Marc Favreau

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

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Trailer sway detection and control indicators

Trailer sway detected

Sway detection and control. This is a Trailer Sway Control Indicator symbol. The system is used by some manufacturers while towing in conjunction with the Stability Control System. And much like that system, the Sway Control Indicator will flash when sway is detected and being corrected. It is seen in black and white as a …

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Lucid Dashboard Symbols and Warning Lights

Lucid Dashboard Symbols What follows on this page is easily the most complete list available of symbols and warning lights that may appear in and on your vehicle’s dashboard or, more properly, its instrument panel. The following are warning lights, fault lights and indicators found in vehicles built by Lucid. Lacking an internal combustion engine, …

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Low Coolant Warning Symbols — electric vehicles

Temperature Warning Light Symbol

Low coolant. These are all Low Coolant Warning Indicator symbols used by electric vehicles (EVs). The symbols appear as batteries with a wavy line at the bottom and are displayed in red. Before continuing, is one of these truly your symbol?? If yes, read on below. Otherwise, you can return to our main Manufacturer Symbols …

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House rejects amendment to allow pulsating brake light systems

US house seal

Brake lights. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted down an amendment to the Build America 250 Act surface transportation bill that would have shielded truck operators using pulsating brake light systems from federal enforcement while agency rules are finalized. Debate focused on whether Congress or safety regulators should dictate vehicle highway standards. Federal Motor …

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A roundup of EV charging costs

Cost to charge. We started into to a piece on EV charging costs a few days ago when we got totally derailed by a notice from Kia with a special charge rate for the Memorial Day Holiday weekend from a company called IONNA. Now, not only was the Niro fully charged at the time, it …

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New video added to our YouTube channel for Toyota drivers

New video. We’ve dropped a new video to our YouTube channel. This one guides Toyota bX and bZ4X electric vehicle (EV) drivers into and starting their vehicles when the battery in the key fob dies. Back-up or emergency procedures are needed if the battery in the fob dies or if there is electrical interference preventing …

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Lucid now has its own emergency open and start page

Emergency open and start. We sat on this for some time and for no very good reason, but made Lucid its own back-up or emergency open and start page. It includes all available options to get in and get started in the event that the battery in the key fob dies. Radio interference can also …

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