What am I missing here - Button below gear shift
What am I missing here - Button below gear shift I just bought this 97 Trans Am and I'm not sure what button belongs here, look like the top of it got ripped off somehow. Traction Control?
I believe that would be a switch for sport mode (or something to that effect) for the transmission. I have seen that on some LT1 cars. It's not for TCS, my car has that and the switch is on a panel in place of that little cubby to the left of the cigarette lighter.
Just curious, do you know if you have 2.73 or 3.23 gears? You can tell by looking at the RPO code sticker on your driver's door. If you see code GU2 in there it is 2.73, if you see GU5 it's 3.23.
Just curious, do you know if you have 2.73 or 3.23 gears? You can tell by looking at the RPO code sticker on your driver's door. If you see code GU2 in there it is 2.73, if you see GU5 it's 3.23.
Seriously, that's all it is, a transmission "sport mode" button?
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I can't say for sure that it's a sport mode button, I'm just guessing. Does the button still work? Try turning it on and see if it shifts differently.
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I dont think it is the sport mode button, I think it might actually be the 2nd gear start button. Some of the older GM cars used an actual button where the newer ones now just lock into 2nd when you pull the shifter back to the "2" position.
I'm pretty sure my manual showed that 2nd gear start was only an option on V6 F-bodies and not the V8s.
The drivers seat has some sort of seat cover/pad on it, I think it was mostly to cover the ugly rips in the seat.
I'll try and get a better picture of the button. The previous owner said the guy that be bought it from might have put an alarm in it, and maybe that was installed with it for some reason...
I'll try and get a better picture of the button. The previous owner said the guy that be bought it from might have put an alarm in it, and maybe that was installed with it for some reason...
