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Old 05-07-2005, 02:06 PM
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i have recently purchased a '01 320 which ,so far i love , but i have found a button on the steering column behind the wheel that pushes in but seems to do nothing ?? any ideas on what this button is for
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Originally Posted by mattjg
i have recently purchased a '01 320 which ,so far i love , but i have found a button on the steering column behind the wheel that pushes in but seems to do nothing ?? any ideas on what this button is for
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Push the button and pull the steering wheel towards you and the steering wheel will come off. DO NOT try this at high speed.
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Push the button and pull the steering wheel towards you and the steering wheel will come off. DO NOT try this at high speed.

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Old 05-07-2005, 07:13 PM
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If Im thinking of the right car..I believe that it turns the illumination on steering wheel buttons off...not sure which of my cars does that
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Button?

I never noticed that before. Mine doesn't look like a button but a plug....and it pulls out and you can see a wire down in the hole going across it and the plug has a notch in it that goes around the wire. If it does turn the wheel button lights on/off how does it work? Anyone know what this piece/assembly is/does???
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Yea on the left side of teh steering wheel in my 03' E320 it has this thing there. No tsure what that is either.
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Ha Ha!
Better than being a chucklehead, I guess.
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Location of 'button', button out showing wire down in the hole, button.
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that is for the optional voice command thingy
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Ha Ha!
Better than being a chucklehead, I guess.

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