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Discussion in '360/430' started by lee_, Oct 15, 2011.

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  1. lee_

    lee_ Rookie

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    #1 lee_, Oct 15, 2011
    08 spyder, I cant figure out what the 2 blue lights on each side of the vin stamp on my steering wheel are for? When I open my door to get in I can here a pump priming is that the fuel pump or the f1 pump. Thanks, Lee
     
  2. HH11

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    #2 HH11, Oct 15, 2011
    Do you have radar in the car? I have an 07 an there aren't any blue lights on either side of the vin stamp.
     
  3. steelej

    steelej Formula Junior

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    #3 steelej, Oct 15, 2011
    When you open the door it's the F1 pump priming the system.

    John.
     
  4. SfefVan

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    #4 SfefVan, Oct 15, 2011
    Could you figure out how these blue lights are behaving, when do they light up, do they flash? Maybe a shift light?
     
  5. lee_

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    #5 lee_, Oct 15, 2011
    I cant get them to do anything, I guess they are not factory.
     
  6. m.roberts

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    #6 m.roberts, Oct 16, 2011
    I suspect the lights are for a built in radar. There is likely an on/off switch hidden somewhere that turns the system on.

    Can you not talk to the previous owner to find these details??
     
  7. TheDuke

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    #7 TheDuke, Oct 16, 2011
    I saw a Ferrari today (I think it was a 599) with the two blue "lights". The vin plate was missing so I assumed that the vin plate attached to them and that was their only purpose. I didn't think they were lights though.
     
  8. porcupine

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    #8 porcupine, Oct 16, 2011
    can you post a photo so thatwe see what you are talking about. I do nothave any blue lights either.
     
  9. pmotoring

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    #9 pmotoring, Oct 17, 2011
    Any photos please...
     
  10. tiresrus

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    #10 tiresrus, Jun 14, 2016
    Anyone figure out the blue lights? Just bought a 2006 F430 as well, and it has them. They come on when you turn the ignition switch to on when everything is cycling through the pre-start checks. Then they go out and don't come back on, at least not that I have noticed.
     

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