Auto brake hold indicators page now holds 20 entries

Auto brake hold

Thanks to Subaru, the Auto Brake Hold indicators page now has 20 entries. The company, which already uses a different name for the system, had two symbols in use. However, it opted to put the acronym inside the standard brake symbol, which is a circle in brackets, meant to be a brake drum and brake pads, respectively.

AVH is the acronym for Auto Vehicle Hold. Subaru was already using it as a text symbol (far right). It was also using the empty circle and brackets (center right). Both of these were in green, while the latest (right) is in black and white.

The lights describe systems that keeps the brakes applied when the vehicle is stopped and other conditions are met. They indicate that the system is on and functioning properly.

However, in our opinion, adding yet another image for drivers to interpret was completely unnecessary. Any one of the other illustrations could easily have been used or the company could have simply stayed with what it already had. And we’ll keep saying it: the more symbols that are created the more useless the entire indicator light system becomes.

Cars are changing, and among those changes is the growing number of symbols and indicators that will invariably show up on your dashboard or instrument panel. Every year, new features are added to vehicles, each of which is accompanied by a new symbol or symbols and likely a new acronym.

At DashboardSymbols.com, our aim is to help you understand what is happening to your vehicle at the first sign of trouble – a new warning light illuminated on your instrument panel. Its all here on this website. Our first intention is to bring the latest technologies down to earth and understandable for everyday drivers.

You can see the Auto Brake Hold page here.

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