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What does the "POWER" dash light mean?

BenA31

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S13Deviat Grand Master

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Mate mine does that to. Flashes for a few seconds then turns off. I think it has something to do with the fact that it's no longer auto (assuming u had the auto-manual converstion). You should have a button on the center console, behind the handbrake, that has the different 'power' options. If you flick it to 'power' option it will light up the power option on ur dash. Pretty much, when it was an auto this option would hold the gear longer before the auto transmission would select the next gear, giving u more power. Since it is no longer auto, this feature is no longer valid, thus I THINK why it flashes, stating it isn't working.

Once again don't quote me on this, i am a newbie when it comes to these thing, only had the cefiro since Friday. Also i think it is the same deal with the HICAS light which is below the dash to left of steering wheel. Mine is constantly ON, due to the fact that the HICAS has been disabled.......

My 2 cents

Ando

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cheers, yeah i was also thinking along the same lines as mine was also previously auto. although no power button on centre console :confused: , guessing that the centre console has been replaced with a proper manual one in my case. but in the middle of the dash where the old auto selector lights are it says O/D (overdrive), so basically they had an overdrive, hold and power function i'm guessing.

and up also got that HICAS light coming on due to my lock bar. (although i've since put a piece of black electrical tape over it)

S13Deviat Grand Master

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Its definately to do with the auto transmission....as mentioned, i for some reason still have the switch that would of been used to activate/deactivate this power option. It has 3 setting...snow/normal/power....obviously snow would retard the revs, normal well yeah normal, and power makin the gears rev longer. When i flick this switch to power, it lights up on the dash, flick it back to normal and it goes.......

When i catch up with you sometime CC i'll show you.

I really think it is just a feature thats is useless once the manual conversion is done....

Mr Eps Grand Master

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yep the feature does nothing once the manual conversion is done, all it means is the auto trans revs higher before it changes gear, A lot of cars have that including commodores,

basically it switches on when you first start the car because it's the engine / gearbox / ecu getting ready and programmed itself etc,

same as to why on cars your oil light will come on for the first few secs of starting,

it's the dash's way of saying "hey i have no oil!... oh wait, my mistake, there IS oil just not warmed up, i get it now, i'll take the light away"

or in this case...

"hey you just started the car let me get my gearbox groove on, ok it's fine now i see you started the car i take the light away"

nothing to be afraid of. i hope

jaik Mentor

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Actually its the dash saying "Konichiwa! this oil light is indicating that the shitty factory pressure sensor hasnt actually registered that theres pressure yet... I recommend getting an aftermarket oil pressure guage. Oh wait heres the signal now... Good bye".

sky80 Rising Star

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(although i've since put a piece of black electrical tape over it)

that shit's funny...electrical tape fixes all your troubles...a mate's r33 was pretty much held together by that shit...oh and cable ties too...

take out the dash surround (3screws) then remove the dash (4screws) take off the light bulb that's in the slot for power/hicas or what ever other thing you dont wanna see...while you're at it, put elec tape over the auto gear position thingy your know the (P R N D 2 1) :thumbsup: easy fix :cheers:

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