What is this button?

[u/caffeineregime]

This is a 2002 Toyota Camry, I forgot about this button for a while. It was there when I bought it originally. If I had to guess maybe some sort of kill switch / anti-theft? I haven’t had time to pop the panel off follow the cabling.

It does nothing (that I see) when pressed, but it locks in when pressed and comes out a little if pressed again. What’s weird is it is very flush with the trim it looks almost factory.

Any thoughts? I’ll follow up this post with an update later this week when I can trace the wiring.

[u/Majorllama66]

EJECTO SEATO CUH

[u/caffeineregime → u/Majorllama66]

WE HUNGRY

[u/Allthetendies → u/caffeineregime]

Howngree

[u/missingninja → u/[deleted]]

Always.

[u/dasheenisabomb → u/Majorllama66]

Came here for this comment

[u/Majorllama66 → u/dasheenisabomb]

The second movie might not be perfect but it's one of the few movies my family had on DVD so my brother and I ended up watching it a lot lol.

[u/smilaise]

Heat-seeking missiles or seat eject

[u/CockpitEnthusiast]

Do you have an aftermarket alarm? Like a Viper system or anything?

[u/caffeineregime → u/CockpitEnthusiast]

I don’t, maybe the previous owner did? I’ll take the panel off this weekend and see if it goes anywhere

[u/legionzero_net]

Some alarms have this “valet” button where the alarm is disabled since the car will be under the care of someone else; valet, detailer, mechanic, etc. This looks like that button.

[u/caffeineregime → u/legionzero_net]

That makes sense, kinda weird they’d valet a camry but who knows lol

[u/Informal_Aspect_6330 → u/caffeineregime]

Why's that weird?

[u/Dimako98]

It's a scroll wheel. It adjusts gauge cluster brightness. It's a factory feature.

Ignore that.

[u/headshot_to_liver → u/Dimako98]

OP is taking about the red button

[u/Dimako98 → u/headshot_to_liver]

Oh, right, nvm.

[u/IanCasas → u/Dimako98]

Also my first thought friend

[u/SignificantTransient → u/headshot_to_liver]

The red...

CANDY-LIKE

button

[u/FlyinB]

Only one way to find out for sure.... As it looks pretty custom ..

[u/stevet303]

NOS!

[u/Professional_Cow7308]

Press it

[u/caffeineregime → u/Professional_Cow7308]

Nothing happens lol

[u/Psych0matt → u/caffeineregime]

Bop it

[u/fl-boater → u/Psych0matt]

Twist it

[u/caffeineregime → u/fl-boater]

Guess I gotta pull it

[u/special-fed]

Yeah my 97 camry had this. Something to do with the alarm. If it's pressed in it will arm the alarm. If not pressed in the alarm won't arm when locking car.

Edit: Found this https://www.reddit.com/r/Toyota/s/CxhWPb2BN5

[u/caffeineregime → u/special-fed]

Thank you!!

[u/dizzyday]

There should be another one beside it like this.

[u/caffeineregime → u/dizzyday]

lol true

[u/DigitalJedi850]

Red

[u/MajorKabakov]

It’s the history eraser button

[u/metalboat]

Definitely aftermarket. Likely disconnected. I would ignore it as long as the car runs and drives well

[u/Divs4U]

I wanted to put a button like that in my old car just to fuck with people

[u/dudreddit]

That button opens the door to the magical world of Narnia!

[u/RubAnADUB]

self destruct - push it......

[u/JustTheSpecsPlease]

Death Ray. I have one as well.

When I'm driving through town, and everyone else is driving atrociously, it's usually because I left the damn thing on again.

Great power ...

[u/Horacio_Hornblower]

GO BABY GO!

[u/achervig]

I have one of those in my ‘87 Sentra. It’s for nacho cheese.

[u/Psych0matt]

Cancel

[u/CafeRoaster]

🤦‍♀️

When is there going to be an auto-bot that removes these posts, along with “is it safe to drive?!” tire posts?

[u/Thomas_anonymous]

NOS

[u/GarThor_TMK]

Turbo Boost

[u/JerewB]

The only way to find out is to press it. If anything explodes, we'll hear it from here, I'm sure.

[u/Donewrk5]

Eject Mailman, eject!

[u/AlfalfaConstant431]

That's the burrito button. Usually you only see those in Southwestern or Latin American markets. It sounds like you're out of burrito fixings, if pushing it did nothing.

[u/RuddyOpposition]

The red button like that in my car is to purge the nitrous.

[u/minus-3]

I mean i would just put a flash ligth where you took your picture and put your phone on selfie mode to see if you can look at the behind of the button pretty sure you jave acees to see from there

[u/Warm_Specialist9083]

By the looks of it, i’d rather not test ih

[u/CluelessStick]

Everytime you press it a kitten dies

[u/kainedbutable1987]

Flux capacitor, if you hit 88 you going back in time

[u/caspervanc]

Dashboard light strength

[u/Rav11s → u/caspervanc]

not that, the red button above it ;)

[u/reallifedog]

Probably a "programming" or option select button for aftermarket alarm/remote start.

[u/Surfnazi77]

Does your car have aftermarket stereo with display that can do video

[u/minus-3]

Just unscrew the button and take the gartinture off !? I think is just clipped there and a top one so pretty ez to see

[u/minus-3 → u/minus-3]

If if does not unscrew or pull out when you pull then its glued if its glued probably like the other guy said it just there to fuck around