Battery Overheat
These are Hybrid or High Voltage Battery Overheat Indicator symbols. It will illuminate if the temperature of the inverter with converter assembly or the battery itself is too high. The first appears as a household battery with wavy or squiggly lines rising from it, meant to imply heat waves. The second looks like a standing household battery with a thermometer alongside in red. The third and fourth look similar but swap an exclamation point with a thermometer. They are also in red.
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Stop the vehicle and allow some time for the system to cool down.
Similarly, these symbols are Traction or Voltage Battery Coolant Fluid Level Low indicators. Seen primarily in some hybrid and pure electric vehicles is a battery cooling system that, much like a typical internal combustion engine requires a cooling fluid that may require topping off occasionally.
The symbols are seen in red as a battery with a wavy line at the bottom meant to look like fluid. Add coolant to the system as soon as possible. The elongated battery is often but not always used to differentiate from the 12-volt start battery,
The symbol to the left, also featuring a wavy line at the bottom, is the traditional Low Coolant symbol is use for decades for internal combustion engines. But, as of 2024, it may be found in Kia hybrid vehicles and would be displayed when the coolant used by the vehicle’s electrical inverter is low. Driving without sufficient amount of coolant for a prolonged period of time can cause serious problems with the vehicle’s electrical equipment.
Do not confuse the first symbol with the similar one to the right, which is a catalytic converter. Click here for more.
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