[Chris Vais]

My 968 is a 1994 Coupe. Recently, I have had a mysterious warning light come on in the right hand instrument group. When you turn the ignition on to the first position all of the instrument warning lights come on as they should if the light source is not burned out. On my car when you switch the ignition to start everything goes out as it should, if everything is normal. Except that one light remains on. At the top of the right hand instrument group there is a downward facing arrow head that is positioned directly above the brake fluid warning light. It isn't identified in my owners manual so I have always assumed that it served as warning to direct your attention to the brake fluid level warning. However, I checked the brake fluid level and it is where it should be. So I'm beginning to think it isn't related to the brake fluid.



On another post I see where a forum member has window washer fluid level indicator that needs to be replaced on his 1994 coupe. He talks about a window washer fluid level warning light, but my owners manual makes no mention of such a light. Is it possible that the light I am inquiring about is the washer fluid level? I have a leak in my washer tank so I can only fill it about half full.



Any ideas?

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[S_Cal968]

Just a guess... that pod has a light for the tip trans. If you have a 6-spd that light shouldn't be installed. A PO may have installed a light bulb in that position thinking it was missing[?].

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[Kim]

That is, I think, a shift up and shift down light. It tells you when you could be in a higher or should be in a lower gear. It was big on VWs also. There ought to be two of them. The shift up is on top. In my car the bulbs aren't installed and they don't function but the cutouts are there for bulbs. As noted, a bulb may have been installed.

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[Chris Vais]

For most of the 14 years that I have owned the car the light in question always illuminated when the the ignition switch was turned to the on position and then went out when the ignition switch was turned to START. It is located immediately above the brake fluid script and brake shoe symbol that the manual describes as the brake fluid level warning. It is also a red light as is the brake fluid warning so I assumed that its function was to draw the drivers attention to the brake fluid warning. What has recently changed now is that the arrow remains illuminated in the start positin and everything else goes out.



I recall the shift up light concept. My Audi 4000 CS Qauttro had one, but my 968 hasn't had a functional one for the entire time I've owned it.

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