I/O switch found behind steering wheel

Plays With Squirrels · June 18th, 2007, 08:28 PM

I was messing around behind the wheel checking fuses and whatnot and noticed this:

If you can't tell, the white cable is severed and I found it already switched off. My cruise control has never worked since I got the car but I never really needed it. Does anyone know if this is the reason?[/img]

ChrisJ · June 18th, 2007, 08:38 PM

Do you have fog lights on your car that dont work?

Plays With Squirrels · June 18th, 2007, 08:41 PM

I thought the GTs don't have fog lights. I have little tiny headlights on the bottom of the front bumper and there's a switch next to my handbrake. Sometimes when I press it, the little orange light on the switch turns on but usually it doesn't. Nothing outside of the car changes though.

ChrisJ · June 18th, 2007, 08:47 PM

Yeah GT's have fog lights...Only the Bullitts didnt...

I have no clue what that could go to...Its just hanging in there? What does the one gray wire go to I see there?

Casper98GT · June 18th, 2007, 08:47 PM

Gt;s do have driving lights. Its some kinda on off switch.

Casper98GT · June 18th, 2007, 08:49 PM

thats funny. Its like an illusion. I didnt see it at first. If i were tripping it would look funky. Looks weird just lookin at the pic.

either way its not factory

Plays With Squirrels · June 18th, 2007, 08:53 PM

It goes to the front of the car in a little black cup-like thing on the left side of the back wall.

ChrisJ · June 18th, 2007, 08:59 PM

Sounds like an alarm...

Any chance of a picture of the cup thing?

Plays With Squirrels · June 18th, 2007, 09:00 PM

Sure, give me a few minutes. Can't promise anything high quality, though.

edit:
This actually came out much better than I thought it would

Casper98GT · June 19th, 2007, 09:28 AM

Keep following it. If it goes to anything they have to lead somewhere.

ChrisJ · June 19th, 2007, 10:45 AM

Yeah keep tracing it...It has to lead to somewhere...Then let us know where it leads to...My guess is it is left overs from neon lights or soemthign of that nature...Prolly leads up to around the battery if my guess is correct...

Its not factory by any sense of the word...

Plays With Squirrels · June 19th, 2007, 11:55 AM

It lead to the driver side headlight in this little box with a Min and Max dial.

ChrisJ · June 19th, 2007, 11:59 AM

Neon Lights...

Its not in anyway shape or form connected to your headlights?

Believe it or not I have seen people try it...

Check under the car for neons...

And get all that "jerry rigged" $hit out of there...

Plays With Squirrels · June 19th, 2007, 12:02 PM

Well, those black and white wires go into my fender and I've never noticed any neon underneath, but then again I wasn't really looking for any. Where are they commonly installed?

ChrisJ · June 19th, 2007, 12:52 PM

Under the car next to the frame rails...

Check where it goes in your fender...Its prolly the ground...Someone prolly had them on the car and then before they sold it they took them off...

Casper98GT · June 19th, 2007, 03:46 PM

haha like i said before....follow the wires.

Plays With Squirrels · June 19th, 2007, 04:28 PM

The black/white wires actually seem to lead into my brights I think. The one next to the blinker. And it also goes to the other side as well.

ChrisJ · June 19th, 2007, 04:33 PM

Strobes...

Take a picture of your headlights for me please and then post it up...

I can bet they are strobes...

Plays With Squirrels · June 19th, 2007, 04:41 PM

Like this?

ChrisJ · June 19th, 2007, 04:43 PM

Cant really see it...

But does the wires actully go to a plug? Are they spliced into the headlights?

I can bet they are stobes...Strobes are little lights that that flash inside your headlights...Mostly for car shows...But ricers use them alot as well...

