Red button under steering wheel
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Red button under steering wheel
I have a 2011 Evo X MR and I don't know what this red button does. I know it's not stock and when I press it the light goes out above it. When the car turns on the red light blinks until the car is done booting everything up. I feel wires going straight up the dash from it, but I don't know where they lead to. No it is not the interior lights, I installed those.
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It doesn' have aftermarket security features. I don' know if it' a quincident or not but I just pushed it while driving home. Now the car is misfiring and service engine light is on. Sounds like another bad spark plug.
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Sounds like map switching button then. You probably have tephra mod with external map switch.
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what's a map button and why would it throw a spark plug after just replacing them 2000 miles ago?
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So I just found the first owners information. The button come with the AFR and boost gauge but he said he never touched it so he doesn't know exactly what it's for. It also has thrown a spark plug twice within two months. The first time it happened it was the stock plug, the second time I had the wrong plug which was a month ago. Now i have the right plugs and it started misfiring just now when I turned it on. I'e only put 2000 miles on it since I changed the plugs to the correct ones. Is it where I've been starting it in negative degree weather or is it related to the button that goes with the air fuel ratio button? The owner said it never threw a plug for him but he also never touched that button. I don' know why it would start throwing plugs now.
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So I just found the first owners information. The button come with the AFR and boost gauge but he said he never touched it so he doesn't know exactly what it's for. It also has thrown a spark plug twice within two months. The first time it happened it was the stock plug, the second time I had the wrong plug which was a month ago. Now i have the right plugs and it started misfiring just now when I turned it on. I'e only put 2000 miles on it since I changed the plugs to the correct ones. Is it where I've been starting it in negative degree weather or is it related to the button that goes with the air fuel ratio button? The owner said it never threw a plug for him but he also never touched that button. I don' know why it would start throwing plugs now.
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So I just found the first owners information. The button come with the AFR and boost gauge but he said he never touched it so he doesn't know exactly what it's for. It also has thrown a spark plug twice within two months. The first time it happened it was the stock plug, the second time I had the wrong plug which was a month ago. Now i have the right plugs and it started misfiring just now when I turned it on. I'e only put 2000 miles on it since I changed the plugs to the correct ones. Is it where I've been starting it in negative degree weather or is it related to the button that goes with the air fuel ratio button? The owner said it never threw a plug for him but he also never touched that button. I don' know why it would start throwing plugs now.
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The original owner said it was tuned at 20,000 miles. I have 52,000 on it right now.
The car has 3 inch intercooler with aluminum piping. Burshur downpipe with a girls exhaust and it' tuned at 325hp with 350 in torque to the real wheels. He didn' have cats on it when he had it but the dealer went and put them back on. I don' know if that would make a huge difference.
The button I was asking about is to re-calibrated the AFR so you don' have to use a computer. When I had a bad spark plug last month the car didn' have any power to it. I have all my power right now it just sounds rough. I'm wondering if it's a bad coil.
Also it had the HKS M40XL plugs when I changed them. I put the NGK Laser iridim plugs on it. They have been on for about 1500 miles roughly.
The car has 3 inch intercooler with aluminum piping. Burshur downpipe with a girls exhaust and it' tuned at 325hp with 350 in torque to the real wheels. He didn' have cats on it when he had it but the dealer went and put them back on. I don' know if that would make a huge difference.
The button I was asking about is to re-calibrated the AFR so you don' have to use a computer. When I had a bad spark plug last month the car didn' have any power to it. I have all my power right now it just sounds rough. I'm wondering if it's a bad coil.
Also it had the HKS M40XL plugs when I changed them. I put the NGK Laser iridim plugs on it. They have been on for about 1500 miles roughly.
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The original owner said it was tuned at 20,000 miles. I have 52,000 on it right now.
The car has 3 inch intercooler with aluminum piping. Burshur downpipe with a borla exhaust and it' tuned at 325hp with 350 in torque to the real wheels. He didn' have cats on it when he had it but the dealer went and put them back on. I don' know if that would make a huge difference.
The button I was asking about is to re-calibrated the AFR so you don' have to use a computer. When I had a bad spark plug last month the car didn' have any power to it. I have all my power right now it just sounds rough. I'm wondering if it's a bad coil.
Also it had the HKS M40XL plugs when I changed them. I put the NGK Laser iridim plugs on it. They have been on for about 1500 miles roughly.
The car has 3 inch intercooler with aluminum piping. Burshur downpipe with a borla exhaust and it' tuned at 325hp with 350 in torque to the real wheels. He didn' have cats on it when he had it but the dealer went and put them back on. I don' know if that would make a huge difference.
The button I was asking about is to re-calibrated the AFR so you don' have to use a computer. When I had a bad spark plug last month the car didn' have any power to it. I have all my power right now it just sounds rough. I'm wondering if it's a bad coil.
Also it had the HKS M40XL plugs when I changed them. I put the NGK Laser iridim plugs on it. They have been on for about 1500 miles roughly.