What's that button supposed to be?? (missing the option for it, I assume)

This is 99 GLE

 

I took that out and put a switch for my ricey WIndow washer LED's

 

i am pretty sure it's for diming the interior/dash/radio lights.

 

That is where my Traction Control Switch is located.

 

So did I . . . I don't know if any cars have a switch there stock. . . Could be wrong though.

 

That's what I mounted my phone holder to...

 

Yup. That's what it is in my car

DW

 

I used that space to wire a button for one of my neons.

 

Yeah......well.......I used that for my nitrous setup, but now I am re-doing everything and I have an empty hole in my dash.....

 

the switch for dimming the lights is a little dial either on the instrument penel or right below it...i cant remember. the area is not a button, but rather just an area Nissan left for aftermarket additions, like the poeple above have done. as far as i know, it has no original purpose.

 

Grrrrrrr TRACTION CONTROL Thats where the switch to toggle it on and off is located. If you don't have Traction Control, then you don't have a switch there.

 

~9 responces and only one that answered the question and was correct (njmax). Anyway, it is the traction control for certain Maxes and it is also the fuel door release for certain I30s.

 

I forgot about the fuel door, my buddies 98 I30 has the electric fuel door switch there. Messed me up big time when I borrowed his car and had to get gas. Man did I look like a fool trying to open the fuel door that day.

 

I didn't know you could get traction control on the US vehicles. nymax...is yours a Canadian SE-L, or the American SE? What package is Traction Control a part of? Thanks!

 

My SE-L has every option Nissan had in it. The Traction Control system may have been part of the Limited Leather Package that came with some SE-Limited models. The Leather is perforated in the center sections on SE Limited editions. My car is also a California Emissions car, which I don't like being I live in New Jersey.

 

Does the traction control work pretty well? I live out in Colorado - we don't get the snow that you do, but every once in awhile we'll get a crazy blizzard. I ask because I'm looking to buy a 97-99 Max (5 speed, of course) and am not sure which options are worthwhile. Thanks!

 

I don't think traction control was available with 5 speeds in the 4th gen

DW

 

Traction control was not offered in 95. I have a 95 GLE and have the exact same thing. How do you explain that?

It is just an empty pop-out that people normally use for aftermarket add-ons.

The traction control was put in that spot later years due to the fact that it was left empty before (convinience). The car design back in 95 did not have this as an option, so therefore I doubt very seriously that the engineers were thinking that far ahead.

 

Sure they were, that's why it's there man.

 

Took em that long to realize you answered it in the 4th post...because nobody read it and just posted like I doin right now .

 

I bet the button is for traction control, but maybe it wasn't available on US models. In my mom's 93 camry, there is a button cover (next to 2 other buttons) on the right of the steering column that serves no purpose - my mom's car was fully decked out. I found out years later that it was for heated seats, an option that was available on Canadian cars, since the US and CAN cars were built at the same US plant.

 

thanks for the answers guys, helps to know. Always seeking more knowledge about my new ride.