G6Et Mystery Red Button & Unusual Colour Combo

[nick d]

^^^LOL

Maybe it was meant to have a start button?

[mcinnes]

I have an 08 G6E T, and I can't see any red button on the steering column :S

[mcinnes]

Could it be an immobiliser? Like... Maybe there is something In the key (actual physical key flippy thing) that has to line up or it doesn't work?

[GunnerGetYa]

Cheers for the thoughts and comments.

I'll grab a photo of it, just gotta wait for the mrs to get home from work as it's her daily drive, sigh.

One remote does have a very loud high pitch 'BEEP BEEP' when locking and a long 'BEEEEP' when unlocking, so loud that I feel sorry for the unsuspecting pedestrian standing in front of the car not expecting it. I've had a look for an aftermarket alarm module as a previous car had a button hidden, found nothing and puzzled as to why if it was, its only a few inches from the key barrel.

After posting last night I thought it may be a bi-modal exhaust control to flip a butterfly or something as the exhaust note is fairly deep (makes the cylinder cut-out sound like a v8 supercar hitting the limiter :sungum: ). Unfortunately I've never been near or in another G6ET or XR6T to know whether its standard.

And haven't found a NOS bottle yet either haha

I only have an address of it's first owner and doubt dealer would hook me up with a phone number.

[wombatG6ET]

Maybe it's a GPS tracking device Keep track of the mrs to see if she is smashing the boost

Edited 03/01/13 07:31 AM by wombatG6ET

[GunnerGetYa]

Had a light tug and a pull at the wire, came out attached to nothing. Looks like a clean break too as if it had been cut. Looks like I'm going to have to track down old owners details. Oh well.

Had a fiddle with the 'alarm settings' in console on other key and looks to be normal setting for these cars to produce a loud beep to confirm alarm.

Will let you know when I find out!

[JVK]

Firstly welcome to the forum, Once here you will never leave.

Secondly the Red button is for your Misses, Ejector seat.

Have fun.

[Michael.S]

  On 02/01/2013 at 12:32 PM, Slightly Inebriated Panda said:

Red button is for the nitrous setup.. I saw it in fast and furious movies..

That's what I was thinking

Colour is beautiful + adds to it's "sleeper value". no offence to your photography skills but they look in even better in the flesh.

[tab]

Could engage police mode?

In the gramps-spec all your dash/icc settings and driver seat and side mirror positions are recalled separately for each key. Assuming it's the factory alarm, if you want to engage the alert tones on the second key then whack it in your ignition and go to the same settings screen to change it.

[wa g6et]

Was told the pedal adjustment button is normally where that red button is, yours looks like it's on the dash.

If you have adjustable pedals then you also have the perimeter alarm fitted(part of a package). My car doesn't beep when I lock or unlock, is this something I can set via the ICC or maybe it's part of the perimeter alarm upgrade?