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Old Jan 3, 2010 | 09:32 AM
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I'm sure someone knows what the small red light under the sun visor on the passengers side is, I can't find any info in the manual.
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it is an ambient interior light.....its been covers thousands of times
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Find the section in your manual for reading lamps and you will find the following:

"An ambient light is located in the passenger sun visor
clip. This light stays on while driving to keep the
cabin from being too dark."

It was called a wash light. The light is actually amber. Worth noting in anticipation of the next question that may arise is that the feature was deleted in February of 2008, on the 2008 model year cars.

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Thanks I looked thru the manual but didn't see it AND when I searched I got 221 threads and still missed it. My vet doesn't have one and we usually drive mine at night.
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Thanks I looked thru the manual but didn't see it AND when I searched I got 221 threads and still missed it. My vet doesn't have one and we usually drive mine at night.
If you have a 2009 (or 2010) ZR1 (just checked your profile, sorry) not only do you not have the light, it also isn't in your owners manual. As noted above, the light was deleted during the 2008 model year so for 2009 it has vanished all together.

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Love the light. I have one and takes back to the vans with **** carpeting, port hole windows mood lighting ect. "If this van is a rock'n dont bother knocking"
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Originally Posted by Metraman
I'm sure someone knows what the small red light under the sun visor on the passengers side is, I can't find any info in the manual.
Thanks
Just curious, but C6 ZR1s don't have the light. So what exactly are you seeing ?

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Originally Posted by JERGENSENLS3
Just curious, but C6 ZR1s don't have the light. So what exactly are you seeing ?
My wife has a C6 that we leave in Florida. You see now right.
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Nothing like a little nostalgia. I miss this question being asked 3 times a week since the lights been eliminated.
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if u want the light u can get it put in i believe Gene at GM parts house can get the parts for you u just have to be wiling for someone to rip open ur corvette
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Originally Posted by talon90
If you have a 2009 (or 2010) ZR1 (just checked your profile, sorry) not only do you not have the light, it also isn't in your owners manual. As noted above, the light was deleted during the 2008 model year so for 2009 it has vanished all together.
Has anyone definitively determined if the wiring is still in place so that this can be added? Hoping it is for 2011 MY.
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