Toggle switch on S3 console - What is it for?

charles D M said:

What is that toggle switch for?



-Charles

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whatever it is, it is not a factory fitted option, looks like some aftermarket switch. Could be just about anything I guess.

Jeroen

I think you are right, but I do see it on other examples as well, but different toggle switches.

Example:
https://bringatrailer.com/wp-conten...9678236803d7413fc13DSCN0329.jpg?fit=2048,1536

Thanks for the advice!

As for the power mirror toggle, yep, I'm sourcing some options this weekend. Ash tray, radio, gauges not working: so many other issues like this need to get worked out. Hopefully the next time I post an interior shot, it will be dramatically better. 🤞

On my 84, that hole in the center is for a thumbscrew which holds something in place near the ashtray- I can't remember exactly what now and I'm 100 miles from my car, but I can check it in a few days. No switch there.

My 84 is different from your setup. On my car the end of the console is a cap held on by a thumbscrew which goes in the center hole.

I think someone mentioned it, but on my 86 that is the toggle switch for the power mirrors.

charles D M said:

I newly acquired a 1988 S3 with an interior that is in moderately rough shape. There is a hole in between the side view mirror adjuster and the cigarette lighter. I've seen in some pictures a toggle switch there.

What is that toggle switch for?

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Here is an example of a similar car with a toggle switch there:
https://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1988_alfa-romeo_spider_IMG_5831-1-11387.jpg?fit=1512,2016

Sorry if this is posted in the wrong place. I'm a bit new here.

-Charles

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I don’t think the hole is factory but that is exactly where I placed a toggle switch so I could turn on my factory cooling fan in front of the radiator. I have AC and I like to be able to manually kick that fan on when the AC isn’t running if the temp starts creeping up while I’m in traffic.
I also have the sensor on the shroud that is supposed to automatically turn on the fan but it never seems to come on when I think it would.

the toggle I used was from an earlier S2 I believe so it has the appearance of a factory switch like the first BAT link you posted.
you could put any sort of toggle there for all types of accessories.