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Aug 15, 2006 | 01:24 PM

#21

xviper

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Originally Posted by PoLe_PoSiTiOn,Aug 15 2006, 12:24 PM

i know my 2001 integra had a button that sounds like what you are talking about. it would clear CELs from what i remember.

The S2000 has no such button. CELs are cleared another way.

Aug 15, 2006 | 01:31 PM

#22

S2000GT

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Originally Posted by thats_mr_2_u,Aug 15 2006, 01:05 PM

I have this button underneath the driverside dash....it's just a small lil black buttion don't know what it does though....does anyone else have it and if so what the hell is it for??

Aug 15, 2006 | 01:36 PM

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r_duff

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i got my 03 new. im confident its the OEM honda alarm kill switch.

Aug 15, 2006 | 01:49 PM

#24

dolebludger

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From: Durango, Colorado

I have an '01 AP 1 also, with no such button. But I have a theory as to what it could be. For '01, only two options were offered (other than the hard top). One option was a multi disk CD changer (I passed, as I hate working those things) and a passenger side "air bag defeat" switch for those wishing to carry infants and small children (on which I passed -- no small kids, thank God). It is my theory that your car IS equipped with the "air bag defeat" option, and this button is part of it.

Thanks,
Richard

Aug 15, 2006 | 02:20 PM

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whitetiger777

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My 00 has one to, pressed it a couple times...nothing.

Aug 15, 2006 | 02:57 PM

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aronparsons

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Originally Posted by centralcoastbuc,Aug 15 2006, 12:25 PM

It is installed with the Honda alarm system. If you don't use the key or remote to open the door and the alarm goes off, you put the key in the ignition and push this button to disable the alarm.

Yep. I had to use it a few times when my alarm remote was acting stupid.

Aug 15, 2006 | 02:59 PM

#27

xviper

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Originally Posted by dolebludger,Aug 15 2006, 03:49 PM

It is my theory that your car IS equipped with the "air bag defeat" option, and this button is part of it.

At least in Canada, the Honda OEM airbag defeat incorporates a key and is clearly labelled. This can only be installed with the proper authorization and the kit comes with all sorts of warning labels. Any such airbag defeat is not going to be a subtle thing. A button of the sort described is likely a momentary ON or OFF. An airbag defeat much be switchable ON and OFF. Like I said, the typical ones use a key.