreadable, it probably was posted from my iPhone.
1987 Red 944 N/A *** NOTE- I probably posted from my iPad, please excuse any typos, bad punctuation or odd grammar, if it is unreadable, it probably was posted from my iPhone.
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Racer
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Hi all, so does anyone know if this is the correct green wire to cut? "white plastic plug with one red wire and one green wire that looks as though it is plugged into the steering-column side of the ignition switch."
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I never had issues with it, I was told about it when I bought the car. I had known from previous experience with bmw's but always thought it was bmw specific. I never used the feature either.
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Burning Brakes
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So here we have "Neunhundard vierundvierzig" or "Neun Vier Vier." The "proper way" to say "944" is the former and the narrator is probably doing such... as it's his job to say stuff properly.