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[Bigron]

Today I noticed what looked like a round black sensor hanging down from the flap under the steering column for the fuse box. I dropped the flap and the sensor dropped, attached to a couple of yards of cable! Any idea what it is, please?
The last person to drop the flap was the Green Flag man, in a vain search for the diafnostic socket - so what has he disturbed and is it important?

Ron.

[Andy H]

Did he leave his diagnostic lead in your fuse box?

Can you post up a photo?

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

An old mobile phone loom ? I found one in my car yesterday, behind the glovebox, that I didn't know was there.

[Bigron]

I KNEW you would want a photo! I'll get one tomoeeow in daylight, but it certainly wasn't there when I last opened that flap. The loose end is black, about the size of a Malteser and has a couple of vent-type slits in it.

Ron.

[DrAndyB]

It's not the light on warning buzzer is it that's dropped down ??

I recall the buzzer on my old cavalier had a couple of vent hole slits.

Open driver's door and pop the lights on and see it it makes a noise 

[Bigron]

That's a good point, DrAndyB, it does look rather like a sounder; it does have a sticky pad on it, but why theVERY long lead? When I investigate again tomorrow, I'll check where the other end of that lead comes from.....

Ron.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Microphone ?

[dave-b]

Microphone ?

That's what I'd put my money on, a lot of phone handsfree kits in pre-bluetooth days had mikes on the o/s windscreen pillar.

[Andy B]

It's not the light on warning buzzer is it that's dropped down ??

I recall the buzzer on my old cavalier had a couple of vent hole slits.

Open driver's door and pop the lights on and see it it makes a noise 

Lights on blazers generally look like a relay with vents in the side

[Bigron]

It isn't the lights-on buzzer!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c0a1i18m7vkv8t4/Mystery%20object%201.JPG?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sg71n0l9thkajec/Mystery%20object%202.JPG?dl=0

Next time I drive, I'll check to see/hear if it's the parking buzzer - I never fitted the kit, so no idea where that cable goes, if that's what it's for.....

Ron.

[Entwood]

failed ..

[Andy H]

Microphone ?

+1
It doesn't look like a Nokia hands free microphone but I can't imagine what else it might be

[tunnie]

It isn't the lights-on buzzer!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c0a1i18m7vkv8t4/Mystery%20object%201.JPG?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sg71n0l9thkajec/Mystery%20object%202.JPG?dl=0

Next time I drive, I'll check to see/hear if it's the parking buzzer - I never fitted the kit, so no idea where that cable goes, if that's what it's for.....

Ron.

Looks to me like a microphone for hands free kit 

[aaronjb]

Based on that picture my money is on microphone. Either an old phone kit or someone in MI6/CIA/KGB is really interested in the things you say while you're driving.

[zirk]

Microphone or a Mini Speaker / Piezo Buzzer for an after market Reversing Sensors