[Technology] So what was this hanging unplugged on underside of my car?

[METALMICKY]

I know squat all about cars so hoping the wise ones of NSC can advise and there is a simple answer.

Got home tonight to this little wire and two pin connector hanging down by the rear offside wheel arch of my recently acquired Fiesta. By a minor miracle as totally impractical, I managed to locate where I think it should have been plugged into. It's just about to get dark so I can go out and test all the lights if I assume it is related to the lights?

Can anyone please confirm what it is that I've managed to reconnect if we assume it's not the CIA tracking me?

Is it light related or something else and should I be concerned that it's managed to work itself loose so easily? I ask the latter since it's a nearly new car brought from a main dealer and it would be fair to say there have been some minor issues with the pre handover checks. The only modification to the car was the dealer fitting rear parking sensors.

Many thanks for any help.

And before anyone asks I will of course try try turning it on and off again!

 

[Is it PotG?]

Maybe an iPhone charging point.

They're everywhere now you know.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Covert tracking device.

 

[LamieRobertson]

So that’s how u plug in one of these hybrid cars

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Charging point. It is a Tesla, right?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

In your Fiesta? It takes a charge from the wheels going round to power the casette player.

 

[Justice]

I have a Fiesta love it economical and nippy, I’m not sure what that plug is though.

 

[KZNSeagull]

It sends a charge down to the road to power the cats eyes. Every car has one.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Looks like a mini tube train.

 

[birthofanorange]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXoPEmh39ls

 

[pasty]

It sends a charge down to the road to power the cats eyes. Every car has one.

I remember to this day, my sheer wonderment as a youngster, when my dad convinced me had a special switch in his car that turned the lights in the middle of the road on and off. I mean he absolutely must have done as he could turn them on and off at will

 

[METALMICKY]

Feck me! Page 2 and not one helpful answer and only the Juggernaut film reference was vaguely amusingly

 

[Stat Brother]

Feck me! Page 2 and not one helpful answer and only the Juggernaut film reference was vaguely amusingly

Set your post per page to 40 and you'll get an extra 27 posts of twaddle before you're on page 2.

 

[HHGull]

Flux capacitor

 

[Algernon]

Purely because of the location it could be part of the brake pad wear sensor set up?
Is there a warning light showing on the dashboard?

I've just seen that you plugged it back in so any light that had come up would've gone out.

 

[B-right-on]

Purely because of the location it could be part of the brake pad wear sensor set up?
Is there a warning light showing on the dashboard?

I've just seen that you plugged it back in so any light that had come up would've gone out.

Oi. None of that helpful milarky until page 5 of useless, sarky and vaguely funny posts.

We've got a 'Rep' to maintain don'tcha know.

 

[wehatepalace]

Have you checked your fog light works, looks about the right location for that

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

I remember to this day, my sheer wonderment as a youngster, when my dad convinced me had a special switch in his car that turned the lights in the middle of the road on and off. I mean he absolutely must have done as he could turn them on and off at will

Be honest you were 20

 

[beorhthelm]

no ones asked what the car is. clear what this is about, "look at my new motor" vibes.

 

[METALMICKY]

no ones asked what the car is. clear what this is about, "look at my new motor" vibes.

How many accounts would you like to be wrong on? I clearly state it's a Fiesta and and therefore almost by default it's hardly a boast