Date:         Tue, 14 Jan 97 13:27:27 CST
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject:      Re: 88 Vanagon with "thing" on steering column??

On Tue, 14 Jan 1997 12:59:59 -0600  said:
>On top of the steering column, between the steering wheel and gages,  the
>usual plastic cover piece was replaced by something I hadn't seen before.
>The cover piece on this van had a large "display" like thing on it.  It wa
>molded into the piece and must have come from the factory.  It protruded up
>from the usual slope toward the gages and presented the driver with a 1.25"
>tall x 2" wide rectangle that looked like it was dark red plastic.  Sort of
>like a warning indicator or display of some sort.
>Any one have any idea what this is?  I'm not too familiar with the Camper
>models, but have looked them over in the past & haven't noticed anything like
>this.

from the info i've seen, that would be the switch for the heated seats.
i think it has some sort of temperature indicator or adjustment.

must be nice, eh? :)

joel