June 18th, 2007, 08:28 PM	#1
Plays With Squirrels Regular 1996 Mustang GT Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: GA Posts: 61	I/O switch found behind steering wheel I was messing around behind the wheel checking fuses and whatnot and noticed this: If you can't tell, the white cable is severed and I found it already switched off. My cruise control has never worked since I got the car but I never really needed it. Does anyone know if this is the reason?[/img]

June 18th, 2007, 08:38 PM	#2
ChrisJ Hmmm... 2002 Mustang GT SLOW Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Shepherdsville, Kentucky Posts: 15,687	Do you have fog lights on your car that dont work? __________________ My Junk www.myspace.com/cjobe

June 18th, 2007, 08:47 PM	#4
ChrisJ Hmmm... 2002 Mustang GT SLOW Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Shepherdsville, Kentucky Posts: 15,687	Yeah GT's have fog lights...Only the Bullitts didnt... I have no clue what that could go to...Its just hanging in there? What does the one gray wire go to I see there? __________________ My Junk www.myspace.com/cjobe

June 18th, 2007, 08:59 PM	#8
ChrisJ Hmmm... 2002 Mustang GT SLOW Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Shepherdsville, Kentucky Posts: 15,687	Sounds like an alarm... Any chance of a picture of the cup thing? __________________ My Junk www.myspace.com/cjobe

June 19th, 2007, 10:45 AM	#11
ChrisJ Hmmm... 2002 Mustang GT SLOW Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Shepherdsville, Kentucky Posts: 15,687	Yeah keep tracing it...It has to lead to somewhere...Then let us know where it leads to...My guess is it is left overs from neon lights or soemthign of that nature...Prolly leads up to around the battery if my guess is correct... Its not factory by any sense of the word... __________________ My Junk www.myspace.com/cjobe

June 18th, 2007, 08:41 PM	#3
Plays With Squirrels Regular 1996 Mustang GT Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: GA Posts: 61	I thought the GTs don't have fog lights. I have little tiny headlights on the bottom of the front bumper and there's a switch next to my handbrake. Sometimes when I press it, the little orange light on the switch turns on but usually it doesn't. Nothing outside of the car changes though.

June 18th, 2007, 08:53 PM	#7
Plays With Squirrels Regular 1996 Mustang GT Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: GA Posts: 61	It goes to the front of the car in a little black cup-like thing on the left side of the back wall.

June 18th, 2007, 09:00 PM	#9
Plays With Squirrels Regular 1996 Mustang GT Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: GA Posts: 61	Sure, give me a few minutes. Can't promise anything high quality, though. edit: This actually came out much better than I thought it would

June 19th, 2007, 11:55 AM	#12
Plays With Squirrels Regular 1996 Mustang GT Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: GA Posts: 61	It lead to the driver side headlight in this little box with a Min and Max dial.

June 19th, 2007, 11:59 AM	#13
ChrisJ Hmmm... 2002 Mustang GT SLOW Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Shepherdsville, Kentucky Posts: 15,687	Neon Lights... Its not in anyway shape or form connected to your headlights? Believe it or not I have seen people try it... Check under the car for neons... And get all that "jerry rigged" $hit out of there... __________________ My Junk www.myspace.com/cjobe

June 19th, 2007, 12:02 PM	#14
Plays With Squirrels Regular 1996 Mustang GT Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: GA Posts: 61	Well, those black and white wires go into my fender and I've never noticed any neon underneath, but then again I wasn't really looking for any. Where are they commonly installed?

June 19th, 2007, 12:52 PM	#15
ChrisJ Hmmm... 2002 Mustang GT SLOW Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Shepherdsville, Kentucky Posts: 15,687	Under the car next to the frame rails... Check where it goes in your fender...Its prolly the ground...Someone prolly had them on the car and then before they sold it they took them off... __________________ My Junk www.myspace.com/cjobe

June 19th, 2007, 04:28 PM	#17
Plays With Squirrels Regular 1996 Mustang GT Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: GA Posts: 61	The black/white wires actually seem to lead into my brights I think. The one next to the blinker. And it also goes to the other side as well.

June 19th, 2007, 04:33 PM	#18
ChrisJ Hmmm... 2002 Mustang GT SLOW Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Shepherdsville, Kentucky Posts: 15,687	Strobes... Take a picture of your headlights for me please and then post it up... I can bet they are strobes... __________________ My Junk www.myspace.com/cjobe

June 19th, 2007, 04:41 PM	#19
Plays With Squirrels Regular 1996 Mustang GT Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: GA Posts: 61	Like this?

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June 19th, 2007, 04:43 PM	#20
ChrisJ Hmmm... 2002 Mustang GT SLOW Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Shepherdsville, Kentucky Posts: 15,687	Cant really see it... But does the wires actully go to a plug? Are they spliced into the headlights? I can bet they are stobes...Strobes are little lights that that flash inside your headlights...Mostly for car shows...But ricers use them alot as well... __________________ My Junk www.myspace.com/cjobe