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Chava Posted on Mar 09, 2012
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Red flashing light under dashboard to the left of steering column

Light is about the size of an eraser head and has a push button behind the light casing. Not sure what it does or why it is flashing??

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It's an LED for an aftermarket alarm system, it means the alarm is armed, remove the key from the ignition and push the button on the back and hold it in, turn the key to on and wait until the light stops flashing, turn the key off and remove it, the next time you turn the key on the light should stay off

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