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Hello all.
Was just browsing in the glovebox of my calais and noticed a lock under tge dash side and next to the boot release button.
Does anybody kniw what its for ive never seen one before and my key dont fit to see what it does lol.
Also this is in wrong section i know.
Cheers
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Dunno.it looks like a door lock or similar in size.
Will post pic up later
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pretty sure there was a lock in the glovebox for the factory alarm in the calais
im sure there was a thread about it a few months back here somewhere
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^^correct, it's the key switch for isolating the factory alarm
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Cool.
Didnt see them in any of my old calais.is it the ignition key that operates it?
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no. its a different key. its red in colour
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mine have black plastic on them? not red at all
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i think from factory they were silver possibly with black plastic on the top
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13-02-12, 20:19 GMT+10 #10 Most painful thing ever put into a VL. Best of cutting both the pink wires off it and soldering them together. They bugger up and cut power to the ecu
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