The author has 30+ years of automotive experience and has assembled the most extensive collection of symbols and warning lights anywhere (over 1,000!) and can help you open and start any keyless start car with a dead key fob battery. BA, St. Joseph's, ME: MS, RPI, NY
Slip Indicators These are all Slip Indicator and Electronic Stability Control (ESC) or Fault symbols. When a vehicle detects slippery conditions, its stability or traction control system is activated. The light will flash, irregularly in some vehicles, indicating that the system is doing its work, which is to help keep the vehicle in control (next …
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Who Opened the Windows? Here, we discuss a feature found in cars from a number of manufacturers that catches people with their pants down. Or rather with their windows down. So, this is not about a fault or a system failure or a warning light, but about something working exactly as it is supposed to, …
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An Actual Death Trap Yet another cringe worthy headline showed up on Twitter recently (September 2018). A man trapped in his car because the battery was dead. And for 14 hours. He was very, very lucky that the car wasn’t outside in the sun, or the outcome would have been very, very different. This one …
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How to Start a Cadillac with a Dead Key Fob But first, if you are still locked out, click here for help getting inside! Second, for video help, click here! Finally, if you need another manufacturer, click here. Cadillac vehicles use two of GM‘s three different style keys and many different start procedures or locations. …
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How to Unlock a Cadillac with a Dead Key Fob Getting into Your Cadillac But first, if you are already inside, click here for help getting started! Second, for video help, click here! Finally, if you need another manufacturer, click here. Retrieving the mechanical key To unlock your Cadillac, you will first need a mechanical …
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How to Open a GMC with a Dead Key Fob Getting into Your GMC But first, if you are already inside, click here for help getting started! Second, for video help, click here! Finally, if you need another manufacturer, click here. Retrieving the Mechanical Key Keyless or push button start GMC models use the third …
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Stress Can, Will, and Does Put Drivers in Danger
Drivers in Dangers In our last post, we discussed the gap in the knowledge of automotive technology in first responders, as represented by a video from truthaboutcars.com and YouTube. It featured a man pulled over in his Tesla for having a computer mounted on his dashboard. The item is linked here. But as we thought …
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