What does this switch do???
 

Hello everybody, I just both a 2014 Scion FRS Monogram 6 speed. Inside the car there is a switch with a red led under the trunk release button that I don't know what it does. Does anyone know? Link is for the image of the switch.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xxd...ew?usp=sharing

Could be an aftermarket fog light switch or some type of accessory switch. I don't think 2014s came with a factory switch like the one you have pictured.

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I was thinking that but it doesn't seem to do anything when I turn it on/off. I'll see if if turning it off/on with the headlights does anything. Thank you for your reply.

Might have been for interior lighting or some other accessory that is no longer installed. It's not a factory switch

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I actually just found this with the owners manual.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15YQ...ew?usp=sharing
Still not exactly sure what it does

Do you have a 3 prong plug installed in your car somewhere? I had one in my old matrix that had a switch to turn it on or off

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[QUOTE=Itsthebeast;3379131]Do you have a 3 prong plug installed in your car somewhere? I had one in my old matrix that had a switch to turn it on or off

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No I don't have on anywhere. I did find this with the owners manual but still not sure what it does.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15YQ...ew?usp=sharing

I had that switch for my factory installed LED fog light bezels. It was installed in the exact same spot. Sorry for sideways upload

I didn't think I would learn something new about a 2014 model in 2020 .. but here we are ~

[QUOTE=SamiFRS;3379135] Based on this slip you found and the description on it, it may be an aftermarket toggle switch for the toggling the DRL LED modes on the headlights.


Monograms come with the HID+LED headlights not found on the base model FRS's.

[QUOTE=EndlessAzure;3379162]If gonna see what happens to the headlights when I turn off the switch, thanks for your reply.

Thanks for your reply, I'm gonna try to see if having that switch on/off effects them.

That's an aftermarket LED rocker switch from Amazon or Alibaba. The card you found is just the insert that comes in the package with that switch. If you want to figure out what it does/did, you'll have to trace the wires or get lucky through trial and error.

Here's the same switch on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/SupportTM-Rou.../dp/B01BWK1WPS

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....AC_SL1000_.jpg

Every time you flip the switch, some dude's garage door in New Jersey opens and closes. :D

It's an accessory from GST Gulf States Toyota, not a factory Toyota accessory.

part: 00012-L1306-01

It's actually the reset button for the ejector seat ;)

When I worked as a TV news photog, my news unit had a CB microphone mount on the dash left over from before we switched to cell phones. I had a "panic button" I bought from Sporty's Pilot Shop that fit right into that mic mount so that it looked like a guard to keep you from inadvertently pushing it.

A cute 20-something reporter saw it and said, "What does that do?"

"Push it and find out," I said.

When she pushed it, I screamed and slid my hands across the wheel as if I were making a "panic" turn.

She screamed and white knuckled the door handle.

I laughed.

She laughed and punched me in the arm.

Then we pulled over and made sweet giggling love in the back seat.

Okay that last part didn't happen, but everything else did up to getting punched in the arm.

https://www.sportys.com//media/catal.../2/12881_3.jpg

It releases bug spray into the engine compartment to kill the crickets.

https://image.shutterstock.com/image...w-36501028.jpg

Thank you all for the replies and laughs, I honestly don't think it does anything, I'm guessing the old owner disconnected whatever it was hooked up to it.

[QUOTE=EndlessAzure;3379162]yes, it's a very common aftermarket switch, but the slip you found in the owners manual points to something like ^this^. anytime someone references DOT and switches, it's usually got something to do with lighting. i would also check if there's a rear fog light that it enables.

[QUOTE=soundman98;3379754]Pretty sure the the answer has been given a couple of times. Narf even gave the part numbers for the kit.
Somebody must have just pulled and sold the lights.

Switch and slip
https://photos.offerup.com/aj-2Juu33...74c7d8ff4a.jpg

LEDs referenced on slip
https://images.offerup.com/bTfVNGqx1...3cf7418614.jpg

Dot!

https://i.gifer.com/1Lfg.gif

It's the trunk light for the Premium Lighting Package (tm)

ITs the drift mode enable switch.

Wait... There is a non-drift mode?

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the non drift mode is to allow newbie drivers to deliver tofu without spilling the water.
The drift mode is for advanced drivers.

Maybe my switch is broken then.

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I guess the only definitive way to find out is to trace the wiring....

Like, onto a piece of paper?

no. like breadcrumbs back the way it came!