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I just purchased a 2000 C5 and I can't figure out what the button on my center console is for. It has a dash and circle on it. I looked through the manual and couldn't find it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Post a picture. The center console has a traction control button, but it doesn't have a circle and a dash on it.
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Whatever you do, don't push it while the motor is running.
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Could that be the ejection seat button?
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Post a picture. The center console has a traction control button, but it doesn't have a circle and a dash on it.
It's right next to the Traction control button.
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Could that be the ejection seat button?
Let me get my wife and try it out...lol
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Does it click three times when you turn the ****?
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Are you talking about the "airbag off" light?
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Originally Posted by 65GGvert
Are you talking about the "airbag off" light?
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No, it doesn't look like that. It's a little bigger and there is anything about the airbag written there. I'll try and get a picture of it.
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Does it click three times when you turn the ****?
It's not a ****. It's a button.
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Sounds like it's been added. The circle with a dash is a generic symbol for an off/on switch. You'll have to follow the wires to see what it goes to, unless something comes on when you push it. Nitrous?
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A pic would certainly help.
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Originally Posted by 65GGvert
Sounds like it's been added. The circle with a dash is a generic symbol for an off/on switch. You'll have to follow the wires to see what it goes to, unless something comes on when you push it. Nitrous?
Nitrous...I wish
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I'll take a photo tomorrow...Thanks for trying though.
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Does it look like an aftermarket add-in to the console? Is it actually an on-off push button or a rocker-type switch?
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Maybe somebody added heated seats?
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Does it look like an aftermarket add-in to the console? Is it actually an on-off push button or a rocker-type switch?
It looks like factory not added on. It is a round rocker switch.

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Originally Posted by always1961
It looks like factory not added on. It is a round rocker switch.

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Lots of us use this location for various modifications that require switches. That location is where I placed two switches for seat heaters.

The easy way to check if it is a mod is to pop the panel off - it takes only slight upward pressure and look from below. IF the switch is drilled through other components in that location, it is definitely an add on.
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